Larpenter Complex Release Paths
The Jerry J. Larpenter Criminal Justice Complex is Terrebonne Parish’s central adult custody point. A pretrial detainee can leave for the community after bond, recognizance, dismissal, or another court order. A person serving a local sentence may leave after time served or sentence completion. Those are community-release paths, but they are not the only ways a booking ends at the complex.
A person can also depart while government custody continues. Possible receiving custodians include Louisiana DPS&C, another parish, the U.S. Marshals Service, or ICE. A guarded medical move is different again. Electronic monitoring may end confinement in the building while leaving limits set by a court or agency. The release or movement sheet should identify the event, time, authority, and receiving agency when that information is releasable.
| Departure | What it means | Best confirming record |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or court order | Physical release may be to the community | TPSO release sheet and 32nd JDC minute |
| Time served or completion | Local sentence may have ended | Release sheet, sentence, and minute entry |
| State transfer | Local placement ended but custody continued | TPSO movement record and DPS&C assignment |
| Federal or ICE transfer | Another government custodian received the person | TPSO movement record and receiving-system check |
A roster disappearance proves only that the person is no longer displayed as currently incarcerated there. It does not supply a release type. The full Terrebonne Parish released-inmate search and records path explains how local, state, court, and federal sources fit together.
Confirm a Larpenter Release
TPSO labels its online portal “CURRENT INCARCERATIONS.” The Terrebonne configuration displays current-inmate fields and does not enable a release-date column. Start there only to see whether the person is still shown. If the name is absent, call the Booking Desk or Jail and ask whether the exit was a community release or a transfer. A precise question produces a more useful answer than asking only whether someone is “there.”
- Search the TPSO current-incarceration portal by name and note the time of the check. Match age, arrest date, and holding agency where shown.
- Call Booking at 985-857-0364 or the Jail at 985-857-0361. Ask for the departure date and time, release authority, and receiving custodian if the person transferred.
- Check the 32nd Judicial District Court case minutes. A bond, dismissal, time-served order, probation judgment, or commitment can explain the legal path.
- Request the TPSO release or movement sheet tied to the exact booking when written proof is needed.
- If TPSO reports a transfer, continue with Louisiana VINELink, the state locator, BOP, the federal court, or ICE as the destination requires.
A court order and a physical gate time are related but not identical. Processing or another hold may delay departure after a judge acts. Likewise, a state assignment supports continued custody even when the Terrebonne roster is blank. Note: Record the source and access time because current custody displays and agency assignments can change.
Larpenter Release Records Contact
The complex address is the in-person facility address. TPSO’s inmate-services page uses a separate Bossier City routing address for mail, which should not be used as a release-verification destination. Call the booking or jail number for a same-day status question. Direct a durable release-record request to TPSO Records through its required form.
Jerry J. Larpenter Criminal Justice Complex
3211 Grand Caillou Road
Houma, LA 70363
Jail: 985-857-0361
Booking Desk: 985-857-0364
TPSO Records: 985-857-0208
Identify one incarceration with the full legal name, date of birth if known, booking number, arrest date, and estimated departure date. Ask for the booking/release or movement sheet. Useful fields include book-in and exit time, release type, releasing authority, charges, holding agency, transfer destination, detainer outcome, and time-served notation. Not every field will exist or be public.
TPSO says Records will reply within three business days. That is a response statement, not a promise that all records will be produced by then. The office may withhold or redact material under Louisiana law. Ask for electronic delivery, a cost estimate, any reasonably separable public parts, and a written legal basis for withheld fields.
Larpenter Adult Custody Records
TPSO Corrections operates the Jerry J. Larpenter Criminal Justice Complex as an adult parish jail. Its population can include pretrial detainees, people serving local terms, and people held for another agency. Louisiana also assigns many state-sentenced people to local jails. The building name alone therefore does not tell who controls the sentence or which system will document final discharge.
For a local case, TPSO provides the physical movement evidence and the 32nd JDC provides the legal order. For a state-sentenced person, Louisiana DPS&C and Probation and Parole may hold the later status. A federal pretrial detainee may be housed locally without becoming a sentenced BOP prisoner. Federal court records, rather than the BOP locator alone, can be the right source for that person.
- Community release
- Physical custody ends without a documented receiving custodian.
- Transfer
- The person leaves the complex, but another agency continues custody.
- Discharge
- The responsible court or agency records that the sentence or supervision has ended.
- Detainer
- A request or hold that can cause another agency to take custody.
These distinctions prevent the most common error: treating removal from the current roster as proof of freedom. Note: A DPS&C or federal assignment may begin after the Terrebonne booking closes.
Larpenter Release Record Fields
A narrow request is easier for TPSO to identify than a demand for all records about a person. Tie the request to one booking. The desired movement sheet should connect identity, admission, departure, legal authority, and destination. If a field is absent, ask which related record would contain it rather than assuming the event was undocumented.
| Field | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Booking or BOI number | Links the request to one incarceration |
| Exit date and time | Records physical departure from the complex |
| Release type or code | Distinguishes bond, completion, transfer, and other exits |
| Releasing authority | Connects the movement to a court or agency action |
| Receiving agency | Shows whether custody continued elsewhere |
| Detainer disposition | Explains a pickup by another custodian |
The 32nd JDC docket and minute entries can then be paired with the sheet. Minutes may record bail, dismissal, sentencing, credit for time served, probation, commitment, or later modification. They explain legal authority, but may not state the precise time a person passed out of jail control.
Keep identity matching in the packet. Similar names can point to different bookings. Compare date of birth or age, arrest date, booking number, charges, case number, and a lawfully available photo. A dated news item or old arrest image does not establish the later release. When sources disagree, the releasing agency’s dated movement record carries more weight for physical exit, while the signed order or official minute carries more weight for legal authority.
Larpenter Incarceration Letters
TPSO offers a letter of incarceration for each incarceration at the complex. The posted fee is $15. Such a letter may help establish the dates connected to a jail stay, but TPSO does not promise that it states the release type or receiving agency. Ask what date coverage the letter provides before ordering it.
When the key question is whether a person bonded out, completed a term, or transferred, the release or movement sheet is the more direct request. A letter and a movement sheet serve different purposes. Neither should replace the court minute when legal authority matters.
Larpenter Post-Release Property
TPSO lists property pickup at the Jerry J. Larpenter Criminal Justice Complex by appointment on Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The person or authorized party should confirm the current procedure before traveling. Property routing is a practical issue after custody, not a substitute for release verification.
Keep the two questions separate. First establish whether TPSO released the person to the community or transferred the person. Then ask what property is ready, who may retrieve it, and what identification or appointment is required. This order avoids reading an administrative property step as proof that every hold or sentence has ended.
A detainer can remain important after the local court authorizes release. Another parish, DPS&C, USMS, or ICE may take custody when the Terrebonne hold ends. Ask TPSO to name the receiving agency in the movement record when it may lawfully do so. Then use that agency’s own status system. A receiving facility result is consistent with transfer, while a blank result may reflect delay, spelling, or limited public coverage and needs follow-up.