St. Landry Parish Inmate Population Snapshot
The St. Landry Parish inmate population is centered on St. Landry Parish Jail in Opelousas. The jail is operated by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, and the sheriff's corrections page describes its work as securely holding people convicted of crimes and people awaiting trial. That mix matters. A person may be held before trial, serving a short local sentence, waiting for transport, or still moving through the first court steps after arrest.
The live jail roster is a current-custody tool, not a full census report. The roster observed during research listed 116 offenders and displayed a precise update time, but that figure is a roster count from one point in time. It should not be read as average daily population, yearly bookings, rated capacity, or a court-certified count. For broader St. Landry Parish inmate population context, the best local figures are the live roster count, the parish meeting capacity discussion, and the official census denominator for the parish.
St. Landry Parish Inmate Population Statistics
Official sources did not publish a current average daily population report for the St. Landry Parish inmate population. The research did locate a live LAVNS roster count, a parish government meeting discussion of capacity, and Census population figures that help place the jail in local context. Use each number for what it is. The roster count is a current list, the capacity figure is a public meeting discussion, and Census figures describe the parish, not the jail.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Live St. Landry roster count | 116 offenders | St. Landry LAVNS roster, inspected June 16, 2026 |
| Roster update frequency | Every 30 minutes | LCLE LA VINE Rosters, accessed June 2026 |
| Capacity discussed in parish minutes | 244 | St. Landry Parish Government Jail Regular Meeting Minutes, October 16, 2024 |
| Trustee dorm discussed | 68 | St. Landry Parish Government Jail Regular Meeting Minutes, October 16, 2024 |
| Parish population estimate | 80,765 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 estimate |
St. Landry Parish Population Trends
The St. Landry Parish inmate population does not have a public official trend table in the research file. No sheriff annual jail report, parish average daily population report, annual booking report, or pretrial and sentenced split was located. That gap is important because trend claims need a real source. The available record supports a narrower statement: one live roster count was observed in 2026, and parish meeting records discussed capacity and a trustee dorm in 2024.
| Year / Date | Count or Figure | How to Read It |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2026 | 116 | Live roster count, not average daily population. |
| October 16, 2024 | 244 | Capacity discussed in official parish jail meeting minutes. |
| October 16, 2024 | $17.00 per day | Trustee-dorm housing cost discussed in parish minutes. |
| Midyear 2023 | 664,200 nationally | BJS national local-jail benchmark, not a parish count. |
Who the St. Landry Jail Holds
The jail population can include people arrested by the sheriff, local police, state police, or another agency and brought to the parish jail for booking. The sheriff's corrections page says the jail holds people awaiting trial and people convicted of crimes. That means the St. Landry Parish inmate population can change after bond decisions, first appearances, court filings, sentence orders, state-prison transfers, releases, or outside-agency holds.
The roster itself gives limited demographic fields on each row. It shows name, date of birth, race, gender, and an arrest-date column, but the research did not compute full demographic percentages from the roster. Published Census race figures describe the parish as a whole, not the jail population. The safer use is to say the roster displays race and gender on individual custody rows, while official demographic summaries were not located.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held after arrest while the case is still pending.
- Sentenced inmate
- A person serving punishment after conviction or plea.
- Detainer
- A notice or hold from another agency that may delay release.
- Roster count
- A point-in-time list of people shown in current custody.
St. Landry Jail Capacity Context
The sheriff and DPS&C facility pages reviewed did not publish a standalone current rated-capacity field for the St. Landry Parish inmate population. The strongest local number in the research is the official parish jail meeting discussion from October 16, 2024, where a 244 capacity was discussed. The same minutes discussed a trustee dorm that could hold 68 people. Use those figures with care because they come from meeting minutes, not a fire marshal certificate or a formal jail specification sheet.
Recent news and official-source findings point to public debate about jail conditions, crowding, and facility needs, but the core pages should separate sourced numbers from current claims. If a current custody question depends on capacity, crowding, housing, or visitor movement, the jail phone line is the better route. Visitor rules can also change during security events, emergencies, escapes, riots, or other conditions that affect facility order.
