Iberia Parish Jail

By B Lozano
Published/Last Modified on Sunday, July 26, 2009 6:08 AM CDT

I want to let those people out there know that Iberia Parish is making their inmates sleep on the floor of their holding cell, because they are so overcrowded. You may not think this is a big deal, but you try sleeping on the hard concrete floor for over a month! Plus, since this person has no"formal" charges against him in Iberia Parish, they will continue to "hold" him in this holding tank until further notice...this inmate might be there for a very, long, time...he also told of a man "going #2" in his pants because the guard wouldn't open the door to let the inmate go to the restroom...no toilet, no bunks....overcrowding in every cell, spilling over to the holding cells? What is Iberia Parish gonna do next, put them outside in storage trailers once they finally run out of room? Shame on the parish and the people who oversee this facility, and their lack of decent morals...who's to say they are better than those in there?

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    marie wrote on Oct 28, 2009 3:13 PM:

    " to the person who thinks david should cry somewhere else, apperently you or no one in your family has ever been accused of something they did not do, you are supposed to be innocent until proven quilty but we all know that is not the case it's more like your quilty until you prove your innocence. I truely hope you or a family member never has to go through that, also just to let you know people that don't pay traffic tickets or other misdomeanor issues are also put in jail and treated the same way "

    In The Can wrote on Aug 10, 2009 6:02 PM:

    " Oooh Poooh, cry me a river David. It seems people in jail and I say that loosely, have not maintained all the things you say they should be afforded in jail. So tell me again why they should be treated with such dignity? Did they treat their victims with such dignity? Yes I agree a tent needs to be pitched for them, just like in Arizona. Now let's talk about sub-human. Isn't sub-human to kill, injure, rape, rob, steal, consume illegal narcotics, sell illegal narcotics to children and so forth? Cry somewhere else David. "

    DAVID wrote on Aug 9, 2009 9:15 PM:

    " Whether the story is true or false there seems to be more compassion for the folks at GITMO . People do not become sub-human just because they did not adhere to the law. Sometimes there may be mistaken identity and the wrong person is jailed then what ? I hope for your sake you are not that person . There is also more compassion in the humane society for animal control . Sure a person must pay their debt to society but they must maintain thier personhood . Pitch a tent , feed them right , maintain dignity . "

    Mma knows wrote on Aug 6, 2009 3:56 PM:

    " Remember people!, they are not in jail for ANYONES' pleasures', sleep on the cold HARD floor and crap in their pants, maybe NEXT TIME they will remember these conditions' and NOT GO THERE! My son isalso in jail, sleeping on the hard cold floor,I'm hoping this will teach him a good lesson and stay out of jails' the rest of his life, all behind a trifling wife that put him there, she acussed him and now he'sin jail.I'm hoping hismini stay in hotel louisiana teaches' him a lesson and to leave isno good wife alone and go on withhislife!!!!! "

    jeremy wrote on Aug 6, 2009 1:34 PM:

    " also who is complaining about this? prisoners? family members of prisoners?that is insane that prisoners are even given the right to complain about anything.when you decide to break the law you give up all rights as a normal law obiding citizen. i think the way it is run now is giving them too much. if it was my decision they would get nothing but what they need to survive 3 hots and a cot.
    have a nice day "

    jeremy wrote on Aug 6, 2009 1:27 PM:

    " just to add on to what i posted earler. i aree with the other people who posted things on here,I myself dont really care how they get treated because i know i am not going to jail, i obey the law and have nothing to worry about, i beleive prisoners should bt treated as prisoners and also should have to do community work,piant clean and everything else that needs to be done. i also belive that if conditions are so bad they might not wanna go back. then they stay out of trouble... "

    jeremy wrote on Aug 6, 2009 8:56 AM:

    " Hey guess what. If you stay out of jail you have nothing to worry about.people who complain are in jail,and must have done something illeagal to end up there so dont get in trouble and sleep in your own bed. simple concept.....think about it "

    In The Can wrote on Aug 5, 2009 11:53 PM:

    " You're all to funny, I guess you can't read either I didn't mention the troops. You're getting discombobulated in your writings. "

