Union Parish Detention Center Overview
Union Parish Detention Center is located at 707 Rodeo Circle in Farmerville. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists it both as a Union Parish local jail and as the Union Parish Detention Center Transitional Work Program location. The facility is not operated by the Union Parish Sheriff's Office in the usual sheriff-run parish jail model. Sheriff Dusty Gates leads UPSO, but UPSO's public FAQ says the jail is operated by the Union Parish Police Jury and overseen by a jail commission. Louisiana R.S. 15:850.4 makes the Union Parish Detention Center Commission the keeper of the facility.
The jail population includes local pretrial detainees, parish inmates, Louisiana DOC prisoners housed at the local level, and Transitional Work Program participants. May 2026 commission minutes also approved a short ICE Basic Ordering Agreement for up to 48 hours of detention, so Union Parish may briefly hold immigration detainees without being an ICE detention center. For broader county custody context and current search channels, the Union Parish inmate population overview explains how the jail, DOC, and app-based roster pieces fit together.
The Union Parish Police Jury departments page identifies the UP Detention Center at the Rodeo Circle address and lists Warden Donnie Adams. This screenshot from that public department listing is a facility-specific source for the jail's local government contact information.
That Police Jury listing matters because it reinforces the governance distinction: custody information may involve the jail, but general law-enforcement records and bonding paperwork may still route through UPSO depending on the task.
Union Parish Detention Center Capacity and Population
The 2023 DPS&C Basic Jail Guidelines monitoring report listed operational capacity at 388 and counted 343 people during the February 22, 2023 inspection. The same report counted 260 DOC offenders and 83 local offenders, with 342 males and 1 female, and recorded no federal or ICE detainees on the inspection day. Later UPDC commission minutes show higher point-in-time totals: 412 in October 2025, 404 in January 2026, and 386 in May 2026. Because no later official capacity statement was located, those 2025 and 2026 counts should be read against the 2023 capacity figure with caution, not treated as proof of current overcapacity.
The May 2026 total was made up of 264 DOC inmates and 122 pretrial inmates. January 2026 minutes listed 267 DOC and 137 pretrial inmates, while October 2025 minutes listed 271 DOC and 141 pretrial inmates. That pattern is important for anyone using a jail roster or a court-record search, because a person may be in Union Parish physically while the controlling custody authority is still Louisiana DPS&C.
Lookup at Union Parish Detention Center
No official public web roster for Union Parish Detention Center was located. The documented local lookup channel is the Union Parish Sheriff LA mobile app, which UPSO says is where arrest booking photos are found. The Apple listing describes an Inmates feature for current inmates booked at Union Parish Detention Center and alerts based on name and date of birth. If the app does not answer the custody question, call UPDC at (318) 368-9827. For more detail on record fields and fallback methods, use the dedicated Union Parish jail inmate records page.
- Open the Union Parish Sheriff LA mobile app from the official UPSO app page at unionsheriff.com/app/ and use the Inmates feature if it is available.
- Search by the available name or date-of-birth options shown in the app. The web research did not expose the exact in-app field layout, so use the app's current labels.
- Confirm that the person is listed as a current Union Parish Detention Center inmate, not only as a past booking, alert, or most-wanted item.
- Call UPDC at (318) 368-9827 when bond, charges, housing status, or release timing is unclear.
- Use Louisiana VINE at vinelink.vineapps.com/search/LA/Person for state-custody lookup and release or transfer notifications.
Federal and immigration custody require separate tools. The BOP inmate locator covers federal prisoners from 1982 to present and does not cover ordinary Union Parish jail detainees. ICE's locator covers people currently held by ICE. Union Parish is not listed as a stand-alone ICE facility, but the May 2026 BOA means an ICE detainee could be held briefly at UPDC for no more than 48 hours under that agreement.
Union Parish Detention Center Address and Contact
Use the detention center phone number for current custody, visitation, and jail-specific instructions. DPS&C lists the jail phone as (318) 368-9827 and fax as (318) 368-7656. DPS&C's Union Parish page lists a P.O. Box along with the Rodeo Circle street address, while the TWP page lists the street address as the mailing address. When mailing anything connected to a person in custody, call first to confirm the current name and ID format, accepted items, and whether the person is still housed there.
Union Parish Detention Center
707 Rodeo Circle
Farmerville, LA 71241
(318) 368-9827
Fax: (318) 368-7656
Mailing Reference
P.O. Box 749
707 Rodeo Circle
Farmerville, LA 71241
Confirm inmate mail format before sending.
