(The Center Square) – The population at the Caddo Correctional Center is nearing 1,700 inmates, Caddo Parish Administrator Erica Bryant told commissioners Monday, putting the jail roughly 200 inmates above its rated capacity.
Commissioner John-Paul Young asked Bryant for the current population during the Caddo Parish Commission meeting. Bryant said she did not have the most recent exact figure but that the population was “close to 1700.”
The Caddo Correctional Center is rated for 1,500 beds, according to the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office…