SHREVEPORT, La. – The inmate population at Caddo Correctional Center continues to climb. As of Monday morning, the jail’s census stood at 1,561 inmates — 61 more than the maximum number allowed by the Louisiana State Fire Marshal.
The figure marks the highest inmate count ever reported by KTBS and underscores the ongoing overcrowding issue at the parish facility.
When Caddo Parish Sheriff Henry Whitehorn took office last year, he expressed hopes of reducing the jail population to 1,270 inmates within a year — the number the facility was originally designed to hold…