Union Parish Detention Visits
Official current public visitation hours were not located in the Union Parish sources. The local record does show video visitation activity: earlier commission minutes discussed video visitation, and 2024 and 2025 minutes reference HomeWAV or video-visitation revenue. Because the public sources do not provide a current schedule, visitor approval process, dress code, child-visitor rule, attorney-visit rule, or fee table, visitors should call UPDC before registering online, arranging transportation, or traveling to Rodeo Circle.
| Visitation Item | Current Public Finding | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Current schedule not located in official public sources. | Call (318) 368-9827 before travel. |
| Video visits | Video visitation and HomeWAV revenue are referenced in commission minutes. | Ask UPDC whether HomeWAV is active for the person. |
| Visitor approval | No current public approval form or rule was located. | Confirm ID and approval requirements by phone. |
| Visit length or fees | No official public fee table was located. | Confirm charges before scheduling video time. |
| Attorney visits | No public attorney-visit policy was located. | Legal counsel should contact the facility directly. |
Union Parish Mail and Money
Union Parish sources document the existence of mail, commissary, phone-card, food-service, and video-visitation activity, but they do not publish a complete public deposit portal or rate table. Commission minutes reference commissary, phone-card, and video-visitation income. A March 2025 commission action approved a food-service agreement with Correct Commissary from June 9, 2025 through June 8, 2028, with meal pricing tied to population levels. That food-service contract is not the same as a public family deposit portal, so do not assume Correct Commissary is the public money-deposit provider unless UPDC confirms it.
| Service | Provider or Detail | What Is Not Publicly Confirmed |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | P.O. Box 749 plus 707 Rodeo Circle appears on the DPS&C Union Parish listing; the TWP page lists 707 Rodeo Circle. | Inmate name, ID number, postcard, photo, publication, and legal-mail formatting rules. |
| Phone and video | Commission minutes reference phone cards, video visitation, and HomeWAV-related revenue. | Current rates, account setup URL, call schedule, and refund rules. |
| Commissary | Minutes and audit notes reference commissary sales and inmate-welfare revenue. | Current ordering site, deposit options, spending limits, and fees. |
| Food service | Correct Commissary agreement approved for June 9, 2025 to June 8, 2028. | Whether that vendor handles public deposits or only facility meals. |
Governance and Legal Status
Union Parish Detention Center is legally and operationally unusual. The sheriff is still a key public-safety official in the parish, and UPSO handles law-enforcement records and local bond paperwork, but UPSO states that it does not operate the jail. Louisiana R.S. 15:850.4 gives the Union Parish Detention Center Commission the keeper role and gives the commission powers over rules, employees, salaries, work release, and operation. That distinction should guide records requests and phone calls: a booking report may route through UPSO Records, a jail-operation record may route through the Police Jury or commission, and current custody questions should go to UPDC.
Governance note: Do not assume Union Parish Detention Center is a sheriff-operated jail. For jail operation records, use the Union Parish Police Jury or detention commission channels when the record is not held by UPSO.
The DPS&C Transitional Work Program page lists Union Parish Detention Center as a TWP site and names Warden Donnie Adams. Local minutes identify Tiara Banks as deputy warden after a July 2025 promotion. The screenshot below is useful because it ties the same Rodeo Circle facility to state custody and work-program context.
This state listing helps explain why a search may need both local and statewide channels. A person housed at UPDC may be a parish pretrial detainee, but many people there are DOC offenders serving state sentences at a local-level facility.
Union Parish Booking Intake
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 228 requires an arrested person to be brought promptly to a jail or police station for booking. The booking entry must include identifying and property information, and booking books and summaries are open for public inspection unless another law limits access. In Union Parish, practical intake starts with transport to UPDC after arrest by UPSO, municipal police, Louisiana State Police, or another authority. The public can then use the UPSO app or call the jail to verify custody.
Bonding is a separate workflow. The UPSO FAQ says to call UPDC first for bond and charges, but all bonding for 3rd District charges in Union Parish is done at UPSO, 710 Holder Road in Farmerville. The person posting bond may work with a bail bondsman or pay cash or money order. Checks and debit cards are not accepted, and there is a $30 bond fee per charge. Detainees are transported to UPSO for bond paperwork and released from the UPSO front lobby.
About Union Parish Detention Center
The facility's recent public record is centered on state-prison housing, the Transitional Work Program, and compliance oversight. The 2023 Basic Jail Guidelines inspection marked many categories compliant, including safety and sanitation, fire safety, emergency planning, admissions, classification, cell checks, searches, food services, medical access, suicide prevention, and death reporting. It also noted zero offender deaths for the rating period and described clean or orderly housing and support areas. Sick call was available five times weekly, with outside care through Union Parish General Hospital and Ochsner LSU Health-Monroe when necessary.
The Transitional Work Program is a major operating feature rather than a side note. Local minutes list active TWP workers at 18 in November 2024, 56 in July 2025, 66 in October 2025, 75 in January 2026, and 68 in May 2026. Employers named in minutes include House of Raeford, S4/PSSI sanitation, Trash Guys, UPPJ, Marine, Thomas Nursery, Packers Sanitation, and Benoit Ford. Police Jury budget material says work release helped stabilize the detention center's finances, which is one reason population reporting in Union Parish often separates DOC, pretrial, and TWP counts.
Conditions history also includes a federal civil-rights resolution. The U.S. Department of Justice announced a 2018 ADA settlement concerning HIV-based segregation at Union Parish Detention Center. The settlement required nondiscrimination policies, an ADA coordinator, a complaint procedure, staff training, and damages. Current visitation, housing, medical, or disability-accommodation questions should still be confirmed directly with the facility because public schedules and forms were not located.
Before traveling: Confirm custody, visiting availability, parking, entry door, and property rules with UPDC at (318) 368-9827.