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Beauregard Officials Make Push for New Jail - American Press

The proposed 500-bed facility would cut costly out-of-parish housing and bring inmates closer to home, Sheriff Mark Herford said.

Beauregard Parish officials are poised to propose the continuation of a quarter-cent sales tax to fund the construction of a new parish jail facility that would more than double the number of inmates that can be housed within the parish. Sheriff Mark Herford said that the increase in occupancy does not reflect an intent to increase the number of people arrested by his deputies, but instead would reduce the number of Beauregard inmates being hous…

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Lake Charles American Press broke the news on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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