Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana Jail
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana Jail Information
The Chitimacha Tribal Police Department is a community-oriented department that provides law enforcement services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with 13 full-time POST Certified Officers. The Department also maintains a Dispatch Center that is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Chitimacha Tribal Police Department and the St Mary Parish Sheriff's Office appoint all Tribal Police Officers. Full-time Tribal Police Officers are also granted Special Law Enforcement Commissions by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.Inmate Services
Tribe: Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
Phone
337-923-4973Physical address
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana Jail155 Chitimacha Loop Rd
Charenton, LA 70523 Get directions
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Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana Jail
155 Chitimacha Loop Rd
Charenton, LA 70523
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Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.
There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.
Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).