Detention Center

Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office offers surveillance and policing services to the community. Located in Los Angeles, the organization provides crime correction services through its detention center. As Lafourche Parish only long-term holding facility, it serves as a jail for Lafourche parish and for the municipalities of Thibodaux, Lockport and Golden Meadow, Los Angeles. It also houses inmates arrested by Louisiana State Police, the state probation and parole office, wildlife and fisheries, the Harbor Police, and various federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Immigration Service. The center provides meals and rehabilitation programs, such as the Head Start Program for its inmates.