    AC wrote on Aug 5, 2009 7:47 AM:

    " I understand what some of you are saying about not doing the crime if they don't do the crime....I have no sympathy for people who break the law.I do however think it is wrong to treat people who are not convicted in the same way as convicted inmates.I do not know if they are treated poorly,I can say when I worked there, they were treated fairly.What some of you do need to realize is a fairly large population of that jail has not had their day in court yet.So cut them some slack they might just be innocent. "

    so and wrote on Aug 4, 2009 5:10 PM:

    " Umm if they don't like the conditions in the jail, maybe they shouldn't do the kind of crap they do that lands them in there.... I mean that is just a suggestion. I could be wrong here. But, I don't think that I am. I mean you had to write something on the forum to "make people aware of it" and why should we care?!?!? Seeing as we are participating in society and following the laws laid out to us. Their living conditions are just part of the consequences to the choices they made that got them there. "

    youralltoofunny wrote on Aug 4, 2009 1:28 PM:

    " To in the can.I did not say our troops dont have it rough.This page is not about our troops its about our jail.And yes i do believe they were served spoiled food cause i was on the phone with this person when everything happened.He didnt turn his food away but others did so no one got fed.Believe what you want.People who treat anyone that way needs mental assistance.Go find a site about the troops and talk bout the wrong doing on that site.Why can't anyone ever keep to the subject. "

    Good Job Mr. Louis and Staff wrote on Aug 4, 2009 3:12 AM:

    " I feel you and your staff are doing a WONDERFUL job. I have never seen so many police cars on the road in my life. Whey Sid was in office, he said "look for me". Now you don't even have to turn the corner, someone is there. I wish these people that are writing about hard concrete floors would think about the troops that are sleeping and eatting sand in Iraq for a little while. Think about all the deaths they are seeing and possibly having to kill people themselves to save our free country. "

    In The Can wrote on Aug 4, 2009 12:03 AM:

    " Some questions for "You're all to funny." Do you think the person that dookied in his pants will ever want to go back to jail if he or she gets out? Do you think those poor prisoners that missed a meal because they thought their food was bad will ever want to go back? Do you actually believe prisoners would be served spoiled food? If you do then you need some mental assistance. "

    Your all too funny wrote on Aug 3, 2009 10:32 PM:

    " One quick correction i do not have a book i have a notebook on everything that has happened and yes i believe it is the truth.Who am i going to believe someone who i know or someone who thinks they are doing their job that i do not know and is breaking the law by treating these people the way they doHmmmm. I think i know the answer to that one and its not the jail workers thats for sure. "

    Your all too funny wrote on Aug 3, 2009 1:22 PM:

    " Trust me i could go on about all i know about this jail like the food they brought the inmates are spoiled and rotten and they want them to eat it and when they refused because they didnt want to get sick they were given no food till the next day.I know we have a commandment that says do not steal and do not murder but we also have a commmandment that says do unto others as you would want done unto you.Karma will haunt you.Would anyone like my book i wrote about the life in that jail.AND NO IHAVENEVERBEENTOJAIL.THANKS "

    Your all too funny wrote on Aug 3, 2009 1:18 PM:

    " I know someone who was in jail and had a stroke and the jail coiuld careless this is horrible.I do not care what these people do they are still people.And i do believe that they let someone go #2 in there pants.He was put on the floor in the control room had to drag his own matterss down there after he wasnt feeling well and when he tried to buzz them to let them know he was feeling worse no one was there to help him or bring him to the bathroom.Our jails are a disgrace to this society. "

    crime free please wrote on Aug 3, 2009 10:46 AM:

    " BL What other reason would they be in jail they dont just pick up people at random to put in jail .If they would have been at home in their bed sleeping and not breaking the law. They would not have to sleep in jail.It is good the get hard core bedding in jail. There should be more in jail and off the streets.In jail it is not a vacation or burger king you dont get it your way. "

    NI Native wrote on Aug 3, 2009 9:17 AM:

