How to Get Approved for Visits at Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW)
Getting approved to visit at LCIW starts with paperwork, and your loved one inside has to initiate it. Once the completed application is mailed back to the facility, staff process it and run criminal record checks before anyone gets added to the visiting list.
The visiting application process at LCIW starts with the person who is incarcerated. Women at LCIW must mail visiting applications to the specific people they want to visit them. You can't just download a form and show up that weekend expecting to get in.
Plan for the approval process to take some time. After LCIW receives a completed application, staff process it and run criminal record checks before a visitor can be approved. Your eligibility matters, and so does your patience while it's being reviewed.
When your loved one at LCIW mails you a visiting application, fill it out completely and mail it back. Faxed applications are not accepted. Use the facility's street address exactly as listed: 6923 Highway 74, St. Gabriel, LA 70776.
- ✓ Write the address clearly: 6923 Highway 74, St. Gabriel, LA 70776
- ✓ Make a copy or take photos of everything you send before you mail it
- ✓ Use a trackable mailing option if you want proof of delivery
- ✓ Double-check you completed every section before sealing the envelope
Once LCIW receives your completed application, staff process it and run criminal record checks. Approval isn't automatic just because you mailed the form back. The facility completes its review first, then the incarcerated person is notified when requested visitors are approved.
Don't visit while your application is still pending. Wait until the facility finishes processing and the criminal record check is complete.
Certain criminal history can disqualify you right away. At LCIW, you're ineligible to visit if you've been convicted of introducing or supplying contraband, or if you have pending charges for introducing or supplying contraband.
LCIW also denies approval based on how recently you were released from custody or supervision. If you've been convicted of a felony and haven't been finally discharged from an institution, probation, or parole for more than two years, LCIW will deny your request to be placed on an imprisoned woman's visiting list.
Charges can matter even if they didn't end in conviction. LCIW may consider you ineligible to visit if you had three or more felony charges in the previous five years, regardless of disposition. This same rule can lead to visiting privileges being revoked for someone already on the approved list.
- ✓ Do you have a conviction or a pending charge for introducing or supplying contraband?
- ✓ Have you been convicted of a felony and been fully discharged from custody, probation, or parole for more than two years?
- ✓ Have you had three or more felony charges within the last five years (no matter how the cases ended)?
Because your loved one has to mail the application to you first, start as early as you can. Factor in mail delivery both ways, plus the time it takes for the facility to process the completed application and run the criminal record check once it arrives.
- ✓ Keep a copy of the completed application for your records
- ✓ Mail the application back to 6923 Highway 74, St. Gabriel, LA 70776
- ✓ Consider using a tracking number so you can see when it arrives
- ✓ If enough time has passed, follow up to confirm the facility received it
- Confirm the application was received: Ask whether your completed visiting application has arrived at LCIW (sent to 6923 Highway 74, St. Gabriel, LA 70776).
- Ask whether processing is complete: Verify whether the application has been processed and whether the criminal record check has been run.
- Confirm approval status before traveling: Ask if you have been approved to visit yet, since visitation is not allowed while an application is pending.
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