St. Charles Parish Correctional Center Inmate Mail
Send an Inmate Mail in the St. Charles Parish Correctional Center
Nelson Coleman Correctional Center in Killona is the St. Charles Parish jail, run by the sheriff's office since 2001 and holding up to 600 people. Letters and postcards are sent by regular mail to the jail on Highway 3127, where staff open and inspect them for contraband and obscene content. One address covers family mail, legal papers and publications.
Family letters, legal mail and publications:
Nelson Coleman Correctional Center
5061 LA Highway 3127
Killona, LA 70057
- Who it's from: Print your name and mailing address in the upper left of the envelope you send to Nelson Coleman. Mail that arrives in Killona with no return address is likely destroyed.
- Booked name: Address it to the name on the jail roster, plus the housing unit if you know it.
- Reading material: Have the publisher ship any new book, newspaper or magazine straight to Killona, and pick paperbacks, since hardcovers are never allowed.
- Greeting cards: Choose a plain card. Musical or sound cards are kept out.
- Writing: Nelson Coleman staff accept letters in blue or black ink only, with no crayon, marker, colored ink, lipstick or perfume on the page.
- Envelope: Keep it clean. No drawings on it, and nothing like glitter or confetti inside.
- Packages: The only packages Nelson Coleman takes are orders from its commissary vendor.
- Stamps: Not allowed in the mail. Someone with no funds is given two or three a week.
- Off-limits writers: People charged in the same case, prisoners in any jail, and anyone a no-contact order covers are barred from writing.
The sheriff has zero tolerance for mail violations, and breaking the rules can cost the person their mail. To add money, use the sheriff's online payments.