In August 2016 678 prisoners from the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women ( LCIW ) in St. Gabriel were transferred to C. Paul Phelps because LCIW flooded during the 2016 Louisiana floods . By September the prisoners at Phelps were transferred to the former Jetson Youth Center , a youth prison near Baker which closed in 2014
2016 Louisiana floods
2016 Louisiana floods
C. Paul Phelps Correctional Center