    " I still believe that if you do the crime you do the time. We need to go back to the way it was. Years ago there was no air conditioners in the jails because it was not a hotel it is jail. They need to have them out cleaning the highways and ditchs with swing blades like they used to do. And if they try to run give them what they deserve. If I was to do a crime and go to jail I would expect the same treatment.Signed Law obiding citizen "

    WasntBornYesterday wrote on Aug 3, 2009 8:23 AM:

    " I think inmates get treated to goood ,that's why they don"t mkind going in and out of jail,I'm tired of seeing these young men standing on the streets all day,while my husband gotta work hard everyday just to make ends meet, but yet they have a big rolls of money in their pockets(DO THE MATH!) "

    To IN THE CAN wrote on Aug 2, 2009 8:43 AM:

    " Your post made so much sense. People who have loved ones and/or family in jail should want not so great conditions. Hopefully, they will not want to due time again! I would feel the same as well.
    And "BL" ...holy rollers????? You should be called such a compliment! "

    In The Can wrote on Jul 31, 2009 12:29 AM:

    " BL what jailed criminal do you consider not a bad apple? Is it a thief? Is it a burglar? Is it a rapist? Is it a forger? Is it a batterer? Is it a drug dealer? Is it a drug abuser? Is it a shoplifter? I don't know but they all seem to be bad apples to me. "

    BL wrote on Jul 29, 2009 11:51 PM:

    " Shame on you hypocrites!!! Some of you-Holy Rollars..think that because someone ends up in jail, that they commited a crime...hope none of the morons that commented so rudely end up in "one of those tents" in Arizona someday....yeah, some deserve what they get, but not all are bad apples...and the parish here has some issues to deal with that are not appropriate for the jail system that is suppose to be in place-in all fairness concerned. "

    In The Can wrote on Jul 29, 2009 11:39 PM:

    " You know what? If you are caged like an animal the chances are very very high you are an animal. For those innocent in jail, and by the way, if you ask them they'll all tell you they're innocent, but for those that may be innocent, just chalk it up to a very good learning experience. Go out and tell the world how terrible it is in there. Maybe a criminal might hear you and commit their next crime somewhere else besides Iberia Parish. "

    leave a mint on my bunk wrote on Jul 29, 2009 4:23 PM:

    " Jail overcrowded? Must mean IPSO and Louis Ackal are doing their job.Now if you want it to go back to the way it was just say so. "

    AC wrote on Jul 29, 2009 9:17 AM:

    " The only problem with treating them so horribly is that not all of the people in this jail are convicted. Some of them just cannot afford to be bailed out. Some of them will be found not guilty. Is it fair to treat a person who is not guilty like they are guilty? But please do not misunderstand me, I cannot say how the jail is now, but I know when I worked there, they were not treated like animals. "

    franklinite wrote on Jul 29, 2009 6:27 AM:

    " what do these criminals think?they are not going to a hotel,they are going to JAIL.maybe if it wasn't so comfortable they probably would think twice before going back.to all the inmates waaaa waaa.tough s_ _ t!!!!!! "

    In The Can wrote on Jul 29, 2009 12:20 AM:

    " I have family in that jail. I hope the cement is extra hard to sleep on. I hope conditions are deplorable. Every other day he should be hung by his big toes. Why? Because I love this person and I want them to hate jail more than anything in this world. I want him to hate it more than any drug could ever give him pleasure. Personally I think the Iberia Parish Jail is to easy on the inmates. I say turn off the AC four hours each day at the hottest-part-of-the-day. "

    artabr wrote on Jul 28, 2009 10:20 PM:

    " I wish they were all sleeping on dirt floors. As others have said, don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
    Years ago I talled to Sid about Arpio's tent city. Sid said he wanted to do it and had talked to Joe Arpio about it, but that Fed judge Frank Poloza (?sp) wouldn't allow it. "

    to kmd wrote on Jul 28, 2009 7:26 PM:

    " Sleeping on a mattress on a floor is not being treated like an animal. "

    Gloria Ann wrote on Jul 28, 2009 5:19 PM:

    " No mercy for those drug users and dope peddlers. I say let them do #2 in their pants all day long as long as we keep them off the streets selling dope to our relatives. "

    kmd wrote on Jul 28, 2009 2:14 PM:

