How to Send Money to Plaquemines Parish Detention (LA)
If you're trying to support someone at Plaquemines Parish Detention, the first thing to know is what you can't send from the outside, especially reading materials.
"Sending support" can mean different things: money, mail, commissary items. For Plaquemines Parish Detention, the facility-specific guidance available focuses on publications, and it's strict. The detention center no longer accepts newspapers from outside. Books and magazines are also off-limits from outside sources. Mailing a paperback yourself, having a bookstore ship one, or tucking reading material in with other items: none of that is allowed under the facility's stated policy. Because the available information here is limited to publications, you'll need to verify the current approved ways to send money by contacting the facility directly. Ask whether they use an online service, a kiosk, or another method.
Note: Books and magazines must be ordered through commissary, and the facility says ordering happens once a month.
Steps to Follow
- ✓ Don’t send newspapers from outside. They are not accepted.
- ✓ Don’t try to mail or ship books or magazines from any outside person or retailer.
- ✓ If you’re trying to help someone get books or magazines, plan around commissary ordering, which the facility indicates happens once a month.
These publication restrictions trace back to a policy change that took effect August 1, 2020.
Before you send money or try to provide reading materials, confirm the current rules with Plaquemines Parish Detention. Ask whether the "no outside newspapers" rule is still in effect, and verify that books and magazines still can't be accepted or ordered from outside. Then get the details on commissary: how the once-a-month book and magazine ordering works, when that ordering window opens, and what the person in custody needs on their end for an order to go through. The available facility-specific information doesn't cover money-transfer vendors, fees, or processing times, so ask what methods are approved for adding funds and what identifying information you'll need (for example, name and booking number).
Tip: Confirm the approved money-deposit method and any fees or limits through the facility's official channels before you pay. Avoid third-party services unless the detention center lists them as authorized.
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