C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center

In September 2012 the State of Louisiana announced that Phelps was closing. The state said that prisoners would likely be transferred to Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) and Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. The state said that the closure would save over $2.6 million in the current fiscal year and about $11.85 million in the 2013-2014 fiscal year. Elona Weston of KPLC-TV said "PCC was reportedly chosen for consolidation because the offenders there can be accommodated at other facilities easily since PCC does not house maximum security offenders or offenders in infirmary beds." Kenny Naquin, an individual quoted in an Associated Press article, said that he estimated that within an 18-month period prior to the closure announcement, $1 million in improvements had been made to the prison property."[http://www.wbrz.com/news/closing-news-stuns-dequincy-state-prison-workers/ Closing news stuns DeQuincy state prison workers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023084006/http://www.wbrz.com/news/closing-news-stuns-dequincy-state-prison-workers/ |date=2012-10-23 }}." Associated Press at WBRZ. September 16, 2012. Retrieved on September 16, 2012. The facility was closed on November 1, 2012."[http://www.doc.la.gov/pages/correctional-facilities/c-paul-phelps-correctional-center/ Louisiana Department of Corrections: C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419212811/http://www.doc.la.gov/pages/correctional-facilities/c-paul-phelps-correctional-center/ |date=2014-04-19 }}." Retrieved on April 19, 2014.

1,000 Phelps prisoners were transferred to the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) in West Feliciana Parish. The state government did not increase Angola's budget, nor did it hire additional employees.{{cite news|author=Shen, Aviva|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/29/angola-prison-rodeo-louisiana|title=Angola prison rodeo offers risks and rewards for Louisiana's hard-knock lifers|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2016-10-29|access-date=2017-10-12}}

• {{cite news |url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/c_paul_phelps_prison_shuts_dow.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210072238/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/c_paul_phelps_prison_shuts_dow.html |archive-date=2017-12-10 |title=State closes prison in DeQuincy as cost-cutting measure|newspaper=New Orleans Times-Picayune |agency=Associated Press |date=2012-11-01|access-date=2017-12-10}}

In 2015 the Beauregard Parish Sherriff Office Leased the Facility,{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} still owned by the state government,{{cite news|author=Lau, Maya|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/louisiana_flood_2016/article_09bdd64e-6efe-11e6-b367-b756d3fcabfb.html|title=Louisiana women's prison shuttered after flood, nearly 1,000 inmates relocated to various lockups |newspaper=The Advocate|date=2016-08-30|access-date=2017-06-29}} to a Private Owner. It was repurposed as a Transitional Work Release Program. This program was designed as a way to help offenders nearing the end of their time served to reintegrate into society. They are offered GED Classes and Welding instruction, then are allowed to hold jobs to help build their bank accounts. This provides a cushion when they are released so they do not relapse back into the system.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} Louisiana Workforce LCC operates the program, which operated in the rear portion of the facility.

In August 2016 678 prisoners from the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW) in St. Gabriel were transferred to C. Paul Phelps because LCIW flooded during the 2016 Louisiana floods. They were housed in a different area from the work release portion. By September the female prisoners at Phelps were transferred to the former Jetson Youth Center, a youth prison near Baker which closed in 2014.{{cite web|author=Chawla, Kiran|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/33061135/hundreds-of-evacuated-female-inmates-transferred-to-closed-ebr-youth-center|title=Hundreds of evacuated female inmates transferred to closed EBR youth center|publisher=WAFB|date=2016-09-09|access-date=2017-06-29}}

• Billy Sinclair (prison journalist)Kern, Emily. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/theadvocate/access/1026866721.html?dids=1026866721:1026866721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+25%2C+2006&author=EMILY+KERN&pub=Advocate&desc=Convicted+killer+Billy+Wayne+Sinclair+freed+from+prison&pqatl=google Convicted killer Billy Wayne Sinclair freed from prison]{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}." The Advocate. April 25, 2006. A1. Retrieved on October 28, 2010. "Sinclair was released from Phelps shortly before 530 p.m. Monday Henderson said[...]"

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• "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102014426/http://doc.la.gov/pages/correctional-facilities/c-paul-phelps-correctional-center/ C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center]." Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections

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