Search the Catahoula Parish Inmate Population

The Catahoula Parish Inmate Population

Catahoula Parish has two official detention facilities in the research record: Catahoula Parish Jail and Catahoula Correctional Center. The jail is the local parish facility tied most closely to a new arrest, booking, bond question, or first appearance. The correctional center is a separate, larger local facility listed by the sheriff and by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections parish page. That split is the main fact behind the Catahoula Parish inmate population.

The count can change for several reasons. A new arrest may add a person to the local jail roster. A judge may set bond, deny release, or leave a hold in place. A person serving a state sentence may be housed locally because Louisiana uses parish and local facilities for many state prisoners. The Catahoula Parish inmate population is therefore not one simple list. It is a mix of local pretrial custody, short local custody, state-local placement, and records that may need a state or federal locator.

Catahoula Parish Inmate Population Statistics

Official Catahoula sources publish capacity figures, but they do not publish a current average daily population dashboard. The sheriff's jail page gives the parish jail capacity, and the sheriff's correctional center page gives the larger center capacity. The FRED/Census resident population series gives parish population context, while state and national sources give broader prison and jail baselines.

The sheriff capacity figures and the Vera figure do not match. For facility descriptions, the current sheriff pages control because they are the official local facility pages. Vera remains useful as an outside research source for trend and capacity context, but it should not replace the current sheriff-listed figures.

Catahoula Parish Inmate Population Trends

No official Catahoula jail dashboard was found with a year-by-year average daily population. That gap matters because a small rural parish can have a low resident base while a large local correctional center changes the scale of custody. The best sourced trend view combines local facility facts, parish population context, and statewide corrections data.

Louisiana's state-local prison model also affects the trend line. DPS&C explains that state prison capacity is below the full state-sentenced population, so parish and local facilities house some people serving state felony sentences. That policy helps explain why a Catahoula search can point to a local facility even when the person is no longer just a pretrial jail inmate.

Catahoula Parish Custody Mix

The Catahoula Parish Jail is described by the sheriff as housing inmates, pretrial detainees, and a limited number of adjudicated offenders. The Catahoula Correctional Center is listed as a local correctional center with a large capacity and a DPS&C facility directory code. Public sources did not publish a sex, age, race, charge-level, or pretrial-sentenced breakdown for the whole Catahoula Parish inmate population.

Pretrial detainee

A person held after arrest while charges, bond, or court dates are pending.

Adjudicated offender

A person whose case has reached a court outcome, sentence, or other formal decision.

DPS&C

Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the state agency for sentenced state custody.

Detainer

A hold or notice from another agency that can block release even when local bond is set.

Roster data can show person-level fields such as name, date of birth, gender, race, and arrest date. That is not the same as an aggregate population report. For Catahoula Parish inmate population statistics, readers should separate facility capacity from the current number of people in custody.

Catahoula Parish Jail Capacity

The capacity picture is unusual because the parish jail and the correctional center are not the same scale. Catahoula Parish Jail is a small 30-bed local jail at the sheriff and courthouse area in Harrisonburg. Catahoula Correctional Center is a 900-bed facility at a separate address. No official source found in the research published a current overcrowding order, consent decree, daily population count, or local jail-stat dashboard for either facility.

The current sheriff pages should be used for the facility pages because those pages name the facility, warden, address, phone, and capacity. For broader capacity analysis, the Vera page can be mentioned as an outside research source that reports a different combined capacity figure. The difference should be stated as a source conflict, not smoothed over.

Laws Governing Catahoula Parish Inmate Records

Louisiana law shapes what can be searched, requested, or withheld. Basic jail custody information is tied to the sheriff, the public records law, LA VINE roster access, and court records after the district attorney files charges. Booking photos have a separate rule and should not be treated as automatically public.

Catahoula Parish and State Prison Custody

State prison custody does not always mean a person is physically inside a state-operated prison. DPS&C explains that Louisiana uses parish and local facilities because state prisons cannot house the full state-sentenced population. The Catahoula Correctional Center's DPS&C directory listing makes that point local. A family searching the Catahoula Parish inmate population should use LA VINE/VINELink and DPS&C lookup paths when a person has been sentenced or transferred.

The DPS&C annual statistics page and reentry materials give statewide context. The research file records 28,387 Louisiana adults in prison and 43,574 under probation or parole supervision as of March 31, 2024. Those are state figures, not Catahoula jail counts, but they show why state-local placement matters in Louisiana.