    " Gee, this is a very touchy subject. I figure with my tax dollars that I am paying and we are paying, jails should be better kept. I thought Mr. Ackal said, they would not be treated like animals, and expressed this on our local television stations. Make up your mind please. "

    Really wrote on Jul 28, 2009 1:09 PM:

    " While the lack in kindness is viewed here has a stepping stone to reform the cities criminal minds and in most post seams to be not a big deal. I've been in jail for slapping my mother who said i deserved be sexually abused... You ask why a person is in jail? To justify what the reason they have to go threw miss treatment? Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.. How about don't enlist if you can't live in a ditch? It is not right to be miss treated, ever! "

    AC wrote on Jul 28, 2009 10:57 AM:

    " To Been There... Now that you mention that, You are correct that those didnt have toilets when I worked there as well... But when I worked there they wouldnt house inmates to stay in there, they would only sit in there waiting to be transported, released, or booked(only when they were annoying or if the benches were full). "

    Two Points wrote on Jul 28, 2009 9:13 AM:

    " You can't do the time, don't do the crime. Geaux IPSO "

    you go IPSO wrote on Jul 27, 2009 9:59 PM:

    " Our sons and daughters are sleeping in foxholes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don't like the jail,don't commit crimes. You get no sympathy from me. "

    BEEN THERE wrote on Jul 27, 2009 5:00 PM:

    " A.C.--I also worked at the Ritz, Hilton, Holiday Inn, or whatever the bad guys think it supposed to be ( although they did serve a continental breakfast at that time ) as a booking officer. If my memory serves me right, there were 2 visiting cells in booking , 10ft X 10ft, right behind the booking control booth, that didn't have indoor plumbing for their guest. Now thats been 10 years ago or so, they may have gotten up to date in the last few years. Three Hots and a Cot, and now a Toilet. WOW "

    AC wrote on Jul 27, 2009 8:33 AM:

    " Also I don't buy the part about going #2 in his pants. I worked at IPJ, all of the cells have toliets in them. Including the holding cells. Unless they had him in booking cell (which is used to get info from the imates) that is connected to the control booth. Woulda been smarter to go on the floor cuz the officer would have to smell it until it was cleaned since there is a hole in the glass to speak through. "

    AC wrote on Jul 27, 2009 8:31 AM:

    " I must say until you have been in the situation, you should not judge(although I have not directly been in the situation)one of my friends was arrested because his girlfriend said that he hit her.He did not hit her,he was breaking up with her and she didn’t want him to just leave so she called the cops.She later recanted and said she lied, but he had to spend the night in jail because of it. I think there should def be a separate nicer place for non convicted guests at the jail. It's just too expensive. "

    me wrote on Jul 27, 2009 6:31 AM:

    " What exactly are the "no formal" charges that this little darling is being held in jail for? "

    KC wrote on Jul 26, 2009 11:42 PM:

    " New Iberia finally got it right, don't break the law and you will not have to sleep on concrete. Maybe next time they will think twice about doing something wrong. I have never been to jail and that is for one reason only, I do not break the law!!!! You do not have to have a degree to figure out the problem. I am tired of feeding, housing and making life comfortable for law breakers, who do you think pays for their comforts, the tax payers. Get a job and stay & out of trouble. "

    Lynn wrote on Jul 26, 2009 7:06 PM:

    " You are right, Outraged!! I agree with Sheriff Joe Arpaio's way of running his jails. When the living conditions of criminals are MUCH WORSE than our men and women fighting for this country, then maybe I'll have a slight amount of pity, but, not until then! "

    Kim B wrote on Jul 26, 2009 6:08 PM:

    " If you dont like it the dont do anything to go to jail! "

    Former NISH Mom wrote on Jul 26, 2009 5:16 PM:

    " This is jail not the Ritz. They are not paying $250 a night for a room. They are costing taxpayers money instead. Come on ! "

    I know wrote on Jul 26, 2009 5:15 PM:

