Search Bossier Parish Jail Roster

The Bossier Parish jail roster shows all people held at the Bossier Parish Jail and the Bossier Maximum Security Facility in Bossier City. The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office maintains these records and posts them through the LAVNS portal. Anyone can search the roster by name to find current inmates. The roster gets updated regularly to reflect new bookings and releases. If you need to check on someone held in Bossier Parish, the online jail roster is the fastest place to start looking.

Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office

The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office runs the jail and keeps the inmate roster. The office manages the Bossier Parish Jail and the Bossier Maximum Security Facility, both at 2960 Old Minden Road in Bossier City. "Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office provides inmate roster through LAVNS." Staff handle all bookings, releases, and day-to-day jail operations for the parish.

You can call 318-326-4005 to reach the jail. Phone lines are open during normal business hours for questions about inmates, visiting, or bonds. The sheriff's office website at bossiersheriff.com also has links to the jail roster and other public safety tools. For after-hours questions, dispatchers can help with basic inmate information.

How to Search Bossier Parish Inmates

The main way to search the Bossier Parish jail roster is through the LAVNS portal. Visit bossier.lavns.org to see who is held at the jail right now. You can search by name. The site shows booking charges and custody status for each person on the roster. It pulls from the Bossier Parish Jail system on a regular basis.

"Search Bossier Parish inmate records through Vinelink by offender ID or name." You can also use VINELink to look up inmates. VINELink is the national version of the LAVNS system. "LAVNS will automatically collect offender transaction data from the state's sixty-four (64) parish jail systems, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Louisiana District Attorneys' Association (LDAA) at regular intervals on a seven days per week, twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days a year basis (7/24/365 basis)." Both tools pull from the same data, so either one works for checking the Bossier Parish jail roster.

The following screenshot shows the Bossier Parish inmate roster on the LAVNS portal.

The roster page lists each inmate's name, charges, and booking date. Click on any name for more details about that person's case and status in Bossier Parish.

Note: The online roster may not reflect releases that happened in the last few hours.

Bossier Parish Jail Roster Online

The Bossier Parish Sheriff's website gives the public another way to find jail information. The site links to the inmate roster and other public safety resources. You can find contact numbers, office hours, and details about the Bossier Maximum Security Facility. Bossier Parish is one of the larger parishes in northwest Louisiana, so the jail handles a high volume of bookings.

The screenshot below shows the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office website.

From the site you can navigate to the jail roster, get facility contact info, and learn about other services the sheriff's office provides in Bossier Parish.

Booking at Bossier Parish Jail

When someone gets arrested in Bossier Parish, they are taken to the jail on Old Minden Road. Staff begin the booking process right away. They collect the person's name, date of birth, and photograph. Fingerprints are taken. Charges are recorded and an initial bond may be set if one applies. All of this goes into the system and shows up on the Bossier Parish jail roster.

Booking can take a few hours from start to finish. During that time, the inmate might not yet appear on the online roster. If you are trying to find someone who was just picked up in Bossier Parish, give it some time and then check again. You can also call the jail at 318-326-4005 to ask if someone has been booked in. Bossier City police and other agencies in the parish bring arrestees to this same facility, so all bookings show up on the same roster.

Bossier Parish Jail Roster and Public Records

Under Louisiana law, jail rosters are public records. LSA-R.S. 44:1 says most government records are open to the public. That includes the Bossier Parish jail roster. You do not need to file a formal request or give a reason to view it.

LSA-R.S. 15:574.12 covers victim notification and is the law behind the LAVNS system. LSA-R.S. 15:1229 deals with criminal justice information systems in Louisiana. These statutes create the framework that makes the Bossier Parish jail roster available online. If you need official copies of booking records or arrest documents, contact the sheriff's office. There may be a small fee for copies. Juvenile records do not appear on the Bossier Parish jail roster under LSA-R.S. 14:405 and other state privacy rules.

Note: An arrest on the roster does not mean the person has been found guilty of any crime.

LAVNS and VINELink for Bossier Parish

LAVNS stands for Louisiana Automated Victim Notification System. It was set up to help crime victims know when an offender's status changes. But anyone can use it for free. "Presently, LAVNS offers everyone access to a state imprisoned person's location by Internet [www.vinelink.com] and a 24-hour, toll-free telephone number: (866) 528-6748." You can sign up for alerts so you get a call, text, or email when an inmate in Bossier Parish is released or moved.

The phone option at 225-383-4580 connects you to the Imprisoned Person Locator. You need the person's name and date of birth or their DPS&C number. This works well if you do not have internet access.

Cities in Bossier Parish

Bossier Parish includes Bossier City, the largest city in the parish. The parish seat is Benton. Other communities include Haughton, Plain Dealing, and Benton itself. All arrests made in Bossier Parish go to the parish jail. There are no separate city jails. "Bossier City Police Department utilizes Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office detention facilities." So if someone gets picked up by Bossier City police, they end up on the Bossier Parish jail roster the same as any other arrest in the parish.

Nearby Parishes

These parishes border Bossier Parish. Each one runs its own jail and keeps a separate roster. Check the arrest location if you are not sure which parish handled a case.