Catahoula Parish Jail Overview
Catahoula Parish Jail is operated by the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office. The jail is the small parish jail tied to local law enforcement, booking, transportation, classification, and court custody. The official Catahoula Parish Jail page says the facility was established in 1991 and is administered by Warden Jeremy Wiley. It houses local inmates, pre-trial detainees, and a limited number of adjudicated offenders, so the Catahoula Parish Jail roster is the right first place for a recent arrest or a local court hold.
The official jail mission describes care, custody, and control for people incarcerated there. It also names jail functions that include administration, security, support services, operations, classification, and transportation. That matters for records because the Catahoula Parish Jail inmate record may start as a booking entry, but some details may later move to the court, district attorney, or state corrections system. For a broader custody search, the Catahoula Parish inmate records page explains how the parish roster, VINELink, DPS&C, BOP, and ICE channels differ.
The official jail source page for Catahoula Parish Jail shows the local corrections page and basic facility facts.
View the sheriff's Catahoula Parish Jail source page for the official facility page used for this Catahoula Parish Jail record summary.
The screenshot supports the facility identity, capacity, and sheriff custody role described in the Catahoula Parish Jail sections.
Catahoula Parish Jail Capacity
The Catahoula Parish Jail is a 30-bed parish jail, according to the sheriff's official jail page inspected in the research file. The research did not locate a current daily population dashboard for the jail, and it did not locate an official local average daily population table. Capacity can be stated because the sheriff publishes it. Current head count, housing unit count, and demographic totals should be confirmed through the jail or through the live roster when available.
| Measure | Catahoula Parish Jail Detail |
|---|---|
| Operator | Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office |
| Facility type | Local parish jail |
| Population held | Pre-trial inmates and a limited number of adjudicated offenders |
| Published capacity | 30 beds |
| Current population | Not published in inspected official sources |
Search Catahoula Parish Jail Roster
The official Catahoula Parish Jail lookup channel is the Catahoula LA VINE/LAVNS roster. The research file notes that the live roster page had technical fetch errors during inspection, but LCLE documentation confirms that LA VINE rosters are live jail rosters updated every 30 minutes. The roster is meant for current jail custody, not a full criminal-history report. If the roster is unavailable or the name does not appear, call the jail and then use VINELink, DPS&C, federal, or public-records channels as the facts require.
- Open the Catahoula LA VINE/LAVNS roster and check the visible name list or alphabet filter.
- Compare the name, date of birth, race, gender, and arrest date fields when they appear.
- If the person is not listed, call Catahoula Parish Jail at 318-744-5411 and ask whether the person is booked, released, transferred, or held elsewhere.
- For state-sentenced custody, use Louisiana VINELink or the DPS&C phone locator instead of relying only on the parish jail roster.
| Roster Field | Use |
|---|---|
| Name | Confirms the roster identity, usually in last-name, first-name format. |
| DOB | Helps separate people with similar names. |
| Race and gender | Roster demographic fields documented by LA VINE roster material. |
| Arrest date | Shows the listed custody event in indexed Catahoula roster captures. |
| Notification registration | Allows custody-status alerts through LA VINE or VINELink. |
Note: The Catahoula Parish Sheriff app is a public-safety and tip channel, but official store text did not confirm an inmate-search feature.
Catahoula Parish Jail Contact
The jail and sheriff records fallback both use the Harrisonburg sheriff and courthouse area. Call before traveling because the research did not locate public visitor-parking, lobby-entry, or records-counter rules. If the request is about a booking record, give the full name, date of birth if known, arrest date or booking date, and the type of record needed. Louisiana Public Records Law may support a request for public records, but booking photographs have separate limits under Louisiana booking-photo law.
Catahoula Parish Jail
301 Bushley Street
Harrisonburg, LA 71340
318-744-5411
Jail and sheriff information line
The sheriff's administration page lists public office hours as Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., open through lunch, for civil and tax administration services. That schedule is useful for in-person routing, but it should not be treated as a jail visitation schedule. The sheriff's office mailing address is P.O. Box 655, Harrisonburg, LA 71340.
Catahoula Parish Jail Visits
Official Catahoula Parish Jail sources did not publish a full visitation schedule, video visit provider, dress code, approved visitor list rule, or minors policy. The practical rule is to call the jail before going. Ask whether the person is housed at the 30-bed jail or at Catahoula Correctional Center, because the two facilities have different addresses and phone numbers. Also ask what ID is required, whether visits are in person or video, and whether visits are paused due to classification, court movement, medical status, or facility operations.
| Visit Topic | Catahoula Parish Jail Guidance |
|---|---|
| Published schedule | Not located in official sources |
| Visitor ID | Call 318-744-5411 before arrival |
| Visit type | Confirm in-person, video, attorney, and clergy rules with the jail |
| Items to avoid | Do not bring phones, bags, weapons, tobacco, vape products, or medication unless allowed |
| Housing check | Confirm the person has not moved to the correctional center or state custody |
Catahoula Parish Jail Mail Money
The inspected jail page did not publish a separate Catahoula Parish Jail mail format or mail rule sheet. For any letter, card, photo, book, magazine, money order, legal mail, or property question, call the jail first. Use the person's full legal name and any ID number when known. Mail and property rules can change by housing status, discipline, court transport, or safety policy, and rural jails may reject items that do not match current rules.
The sheriff homepage includes an inmate money and commissary block and links to inmatefinancial.com for secure deposits. The research did not locate a Catahoula Parish Jail fee table for online deposits, kiosk deposits, phone deposits, retailer payments, refunds, or limits. Check the facility or vendor page for current fees before paying.
| Service | Published Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail address | No separate jail mail format found in inspected official jail text |
| Money deposit | Sheriff homepage links to inmatefinancial.com |
| Commissary | Available through sheriff money/commissary routing, with fees not published in research |
| Phone or video vendor | Not published for the jail in inspected official text |
Catahoula Parish Jail Booking
Booking is the intake process after arrest. At Catahoula Parish Jail, a booking entry may include identity details, arrest date, custody status, and other fields supported by the LA VINE roster. It is not the same as a conviction. Louisiana law also requires an arrested person in custody to be brought before a judge within 72 hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays, for the first appearance process. After that point, bond, filed charges, warrants, and court dates may belong with the court or district attorney rather than the jail roster.
- Pre-trial detainee
- A person held after arrest while the court case is still pending.
- Adjudicated offender
- A person whose case has reached a judgment or sentence stage.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency that can affect release or transfer.
- First appearance
- The early court hearing for counsel, status, and related issues after arrest.
About Catahoula Parish Jail
The Catahoula Parish Jail should be kept distinct from Catahoula Correctional Center. The jail is the smaller parish jail for local custody, while the correctional center is a larger local facility that appears in DPS&C listings. Louisiana R.S. 15:704 makes each sheriff keeper of the public jail of the parish, and Catahoula sources identify Sheriff Toney Edwards as the chief law enforcement officer responsible for operating the parish jail. The jail's published mission also refers to life skills, education, coping skills, and reintegration, but no official program schedule was found.
Note: Confirm custody, housing location, and visit rules with Catahoula Parish Jail before traveling to Harrisonburg.