Covington, Louisiana

Saint Tammany Parish Jail

United States

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2019

Type: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Management: Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office (Government-local)

Detains: Adult men, Adult women, Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Reported population Capacity Conditions complaints?
7

2016

No Data
No Data
United States

182,869

Immigration detainees (2020)

45,000 - 55,000

Estimated detention capacity (2019)

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MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

GDP facility typology

Category Filter Criminal

Type Prison or pretrial detention centre

2012
National typology

Name US Marshall Service Intergovernmental Agreement (IGSA)

2013
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2010

Year Ceased

2018
Center Status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2019

Status In use

2017

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2014

Status In use

2013
Management

Name Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

Type Government-local

2018
Custodial Authorities

Agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Ministry Department of Homeland Security

Ministry Typology

2018
Facility owner

State or Privately Owned Government

Name of Owner County

2017
Detainee Per Diem (USD)

Number 56.69

2017
Area of Operations

Area of Authority of Operations New Orleans Region (NOL)

2013

STATISTICS & DATA

Demographics

Name Adult men

2017

Name Adult women

2017
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2017

Name Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2017
Total Detainees/Stock & Flow (year)

Number 60

2012
Average Daily Population (year)

Number 9

2017

Number 11

2017

Number 5

2013
Reported Population (day)

Number 7

2016
Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Short-term (3 days or less)

2017

CONDITIONS & REGIME

Inspection grade

Grade Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2016
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2017