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The placement of inmate Carlton Church into the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Auto Center is not a minor administrative detail—it goes directly to public safety, statutory intent, and foreseeability of harm.

Church was convicted of manslaughter, a crime that Louisiana law explicitly classifies as a crime of violence under La. R.S. 14:2. That classification exists for a reason: it reflects a judicial finding that the offender has already caused the death of another person through violent conduct.

Public records and court filings show that Church killed another individual in an automotive-related setting, an environment involving tools, vehicles, mechanical equipment, and confined workspaces—conditions that inherently carry elevated risk when combined with a violent offender’s history.

Despite this history, Church was allegedly placed into the Sheriff’s Auto Center, a facility that:

• Involves vehicles and mechanical equipment

• Provides freedom of movement and access

• Operates in a manner functionally similar to work-release or trustee labor

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• Is outside standard locked housing

This placement is alarming for one central reason:

The very environment tied to Church’s violent offense is the same type of environment he was later allowed to work in—despite his crime-of-violence status.

Louisiana’s prohibition on placing violent offenders into work-release or similar programs is not symbolic. It exists to prevent predictable risks, including:

• Access to tools or equipment capable of causing harm

• Reduced supervision compared to secured housing

• Opportunities for intimidation, coercion, or escalation

• Public exposure beyond what sentencing intended

By design, crime-of-violence inmates are meant to be restricted, not placed into environments that resemble trust-based labor assignments.

If Church’s Auto Center role was knowingly approved despite his conviction history, then the issue extends beyond policy failure. It becomes a matter of ignoring statutory safeguards written to prevent repeat or foreseeable harm.

Heart of Webster is documenting this placement as:

• A new statutory conflict

• A risk-based failure

• And a fact-pattern that demands independent review

The law is explicit.
The conviction history is documented.
And the environment chosen raises serious questions that cannot be dismissed as routine jail operations.

Heart of Webster will continue to pursue answers until the public receives a full explanation of who authorized this placement, why it was allowed, and why Louisiana’s crime-of-violence restrictions were disregarded.