La Salle Parish Jail Overview
La Salle Parish Jail is the parish-level booking and custody facility tied to the La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff site and Louisiana DPS&C parish directory place the jail at the Jena courthouse and sheriff campus, not on a separate jail-only website. That matters for a La Salle Parish Jail inmate search because the same sheriff web platform also carries weekly arrest reports, contact records, public-records contacts, and app links.
The jail serves the local criminal-custody role. It is used for people arrested by the sheriff's office and surrounding local or state agencies, people waiting for first appearance or bond action, local holds, and other parish jail custody. It should not be treated as the same system as the large Olla correctional center or the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center. The sheriff roster is the best first channel for a recent parish booking, while Louisiana VINE, BOP, and ICE ODLS cover other custody paths.
La Salle Parish Jail Capacity
Published capacity information for La Salle Parish Jail is limited. The sheriff's official site did not publish a rated capacity in the reviewed research. Vera's Louisiana facility data lists La Salle Parish Jail with a capacity of 29, and that figure should be described as dataset-sourced rather than sheriff-posted. The same research notes compiled Vera fields for local custody, pretrial custody, and a small state-DOC component, but those fields are not a live jail dashboard.
Because the current daily count was not found on the sheriff site, capacity and population should be read with care. A person confirming a current La Salle Parish Jail inmate record should rely on the official roster, the jail line, or Records & Bonds rather than old facility datasets. For a broader view of parish custody, the La Salle Parish inmate population page separates the Jena jail from the Olla correctional center and the ICE facility.
La Salle Parish Jail Lookup
The correct online lookup path for La Salle Parish Jail is the official sheriff Inmate Search. The research found that the page is part of the sheriff's OCV web and mobile platform, with a public feed behind the JavaScript route. LA VINE materials describe live jail rosters as updating every 30 minutes, but a new booking can still lag because intake, data entry, release, transfer, or system refresh may happen first.
- Open the sheriff Inmate Search and allow the page to run JavaScript.
- Search or scroll for the person's last name, then compare the full name and inmate ID.
- Open the matching profile and check the booked date, demographics, custody status, and any visible charge detail.
- If the roster is blank, slow, or incomplete, check the official Weekly Arrests reports for the booking date range.
- Call the jail or Records & Bonds when charges, bond, release, or transfer status are not clear online.
The sheriff roster is not the right tool for every person held in La Salle Parish. A sentenced DPS&C prisoner may be found through Louisiana VINE. A sentenced federal prisoner is searched through the BOP Inmate Locator. An immigration detainee at Pinehill Road is searched through ICE ODLS, not the sheriff roster.
La Salle Parish Jail Contact
La Salle Parish Jail contact information appears in both sheriff and DPS&C sources. The main sheriff office number is useful for general routing, but direct jail and Records & Bonds contacts are better for active custody, release, and bond questions. Public-records requests have separate email contacts, which is important when the roster omits a detail or when an older booking record is needed.
La Salle Parish Jail
1050 Courthouse Street
Jena, LA 71342
(318) 992-2151
Jail contact: (318) 992-7358
Records & Bonds: (318) 992-6976
Public records: tclark@lasalleso.com and jmannon@lasalleso.com
La Salle Parish Jail Visits
Official jail-specific visitation hours, visitor rules, video-visit vendor, and dress-code details were not located in the sheriff sources reviewed. The safest local rule is to call the jail before traveling, especially because the jail is tied to the courthouse and sheriff campus. Confirm whether visits are offered, whether they must be scheduled, what ID is required, and whether phones, bags, medicines, or other personal items are allowed past the entrance.
| Topic | Published Status | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| Visitation schedule | Not located in official sheriff sources | Call (318) 992-7358 before arriving |
| Video visits | Vendor and schedule not located | Ask whether remote visits are available |
| Visitor rules | Jail-specific rules not located | Confirm ID, dress, property, and entry limits |
| Courthouse screening | Possible around court offices | Plan for security screening and closure notices |
La Salle Parish Jail Mail
Official inmate mail format, commissary vendor, deposit methods, phone rates, and fee schedules for La Salle Parish Jail were not found in the sheriff materials reviewed. Do not send cash, stamps, packages, books, medicine, or photos until the jail confirms current rules. For money questions, Records & Bonds is the local sheriff contact most tied to bond and custody records, while the jail line should confirm what the facility accepts for inmate use.
| Service | Located Detail | Contact Path |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Facility address known, inmate mail format not located | Call the jail before mailing |
| Phone service | Provider and rate table not located | Ask the jail line |
| Money deposit | Vendor and fees not located | Call jail or Records & Bonds |
| Bond questions | Direct Records & Bonds contact located | (318) 992-6976 |
La Salle Parish Jail Booking
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure article 228 requires an arrested person to be taken promptly to a jail or police station and booked. The booking record must include the person's name and address, property taken, date and time of booking, and a booking information summary. That summary must include the legal name if known, charges, arresting officer, a short statement of the facts or events causing arrest, and names of others arrested from the same event when applicable.
For La Salle Parish Jail, the local workflow starts with arrest by the sheriff or another local or state agency, transport to the Jena jail or proper custody point, booking, property inventory, and roster entry. Public roster samples showed name, inmate ID, demographics, booked date, and in-custody status. They did not prove public display of housing unit, court date, full incident narrative, or bond rows for every person. Booking charges are not the same as final court charges, so formal case status must be checked with the court or clerk after filing.
Note: A missing roster entry can mean delayed entry, release, transfer, or another custody system, not only a bad search.
La Salle Parish Jail Differences
La Salle Parish has three very different custody settings. The Jena sheriff jail is the local booking point for parish criminal custody. La Salle Correctional Center and TWP in Olla is a much larger private jail and transitional work program facility tied to state and county agency populations. Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena is civil immigration detention, with lookup through ICE rather than the sheriff.
This distinction helps prevent false negatives. A person arrested this week in La Salle Parish may be on the sheriff Inmate Search or Weekly Arrests report. A person sentenced to DPS&C custody may move into Louisiana VINE or a local contract bed. A person in immigration proceedings at Pinehill Road may never appear on the parish roster because ICE custody is a separate civil system. When the custody path is unclear, start with the sheriff roster, then move through jail phone contacts, Louisiana VINE, BOP, and ICE ODLS as needed.