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Nelson Coleman Correctional Center Overview

Nelson Coleman Correctional Center, also listed by Louisiana DPS&C as St. Charles Correctional Center, is located at 5061 LA Highway 3127 in Killona. The St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office operates it under Sheriff Gregory C. "Greg" Champagne. The public corrections page at https://www.stcharlessheriff.org/116/Corrections says the facility opened June 15, 2001, operates 24 hours a day and seven days a week, and uses video arraignment and video visitation to reduce inmate transport and contraband risk.

The facility is not a courthouse lockup. It is the parish's central jail campus for current jail custody, pretrial detainees, sentenced local inmates, DOC-linked holds, USMS holds, ICE or BOP-related holds, fugitive holds, and other agency custody that appears in the roster. The 2023 PREA audit describes adult male and female housing, 19 housing units, and minimum, medium, and maximum custody levels.

Nelson Coleman Correctional Center Capacity and Population

Published Nelson Coleman statistics vary by source and date, so the safest reading is to treat each figure as a dated snapshot. The Sheriff page says the facility has capacity to house 600 inmates and averages 550. The PREA Final Audit Report completed in 2023 gives a designed capacity of 628, a current population of 270 in one facility-characteristics field, and average daily population fields of 370 and 273 in different parts of the audit template. The public Zuercher roster returned 186 current records when inspected on June 16, 2026.

A June 2024 Incarceration Transparency slide listed 476 current inmates and 80% capacity utilization. Because those figures come from different sources and moments, they should not be blended into a trend line without the original date and source attached.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Nelson Coleman Correctional Center

The correct local locator for Nelson Coleman is the public St. Charles Parish Zuercher roster at https://stcharles-so-la.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates. The Sheriff Jail Roster page at https://www.stcharlessheriff.org/216/Jail-Roster points users to that portal. The roster supports name, race, sex, arrest date, held-for agency, release date, and cell-block style filters, although the public page configuration focuses on current inmates and may not expose every template field in the visible result table.

1. Open the public Zuercher jail roster and leave the current in-custody date in place for current Nelson Coleman inmates.
2. Search by full or partial name, then narrow with race, sex, or arrest date if the name is common.
3. Use the held-for agency filter when the person may be housed for DOC, USMS, ICE, BOP, FBI, another parish, or a fugitive hold.
4. Read the hold-reason text for bond, no-bond, agency, and transfer clues.

For state-sentenced inmates who have left Nelson Coleman, use Louisiana VINE at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/LA or the DPS&C locator phone line at (225) 383-4580. Federal sentenced custody belongs in the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/. Immigration-only custody should be checked through ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/.

Nelson Coleman Correctional Center Address and Contact

Use the facility phone for custody, visitation, and public arrival questions. Use the Sheriff's Office or Criminal Records Division for records processes that are not handled directly by the jail. The facility operates 24/7, but that does not mean the public visitation desk, records office, or administrative staff are available at all hours.

Visiting Someone at Nelson Coleman Correctional Center

Official public visitation details were limited in the sources located. The Sheriff corrections page confirms video visitation exists, but no public schedule, dress code, visitor approval form, remote-video vendor, minor-visitor rule, or attorney schedule was located. Call (985) 783-1164 before traveling to confirm visit type, current schedule, identification rules, dress restrictions, approval requirements, and whether the person is eligible for visits.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Nelson Coleman Correctional Center

No official inmate-mail format or phone-rate table was located in the Sheriff pages reviewed. Do not assume that a name and facility address are enough for delivery. Call the jail to confirm whether mail must include full name, booking number, housing unit, sender return address, or other formatting. The roster samples did not expose booking numbers in the public table, so family members may need to confirm accepted addressing through the jail.

Tiger Commissary has a St. Charles service selector at https://orders.tigercommissary.com/services/SelectOnlineService.aspx?fCode=stcharles&stateAbbr=la&stateName=louisiana, but accessible research did not show the fees, lobby kiosk location, phone deposit route, or commissary limits.

Booking and Intake at Nelson Coleman Correctional Center

Local booking begins after arrest, warrant surrender, transport, or another agency hold. Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure art. 228 makes booking books and booking information summaries open for public inspection. The Sheriff arrest-report page says booking information is public record and requests for booking information on any St. Charles arrest are available through the Correctional Center.

After arrival, the person goes through identification, booking-photo capture, medical and classification screening, and housing assignment. The roster includes NCCC cell-block options such as A through F, X, and juvenile holding room values, although public rows may omit the actual cell block. Hold reasons can show DOC, USMS, no-bond language, arrest date, bond amount, or another agency.

Programs, Medical Services, and PREA

The Sheriff programs page describes counseling, work experience, life-skills development, Alcoholics Anonymous, outreach, work programs, and work release. The medical and religious services page lists medical staffing that includes doctors, LPNs, dental staff, pharmacists, an RN, an x-ray technician, and medical assistants. It also says more than 80 volunteers provide religious services, including Catholic, Baptist, Muslim, and Buddhist teachings.

Nelson Coleman also has a public PREA complaint form at https://www.stcharlessheriff.org/FormCenter/Corrections-4/Prison-Rape-Elimination-Act-PREA-Complai-35. The 2023 PREA audit found 45 standards met, 0 exceeded, and 0 not met after an August 2022 onsite audit and February 12, 2023 final report.