Madison Parish Jail Roster Lookup
The Madison Parish jail roster tracks all inmates held at the Madison Parish Jail in Tallulah. Sheriff Sammie L. Byrd's office keeps this roster current with booking and release data. You can search the roster online through the LAVNS portal or by calling the jail. The Madison Parish jail roster is a public record, so anyone can check it. Whether you need to find out if someone was just booked or want to see who is in custody right now, this page walks you through every way to search the Madison Parish roster and what to expect when you do.
Madison Parish Jail Quick Facts
Madison Parish Sheriff's Office
The Madison Parish Sheriff's Office runs the jail and keeps the roster up to date. Sheriff Sammie L. Byrd leads the office. "Welcome to the Madison Parish Sheriff web page. Here you will find information about our office and descriptions of our duties, plus our office address and telephone numbers." The office sits at 100 North Cedar Street in the Courthouse Building, Room 3, in Tallulah. Staff there handle bookings, releases, and all jail work for Madison Parish.
"The Sheriff's law enforcement duties include keeping peace within the parish. Administrative duties include serving as the parish's jailor, collection and distribution of court fines." This means the sheriff is in charge of all jail operations. The jail roster is one part of that job. Every time someone gets booked into or out of the Madison Parish Jail, the roster changes. You can call 318-574-1831 to ask about an inmate or get help with a jail question.
"Please feel free to contact us if we can be of service to you." The office takes calls during business hours for general questions about inmates and jail visits.
| Agency | Madison Parish Sheriff's Office |
|---|---|
| Address | 100 North Cedar Street, Courthouse Building, Room 3, Tallulah, LA 71282 |
| Phone | 318-574-1831 |
| Website | madisonso.com |
Search the Madison Parish Jail Roster
The quickest way to search the Madison Parish jail roster is through the LAVNS portal. Go to madison.lavns.org and type in a name. The site shows who is in custody right now. Each listing shows the inmate's name, charges, and booking date. You can also register for alerts. "Click to register anonymously to be notified upon any changes in this offender's custody status." This means you get a call or text if the person you are tracking gets released or moved.
The LAVNS system is part of a statewide network. "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)." That means Madison Parish jail data feeds into the system all the time. The roster stays fairly current throughout the day.
The screenshot below shows the Madison Parish inmate roster on the LAVNS portal.
Each entry on the roster lets you click through for more details about the person's charges and bond status in Madison Parish.
Note: New bookings may take a few hours to show up on the online roster for Madison Parish.
Madison Parish Inmate Search on VINELink
You can also use VINELink to look up inmates in the Madison Parish Jail. VINELink is the national version of the LAVNS system. It pulls from the same data. "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." So both tools work for checking the Madison Parish jail roster.
If you don't have internet, call the toll-free line. "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 line runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It works for state inmates and parish jail inmates alike.
Madison Parish Sheriff Website
The Madison Parish Sheriff's Office has its own website at madisonso.com. The site has basic info about the office, contact details, and links to services. "The Sheriff also serves as the Ex-Officio Tax Collector for the Parish which includes the collection and distribution of the ad valorem taxes, state revenue sharing and federal revenue sharing." So the sheriff handles more than just the jail roster. But for inmate searches, the LAVNS portal is the main tool.
Below is a screenshot of the Madison Parish Sheriff's Office website.
From the sheriff's site you can find links to other parish services and contact the office for questions about the Madison Parish jail roster.
How Booking Works in Madison Parish
When someone gets arrested in Madison Parish, they go to the jail in Tallulah. Deputies process the booking there. Staff take the person's photo, fingerprints, and personal details. They log the charges and set a bond amount if one applies. All of this goes into the system. It then shows up on the Madison Parish jail roster once the data pushes through to LAVNS.
Booking takes time. It can be a few hours from arrest to when the person appears on the online roster. If you are looking for someone who was just picked up, try calling the jail at 318-574-1831. The staff can tell you if someone has been booked. They can also give you the bond amount and charges over the phone in most cases.
Under Louisiana law, LSA-R.S. 44:1, jail rosters are public records. Anyone can ask to see them. You do not need a reason. You do not need to show ID to view the online roster. The data is there for public safety and transparency.
Louisiana State Resources for Madison Parish
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections oversees the state prison system. Some people booked into the Madison Parish Jail may later transfer to state custody. "At present, there are more than 36,000 people serving time for state felonies. Louisiana simply doesn't have the capacity to house all of people serving time for state felonies in state correctional facilities." That means some state inmates stay in parish jails like the one in Madison Parish.
LSA-R.S. 15:574.12 covers which inmate records are public and which are confidential. Basic info like the inmate's age, offense, date of conviction, and length of sentence is public. Pre-sentence investigation reports and parole files are not. This law applies to both state and parish-level inmate data in Madison Parish. LSA-R.S. 15:1229 is the statute that created the LAVNS system itself. It requires the state to run a notification system for crime victims and the public.
Note: Louisiana law under LSA-R.S. 14:405 bars inmates from making social media accounts while in custody.
Cities in Madison Parish
Madison Parish includes the town of Tallulah, which is the parish seat. Other communities include Delta, Mound, and Richmond. There are no separate city jails in Madison Parish. All arrests made anywhere in the parish go to the Madison Parish Jail in Tallulah. If someone gets picked up in any of these towns, they will show up on the Madison Parish jail roster.
Nearby Parishes
These parishes border Madison Parish. Each one runs its own jail and keeps a separate roster. If you are not sure which parish handled an arrest, check the location where it took place.