B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center Inmate Locator

B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center Overview

B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center is operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. The official DOC facility page lists the physical and mailing address as 27268 Hwy. 21 North, Angie, LA 70426, and the phone number as (985) 661-6300. The page identifies Keith Bickham as warden. Although the prison is physically in Washington Parish, it is not operated by WPSO and is not searched through the WPSO Platinum Webjail roster.

The facility holds sentenced Louisiana DPS&C incarcerated people, generally after conviction, sentencing, and DOC classification. That is a different population from the Washington Parish Jail population, which includes newly booked local arrestees and pretrial detainees. If a person was just arrested in Franklinton, Bogalusa, or elsewhere in Washington Parish, begin with WPSO or the city jail. If the person has received a state sentence or has already been transferred to DOC custody, begin with Louisiana VINE or the DOC phone locator.

DOC describes the facility mission in terms of custody, control, care, and treatment of incarcerated people through compliance with laws, regulations, and procedures, with a program emphasis on public service and reintegration. The official page is also the source for the prison's visiting rules, approved visitor requirements, and education and reentry program details.

B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center Capacity and Population

The facility map research lists a reported B.B. Rayburn capacity reference of 1,132 from Prison Policy Initiative and Prisoners of the Census 2020 correctional-populations material. The official DOC facility page excerpt did not provide a current operational capacity number in the reviewed text, so the 1,132 figure should be treated as a reported reference rather than a live DOC count.

Washington Parish state-prison context is different from the prison's physical headcount. Prison Policy Initiative's 2022 geography report said Washington Parish had 402 residents in Louisiana DPS&C custody and a state-prison imprisonment rate of 901 per 100,000 residents. That means residents from Washington Parish who were in state prison, not people necessarily housed at B.B. Rayburn and not people held in Washington Parish Jail.

How to Look Up an Inmate at B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center

Use Louisiana DOC and VINE channels for B.B. Rayburn. DOC routes "Locate Imprisoned Person" searches to Louisiana VINELink at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/search/LA/Person. DOC also publishes a phone locator at (225) 383-4580. The phone locator requires either the person's DPS&C number or the person's name and date of birth. Output can include housing assignment, facility address, facility phone, and projected release date.

1. Open Louisiana VINE and select Louisiana for a person search, or call the DOC phone locator at (225) 383-4580.
2. Search with the person's DPS&C number when known, or use name and date of birth through the phone locator.
3. Confirm that the custody location is B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center rather than another Louisiana DOC facility.
4. Use the profile or phone response to verify housing assignment, facility contact information, projected release date, and notification options.

Do not use the WPSO jail roster as the primary lookup for B.B. Rayburn. WPSO covers current parish jail custody. BOP covers federal inmates, and ICE ODLS covers immigration detainees. B.B. Rayburn is state prison custody under Louisiana DPS&C.

B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center Address and Contact

Use the DOC facility contact for prison-specific visiting, mail, program, and custody-location questions. The official DOC directions are local: from Covington and Highway 190, travel to Highway 21, continue through Bush, Sun, Bogalusa, and Varnado, and the entrance is about 1.5 miles on the right past Varnado. Visitors should still confirm directions, entry rules, and schedule before traveling.

Visiting Someone at B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center

B.B. Rayburn visitation is a state-prison process. Visitors must be on the incarcerated person's approved visiting list. Adults 18 and older need picture identification; children under 15 do not need ID. Minors must be on the visiting list and accompanied by an approved adult visitor, subject to limited exceptions for minor spouses or emancipated minors with proof. General population rules allow six visitors at a time, with a non-walking infant allowed as a seventh visitor.

Dress and property rules are detailed. The DOC page bans tank tops, see-through clothing, low-cut upper-torso exposure, short miniskirts or mini-dresses, seductive clothing, and certain color combinations such as blue jeans with blue chambray or gray/white sweat or tee shirts. Shoes are required. House slippers, beach sandals, flip-flops, and shower shoes are not allowed. Alcohol, cell phones, cameras, weapons, ammunition, and undeclared medications are prohibited. Visitors park in designated visitor parking and may bring no more than $50 into the fenced compound or picnic visiting area.

Mail, Phone, and Money at B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center

The DOC facility page links to general DOC information for calling and sending money. The reviewed B.B. Rayburn excerpt did not provide a facility-specific vendor name, deposit fee schedule, or phone pricing table. Use DOC's current statewide instructions before sending funds or setting up calls, and do not apply WPSO/NCIC jail communication rules to this prison unless DOC confirms the same provider for the state system.

DOC Admission and Classification at B.B. Rayburn

B.B. Rayburn is not a street-arrest booking facility for Washington Parish. A person typically reaches state prison after conviction, sentencing, and placement in Louisiana DPS&C custody. That is why jail terms such as booking ID, bond amount, and arresting agency are less useful here than DOC terms such as DPS&C number, housing assignment, facility location, projected release date, and approved visitor list.

When a Washington Parish defendant moves from local custody into state custody, the WPSO jail roster stops being the main status source. Louisiana VINE and the DOC phone locator become more relevant because they can route the person to the correct state facility. B.B. Rayburn may be the assigned institution, but DOC classification can also place a person elsewhere in Louisiana.

About B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center

B.B. Rayburn publishes far more program detail than the local jail sources. The Education Department connects education with recidivism reduction and provides academic and vocational opportunities. Daytime programs include literacy for TABE below 5.0, HSE preparation for TABE above 5.0, adult basic education remediation, vocational diploma programs, and job life skills. Evening programs include academic remediation, Northshore Community College Extension, and approved correspondence courses.

Vocational and college options include Northshore Technical College programs in welding, automotive, and building technology, along with fast-track welding and fast-track automotive. The facility also offers associate-degree concentration options in business, paralegal, or religion, and paralegal certificate classes for counsel substitutes. The reentry process includes an initial reentry transition specialist meeting within the first month, annual assessment, committee case planning for high-risk people within five years of earliest release, and a 100-hour pre-release orientation covering personal development, problem solving, anger management, values, goals, victim awareness, employment, job placement, money management, and reentry resources.