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Beauregard Parish Jail
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Beauregard Parish Jail is a county jail located in Beauregard County, Louisiana. Rated capacity: 161. Reported population: 182. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
Beauregard Parish Jail is a former jailhouse in DeRidder, Louisiana, built in 1914 in the Gothic Revival architecture style. It is referred to as the Gothic jail or the Hanging jail. The jail is owned by the Beauregard Parish Police Jury. The Beauregard Parish Rehabilitation Committee serves under the direction of the Police Jury with the primary duty of the preserving the jail. The Beauregard Tourist Commission has a vested interest in the jail and other historic sites and has been involved in many aspects of securing a continued future of the jail.
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Capacity
161
Current population
182
Occupancy
113%
Year opened
1914
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1914
Region
Louisiana
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
5/100
Low concern5/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 113% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Southwest Virginia Regional Jail - TazewellTazewellMaximumCounty jail330% occupancy
- Stevens County Jail / CourthouseColvilleCounty jail259% occupancy
- Noble County JailCaldwellCounty jail542% occupancy
- Gallia County JailGallipolisCounty jail336% occupancy
- Stark County JailToulonCounty jail3446% occupancy
- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 113% · peers avg: 93% (+22%)
Capacity (beds)this: 161 · peers avg: 547 (71%)
Data completeness
66%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q2196397)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Beauregard Parish Jail. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/beauregard-parish-jail
Chicago
"Beauregard Parish Jail." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/beauregard-parish-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-beauregard-parish-jail,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Beauregard Parish Jail},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/beauregard-parish-jail},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}