Access Grant Parish Jail Roster

The Grant Parish jail roster tracks all inmates held at the Grant Parish Detention Facility in Colfax. Sheriff Steven McCain and the Grant Parish Sheriff's Office manage the jail and the roster. You can search for inmates through statewide tools like VINELink. The roster gets updated as new bookings and releases happen. If you need to find someone arrested in Grant Parish, the jail roster is the first place to look. This page covers all the ways you can access inmate data for Grant Parish.

Grant Parish Sheriff's Office

The Grant Parish Sheriff's Office runs the detention facility and maintains the jail roster. The main office is at 205 Cypress Street in Colfax. You can call 318-627-4106 to reach the sheriff's office.

"The Grant Parish Sheriff's Office is comprised of four primary divisions: Civil, Criminal, Investigations, Corrections." The corrections division handles the jail. "Grant Parish Detention Facility, Warden Chance Durand, 485 Richardson Drive, Colfax, Louisiana 71417." Warden Durand oversees day-to-day operations at the facility. "To contact the Grant Parish Detention Facility, please call 318-627-3724." That number is the best way to reach the jail for questions about the Grant Parish jail roster or inmate status.

Grant Parish Jail Roster Overview

"The Grant Parish Detention Facility serves as the parish jail for Grant Parish and for the municipalities of Colfax, Montgomery, Dry Prong, Creola, Georgetown, and Pollock." All arrests from these communities end up at the same jail. There are no separate city jails in Grant Parish. Whether someone is picked up in Dry Prong or Pollock, they go to the detention facility in Colfax and show up on the Grant Parish jail roster.

"The facility also houses offenders that are arrested by the Louisiana State Police, Probation & Parole, Wildlife and Fisheries, and various federal law enforcement agencies for crimes that occur in Grant Parish." This means the jail holds more than just local arrests. State and federal agencies use the same facility, so the Grant Parish jail roster may include inmates from those agencies too.

Note: The Grant Parish LAVNS portal has been offline, so call the jail at 318-627-3724 for the most current inmate information.

Search Grant Parish Inmates

The Grant Parish LAVNS portal has been reported as offline. That means the usual parish-level LAVNS page may not work. But you still have options. You can use VINELink to search for inmates in Grant Parish. VINELink is the national database that pulls from the same system. "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."

The screenshot below shows the VINELink national database, which you can use to search for Grant Parish inmates.

On VINELink, select Louisiana as the state and search by name or offender ID. The system covers all 64 parishes in the state, including Grant Parish.

You can also call 225-383-4580 to reach the Imprisoned Person Locator by phone. "You can also call 225-383-4580 to be connected to the Imprisoned Person Locator. Callers must have the person in prison's DPS&C number or the person in prison's name and date of birth to access housing assignment, address of the facility where the person is located, a contact phone number and a projected release date." The phone option works well if you do not have internet access or if the LAVNS website is still down for Grant Parish.

Louisiana DOC and Grant Parish

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections oversees the statewide system that feeds into LAVNS. "Family and friends of people assigned to the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections can locate the person by searching on the Louisiana Automated Victim Notification System (LAVNS). This site is updated every 24 hours and makes it easy to search by location, name, and ID/case number." If someone arrested in Grant Parish has been transferred to a state facility, you can use LAVNS or VINELink to find their current location.

The screenshot below shows the Louisiana Department of Corrections homepage.

The DOC website has resources for locating state inmates, learning about public records requests, and finding contact information for state facilities.

Public Records and Grant Parish

Under LSA-R.S. 44:1, jail rosters in Louisiana are public records. The Grant Parish jail roster is open to anyone. You do not need to give a reason to view it. LSA-R.S. 15:574.12 covers the victim notification system. LSA-R.S. 15:1229 governs criminal justice information sharing.

These laws together support public access to the Grant Parish jail roster. If you need official copies of arrest records or booking documents, contact the sheriff's office at 318-627-4106. A small fee for copies may apply. Juvenile records are not included on the roster under LSA-R.S. 14:405.

Booking at Grant Parish Detention Facility

When someone is arrested in Grant Parish, they are taken to the detention facility on Richardson Drive in Colfax. Staff record the person's name, charges, and personal details. Photos and fingerprints are taken. Bond amounts get set by a judge. The booking data then goes into the system and feeds into the Grant Parish jail roster.

Booking can take a few hours. During that time, the person may not show up on any online search. Call 318-627-3724 if you need to check on someone who was just picked up in Grant Parish.

Note: The detention facility also processes arrests made by state police and federal agencies operating in Grant Parish.

Cities in Grant Parish

Grant Parish includes the town of Colfax, which is the parish seat. Other communities include Montgomery, Dry Prong, Creola, Georgetown, and Pollock. All arrests from these towns go to the Grant Parish Detention Facility. There are no separate city jails. Everyone arrested in Grant Parish ends up on the same jail roster.

Nearby Parishes

These parishes border Grant Parish. Each one has its own jail and keeps a separate roster.