Built in 1976, the existing 119-bed correctional center includes seven teirs, two trustee dorms, four holding areas, two isolation cells, one padded cell, and a holding tank. The majority of the prison's inmates are male, but the parish does have one cell designated for women. If additional space is needed, the prison population is moved accordingly. Currently, those who violate parish laws and non-violent state trustees are housed in the facility. St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Department deputies are assigned to keep watch 24 hours a day.
Officers routinely check cell blocks around the clock.
The prison provides a law library, recreational facilities, religious services and GED programs to inmates. Lack of space to meet the demand has been an ongoing problem in St. Charles Parish. The Sheriff's Department is contracted to send its overflow of prisoners to the Sherman Walker Correctional Center in neighboring St. John the Baptist Parish. The new correctional center is expected to open early 2001. Plans are for the existing facility in Hahnville to be converted to hold juvenile offenders.