Important: A roster count can be lower than capacity and still miss transfers, holds, recent bookings, and releases that have not refreshed online.
Laws for St. Landry Inmate Records
Louisiana law helps explain why some St. Landry Parish inmate population information is public while other details are limited. Jail booking summaries are treated differently from full criminal court records, mugshots, juvenile records, and state-prison files. The roster is useful for current custody, but the roster itself warns that it should not be used as an official public document. Certified or complete records should come from the originating office.
Key statutes:
La. R.S. 44:1 defines public records, public bodies, and custodians for Louisiana records access.
La. R.S. 44:31 gives the general right to inspect, copy, or reproduce public records unless an exception applies.
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure art. 228 covers booking entries and booking summaries, including public inspection of booking books or summaries.
La. R.S. 13:5992 addresses public electronic access to certain criminal minute entries or summaries for newer criminal matters.
St. Landry Parish State Custody
The Louisiana DPS&C St. Landry Parish page lists the local jail and local justice offices, not a state prison in the parish. The statewide DPS&C facility directory did not identify a Louisiana state prison physically located in St. Landry Parish. Once a person from St. Landry Parish is sentenced and moved into state custody, the parish roster may no longer be the right place to search.
DPS&C directs imprisoned-person lookup toward VINELink. LA VINE covers adult inmates in parish jails and state prisons and supports custody-status notices by phone or online. That makes VINELink useful both for parish jail notifications and for state custody after transfer. State custody records also carry confidentiality limits, so VINELink should not be treated as a full prison record file.
Search St. Landry Parish Inmates
The official current-custody channel is the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office Jail Roster. The roster is part of the LAVNS and LA VINE system. It is free to view, requires agreement to a disclaimer, and uses Show All or A-Z filters rather than a normal text search box. A person with a common last name may need to choose the first letter and then use browser find on the visible list.
The roster is most useful for current parish jail custody. It does not replace the jail phone, a public-records request, court records, VINELink notifications, the state DOC path, the BOP locator, or the ICE locator. Use the system that matches the custody type.
- Open the St. Landry LAVNS roster and read the disclaimer.
- Select “I agree” to reach the current custody list.
- Use Show All or the first letter of the last name.
- Check name, DOB, race, gender, and any arrest-date entry.
- Use the VINE icon when custody-status notification registration is needed.
- Call the jail if the roster is down, unclear, or behind a recent booking or release.
St. Landry Roster Search Fields
The St. Landry Parish inmate population list is lean. It does not show a visible text search box in the inspected output. Its controls are filters and sortable columns. The roster displays a total count and a last-updated timestamp, so a reader can see whether the list has refreshed recently.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filter | Link filter | No | Show All and A-Z letter filters. |
| Number of offenders | Display count | Not applicable | Observed count was 116 on June 16, 2026. |
| Last updated | Timestamp | Not applicable | Observed timestamp was 6/16/2026 11:30:57 AM Central Time. |
| Name | Sortable column | No | Displayed in LAST, FIRST MIDDLE order. |
| DOB, race, gender | Sortable/display fields | No | Used to distinguish people with similar names. |
| LAVNS icon | Notification link | No | Opens a VINE registration or subject-search path. |
The research screenshot of the St. Landry LAVNS roster shows the public custody list with filters, update time, count, and visible roster columns.
The image supports the main lookup point: St. Landry Parish publishes a current custody list, but it is not a full booking-profile database.
