Chalmette Boy Scout Troop 14 visits St. Bernard Parish Prison

Boy Scouts look at items of contraband seized from prisoners who had made them.

Lt. Justin Meyers of the Sheriff’s Office Corrections Division shows a holding cell where prisoners are kept when first brought into the Parish Prison to members of Boy Scout Troop 14 of Chalmette, who toured the facility

Members of Boy Scout Troop 14 of Chalmette, their parents and troop leaders toured the St. Bernard Parish Prison recently for a look at facilities. Lt. Justin Meyers of the Sheriff’s Office Corrections Division spoke to the group,, telling them roughly 235 adult men and women are held in the prison. Meyers also showed the troop items of contraband seized from prisoners which they had made and showed the in-take process for prisoners entering the jail, including the booking area, the room where they are finger-printed and photographed and the holding cells where they are kept until taken into the general population. Groups interested in possibly being shown the jail can call Dep. Sheriff Eric Eilers of the Community Relations Division at 278-7799.