Search the Catahoula Parish Inmate Population

The official local roster channel is the Catahoula Parish LA VINE/LAVNS roster. Research found the live page had technical fetch errors during inspection, but the official roster host and LCLE roster documentation confirm that Catahoula has a public roster channel. The fallback chain is important because custody data can move faster than a public page loads.

1. Start with the Catahoula LA VINE/LAVNS roster for current local jail custody.
2. Use the alphabet filter or visible name list if the roster displays one.
3. Check name, date of birth, race, gender, and arrest date fields carefully.
4. Register through Louisiana VINELink for custody status alerts when a status-change option is shown.
5. Call Catahoula Parish Jail or Catahoula Correctional Center if the roster does not load or the person may have moved.
6. Use DPS&C, BOP, or ICE tools when the case points away from local parish custody.

The sheriff also has an official Catahoula Parish Sheriff app on Apple and Google Play. Store text confirms public safety news, tips, and interactive features. It did not confirm an app-only inmate roster, so the app should not be treated as the main inmate search tool.

Catahoula Parish Roster Lookup Fields

LCLE describes LA VINE rosters as live jail roster websites that show offenders in custody and update every 30 minutes. Public Catahoula roster field detail was limited because of page fetch problems, so the confirmed public fields should be kept narrow.

Catahoula Parish Inmate Record Fields

A Catahoula Parish inmate record should be read as a custody record, not a conviction record. The public roster can show identity and custody status fields. Charges, bond, court dates, and final dispositions may require the sheriff, clerk, or court record because the inspected public source did not confirm those fields on Catahoula's live roster view.

Fields such as booking number, charge statute, bond amount, housing unit, warrant status, and court date were not confirmed on the inspected Catahoula public view. Those facts may still exist in agency records. Ask the sheriff or clerk for the specific record type when the roster does not show it.

Catahoula Parish Jail vs State Prison

Many failed searches come from using the wrong system. The county roster is the starting point for a new Catahoula arrest, local hold, or pretrial detention. The state locator path applies when the person is serving a Louisiana sentence or has moved into DPS&C custody. Federal and immigration custody use separate systems.

Federal and ICE Custody Fallbacks

No BOP prison or ICE detention center was found operating inside Catahoula Parish. Those systems still matter when a local arrest involves a federal warrant, U.S. Marshals hold, federal indictment, or immigration detainer. The BOP locator covers federal inmates after commitment, while U.S. Marshals custody can involve federal pretrial detainees who may not show in BOP yet.

For immigration custody, ICE ODLS can search by A-number or by name, country of birth, and date of birth. USA.gov notes that the tool covers current ICE custody and CBP custody after more than 48 hours. ICE ODLS is a custody locator, not a booking-photo gallery.

Catahoula Parish Detention Facilities

The facility list for Catahoula Parish is short but important. The jail and correctional center sit in the same parish and share sheriff-related sources, yet they serve different custody needs and have different phone numbers, addresses, wardens, and capacities.

• Catahoula Parish Jail is the 30-bed local parish jail for pretrial inmates and a limited number of adjudicated offenders.
• Catahoula Correctional Center is the larger 900-bed local correctional center listed by the sheriff and DPS&C as a local facility.

The Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office homepage links jail, arrests, the correctional center, and inmate money or commissary resources. It is a useful starting point when a person may be in either local facility.

Catahoula Parish Sheriff Records Contacts

Sheriff Toney Edwards is listed by official sources as the sheriff, and Louisiana law makes the sheriff keeper of the public jail. The sheriff's official site lists the office at 301 Bushley Street, P.O. Box 655, Harrisonburg, LA 71340, with phone 318-744-5411 and fax 318-744-5568. The administration page lists public office hours as Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., open through lunch.

Catahoula Parish Inmate Search Sources

The sheriff's official homepage is the broadest local source for jail, arrests, correctional center, and inmate money links. The screenshot below is from the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office homepage.

Use the sheriff page to confirm the local agency path before calling or visiting, then move to LA VINE, DPS&C, BOP, or ICE when the custody type changes.

Louisiana VINELink is the statewide custody-status portal named in the research. The image below comes from the Louisiana VINELink search and notification portal.

VINELink is especially useful when the Catahoula roster page fails to load, a transfer occurs, or a family needs custody change notifications.

Catahoula Parish Inmate Population FAQ