St. Bernard Sheriff's Department

St. Bernard Parish Prison, located in Chalmette, LA, is a local jail facility that falls under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. It serves the purpose of providing public safety through corrections, reinvestment, and rehabilitation. The prison offers various programs and initiatives aimed at probation, parole, community corrections, and reentry, with a focus on justice reform and victim services. With a commitment to ensuring public safety, St. Bernard Parish Prison plays a vital role in the correctional system of Louisiana.Generated from the website

The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services, promotes public safety and protects the rights and property of the nearly 70,000 residents in St. Bernard Parish, La. The sheriff s office has numerous substations strategically located on major thoroughfares linking St. Bernard to New Orleans. The sheriff s offices operates a neighborhood watch program, provides intensive and on-going training for every deputy. In addition, it works closely with the school board, district attorney and judges to provide an in-school and suspension-on-site program, an alternative school for at-risk students, a monthly local-access cable television crime prevention and training show that reaches nearly 17,000 homes, and oversees a state-of-the-art prison and juvenile detention facility. The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff s Office employs nearly 350 deputies and staff members.