Saint Landry Commissary: ordering schedule, deadlines, $150 weekly cap, and what happens if they’re released

At the St. Landry Parish Jail, commissary is set up on a twice-weekly rhythm. Orders are delivered on Mondays and Thursdays, so you can plan around two delivery days each week. Keep in mind deliveries can be affected by holidays, so if timing matters (like you’re trying to get items in before a court date or a weekend), it’s smart to place the order early rather than right at the cutoff.

If you want an order to arrive with the Monday commissary delivery, it has to be placed by Sunday before 10 P.M. Waiting until late Sunday night is risky if you’re juggling work or family stuff, so aim to submit earlier in the day when you can.

For the Thursday commissary delivery, the deadline is Tuesday before 10 P.M. If you miss that Tuesday night cutoff, the order won’t make the Thursday run, so it’s worth setting a reminder for yourself each week.

Saint Landry Parish Jail sets a weekly commissary cap of $150 per offender for food and beverage items. Practically, that means even if there’s more money available, food and drink purchases can’t go over that weekly limit - so you may need to split “wants” across the two order windows or prioritize basics first.

If the offender is released before commissary is delivered, the jail doesn’t send the order out automatically. Instead, the order is held at the jail and can be picked up - but only for a short window: 72 hours.

That 72-hour window matters. If the commissary isn’t picked up within 72 hours after release, it becomes property of the St. Landry Parish Jail.

1. Confirm they were released before delivery - if they got out before commissary arrived, the order will be held at the jail.
2. Plan pickup right away - you have 72 hours to pick up the held commissary.
3. Don’t miss the window - after 72 hours, the commissary becomes property of the St. Landry Parish Jail.

If your loved one can’t regularly keep money on their account to cover supplies, the jail still allows a monthly hygiene pack and toilet paper. This can be a helpful fallback when funds are tight, but you’ll still want to plan commissary timing carefully so orders don’t fail due to lack of funds or because the weekly $150 food-and-beverage cap has already been hit.