St. Landry Inmate Record Fields
A St. Landry Parish jail roster row shows basic current-custody identifiers. It does not show every field many people expect from a booking portal. The inspected list view did not show booking photos, booking numbers, charges, bond amounts, housing unit, court date, warrant number, arresting agency, or release date. For those facts, use the jail phone, sheriff public-information route, Clerk of Court, DA, or court portal as the issue requires.
| Field | What the Inspected Roster Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full name in last-name-first order. |
| DOB | Date of birth in month/day/year format. |
| Race and gender | Demographic fields on each visible row. |
| Arrest date | A visible column, though many inspected rows were blank. |
| VINE icon | A row-level link for custody notification registration or search. |
| Charges, bond, mugshot | Not shown in the inspected St. Landry list view. |
Past St. Landry Inmate Records
The roster is built for current custody. If a person has bonded out, been released, moved to another parish, gone to state prison, entered federal custody, or been transferred to immigration custody, the current St. Landry Parish inmate population list may no longer show that person. The next step depends on what record is needed. Booking summaries and sheriff records route through the sheriff. Filed criminal cases route through the clerk. Prosecution status routes through the DA. State custody routes through DPS&C and VINELink.
The sheriff contact page states that legal, FOIA, PRR, and PIR requests should go to pir@slpsheriff.com rather than the general contact form. A good request should include the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date if known, and the specific record sought. Booking-photo requests need extra care because Louisiana law limits public release of booking photographs.
County Jail vs State Prison
Custody systems split after arrest and sentencing. A person in the parish jail belongs on the local LAVNS roster if the roster has refreshed and the person is still held there. A sentenced state prisoner is searched through DPS&C and VINELink. A federal prisoner is searched through BOP after designation. An immigration detainee is searched through ICE if the person is in ICE custody or certain CBP custody more than 48 hours.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Parish jail custody | St. Landry LAVNS roster | Current local custody at St. Landry Parish Jail. |
| State prison custody | Louisiana VINELink | Adult parish jail and state prison status and notices. |
| Federal custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present after BOP designation. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Adult ICE custody and qualifying CBP custody searches. |
St. Landry Detention Facilities
The official facility map for the St. Landry Parish inmate population lists one local jail. No official DPS&C prison, BOP facility, ICE detention center, separate work-release annex, or verified city jail with a current official roster was located inside the parish during research. Opelousas and Eunice court or police cases may still route into the parish jail when custody is handled at the parish level.
- St. Landry Parish Jail - the sheriff-run parish jail for people awaiting trial, people convicted of crimes, and local custody cases shown through LAVNS.
The sheriff's corrections page names Warden Adam Ford and links the corrections function to the jail phone and public custody resources.
The correctional page is useful because it identifies the local operator and explains that the jail holds both pretrial and convicted people.
St. Landry Jail Contact Options
Family contact rules are part of the practical St. Landry Parish inmate population picture. The official jail visitation schedule is broken out by female population, first floor, second floor, protective custody, and third-floor blocks. All visits are non-contact and 20 minutes, with a three-visitor maximum. Visitors need valid identification and must follow security rules. Visitation is twice monthly, every other weekend, and may be denied or stopped for rule violations or security concerns.
Mail, money, phone, and tablets each have separate rules. Incoming public mail is copied, legal mail is opened in the person's presence, commissary orders are delivered Mondays and Thursdays, and the commissary food and beverage limit is $150 weekly. Deposits can be made through a lobby kiosk, GTL online payment, or USPS money order to the jail fund address. Phones use American Phone Systems/NCIC, and tablets use JailATM messaging and services.
St. Landry Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the St. Landry Parish inmate population? The live roster count observed in research was 116 offenders on June 16, 2026. That is a point-in-time custody list, not an average daily population or annual booking total.
How often does the St. Landry jail roster update? LCLE says LA VINE rosters update every 30 minutes. Recent bookings, releases, transfers, and holds can still lag, so the jail phone is the fallback when timing matters.
Does the roster show mugshots or charges? The inspected list view did not show mugshots, charges, bond, housing, booking number, or court date. It showed name, DOB, race, gender, arrest-date column, count, update time, and a VINE icon.
Where are court records after a jail arrest? The St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court keeps criminal court records, and ClerkConnect provides subscription access for criminal, traffic, civil, probate, and family records. The jail roster is not the final court file.
Is there a sheriff app? The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's app is listed in the Google Play and Apple App stores for public-safety news, tips, crime reporting, and interactive features. Store listings did not verify an app-only inmate search.
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