Pending release from Detention center
Please note for South Louisiana ICE Processing Center (Basile), the people released on parole or who win their case get free transport from the facility to the Lafayette, LA airport.
If your loved one is released on bond at any facility in Louisiana and you need help with transportation from a facility to airport/bus station, please fill out this TRANSPORT REQUEST form.
The sponsor/family is responsible for purchasing a plane ticket or bus ticket (Please do not buy a ticket for the day of release unless there is an option for a late departure on the day of release). Not all greyhound bus stations in the state have buses each day. The only full service bus stations are in Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. Lafayette and Monroe have limited service and Alexandria is a convenience store and not an option unless you know you will arrive on a day that a bus is actually departing from Alexandria.
Airports – All but one detention center are far away from airports. If asked to purchase a plane ticket for someone to be released ask which airport ICE will transport them to. Only purchase a ticket that leaves after 4pm on the day of release if the ICE office can guarantee that the bus transporting released immigrants can get to the airport two hours prior to the flight.
| LA/ MS Detention Center | Nearest Airport | Miles/Travel time | Airlines at this airport | Flights after 4pm |
| Central Louisiana at Jena | AEX Alexandria, LA | 44 miles/ 55 minutes | American, United, Delta | yes |
| Winn | AEX Alexandria, LA | 53 miles/ 1 hour 3 min | American, United, Delta | yes |
| Winn | SHV Shreveport, LA | 97 miles/ 1 hour 40 min | American, United, Delta | yes |
| Jackson | SHV Shreveport, LA | 87 miles/ 1 hour 31 min. | American, United, Delta | yes |
| Jackson | MLU Monroe, LA | 63 miles/ 1 hour 7 min. | American, United, Delta | Yes |
| Richwood | MLU Monroe, LA | 7 miles/ 14 min. | American, United, Delta | yes |
| River | MLU Monroe, LA | 86 miles/ 1 hour 32 min. | American, United, Delta | yes |
| River | AEX Alexandria, LA | 72 miles / 1 hour 22 min. | American, United, Delta | yes |
| River | BTR Baton Rouge, LA | 96 miles/ 1 hour 46 min. | American, United, Delta | yes |
| Allen | AEX Alexandria LA | 64 miles/ 1 hour 6 min. | American, United, Delta | Yes |
| Allen | LFT Lafayette, LA | 76 miles/ 1 hour 20 min. | American, United, Delta | Yes |
| Pine Prairie | AEX Alexandria LA | 48 miles/ 55 min. | American, United, Delta | Yes |
| Pine Prairie | LFT Lafayette, LA | 61 miles/ 1 hour 9 min | American, United, Delta | Yes |
| South LA. Basile | LFT Lafayette, LA | 55 miles/ 1 hour 3 min | American, United, Delta | Yes |
| Adams Natchez, MS | JAN Jackson, MS | 112 miles / 1 hour 45 min. | American, United, Delta, Southwest | Yes |
| Adams Natchez, MS | BTR Baton Rouge, LA | 95 miles/ 1 hour 40 min | American, United, Delta | Yes |
| Adams Natchez, MS | AEX Alexandria LA | 96 miles/ 1 hour 56 min. | American, United, Delta | Yes |
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