    " This is not anything new! For years there have been times that inmates in the booking department, have had to sleep on mattresses on the floor do to overcrowding. They complain to family, friends, etc., then when they get moved into population, they sometimes willingly sleep on the floor because they don't like the bunk assigned to them. Been there...know that! "

    Parish Jail wrote on Jul 26, 2009 4:13 PM:

    " I have no pity for anyone in jail. They all should be sleeping in tents. Growing their own food. Bathing from a five gallon bucket. Maybe they all will think twice before doing anything wrong. Thats the whole problem here. They have it made in jail. Why do you think they keep doing the crime over and over. The way jail is today it's to easy and comfortable. I say let them pay or their families for food and medicine. The taxpayers are fed up paying for the criminals. "

    Shocked wrote on Jul 26, 2009 3:35 PM:

    " You mean to tell me that they are not being treated like they are staying at the Marriott Hotel? This is horrible!!!! How are we allowing this to happen?? What has become of our society when we treat the upper crust of our society so poorly? God help us all!!!
    It is not like the good old days when they were driven to Lafayette to see their girlfriends, anyone remember that? "

    old cop wrote on Jul 26, 2009 2:00 PM:

    " I agree. The sheriff should erect tents and dress them in pink jump suits while they grow all their own food (like is being done in Arizona). Then a port-o-let would always be available for their personal needs. Glad you brought this to our attention. Thanks. "

    The people speak wrote on Jul 26, 2009 1:40 PM:

    " Awwwwwwwwwwwww.....
    "sniff" "sniff" "

    Are you kidding me wrote on Jul 26, 2009 10:38 AM:

    " You are complaining because a criminal had to sleep on a concrete floor. Dont break the law, I doubt it very seriously that someone is being held for no reason(unformal charges). Jail is Jail not the Hilton,maybe the conditions in the jail will make people not want to go back. And anyway we have soldiers fighting for us that are sleeping on dirt and in the heat with no toilets...Dont commit a crime and you wont have to do time... "

    TC wrote on Jul 26, 2009 9:56 AM:

    " Wish the floor had nails protruding from it. Maybe if we didn't make our prisons plush retreats, then the criminals would think twice before committing another act. We need to run our prison like Joe Apario in Nevada. Put them in tents, make them all wear pink. Whatever is degrading to implant in their brain that there are consequences for their actions. "

    Oh wrote on Jul 26, 2009 9:37 AM:

    " This is why no one should break any law for any reason at anytime. I, personally, have a house with MY own bed, MY own bathroom which I can use at anytime WITHOUT permission, and MY freedom. I don't feel sorry for people who break laws or is even "THOUGHT" to have committed a crime. There would never be any room for suspicion if you stay clear of wrong doings. "

    O WELL wrote on Jul 26, 2009 9:32 AM:

    " You expect to have pity on your comment. Sorry, not coming from me. Get a job, get a life and you want be sleeping on the floor of a jail or doing #2 in your pants. He made not have any charges here but he done something to be put there someplace else. Maybe next time he will give thought to wrong doings and not do it again. "

    BEEN THERE wrote on Jul 26, 2009 8:57 AM:

    " First, let me say i can understand your concern for these human beings having to live in that rundown facility. But, don't make it sound worse than it really is. You make it sound like they are actually sleeping on the floor....Not...they are sleeping on matresses that are on the floor. now, if you're familiar with the living conditions over there, you'll know that most of the bunks they sleep on are made of concrete also, as in most of the prisons in the world. It ain't the Holiday Inn, then again, it-ain't-supposed-to-be... "

    what do you propose wrote on Jul 26, 2009 8:31 AM:

    " So, what is the real problem, too small a jail, or too many people breaking the law? What is your solution? Oh, and I find it ironic you speak of morals within the context of warehoused lawbreakers. "

    Outraged wrote on Jul 26, 2009 7:22 AM:

    " Sheriff Arpayo in Arizona has the solution!! Put them in TENTS!! Also make them PAY for MEALS and MEDICAL CARE!!! "

    Hmmm wrote on Jul 26, 2009 7:17 AM:

    " Obviously you know this for a fact because the person in jail is telling you the truth. You need to stick to hard core facts and not hearsay. New Iberia is in enough trouble. "

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