Find Natchitoches Parish Jail Roster

The Natchitoches Parish jail roster lists everyone held at the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center. Sheriff Victor Jones and the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office maintain this roster and make it available to the public. You can search the jail roster online through the LAVNS portal for free. The roster shows names, booking dates, and charges for each inmate. This guide covers how to search the Natchitoches Parish jail roster, what info you can expect, and where to call if you need help finding someone in custody.

Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office

The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office runs the detention center and keeps the jail roster. Sheriff Victor Jones leads the NPSO. The sheriff's office is at 200 Church St, Suite 101, in Natchitoches. You can call the main office at 318-352-6432. The detention center has its own phone line at 318-357-9300. Use that number for questions about inmates, bonds, and the jail roster.

"Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office made 420 arrests in 2023." That gives you a sense of how active the agency is. Each arrest generates a booking entry that goes on the Natchitoches Parish jail roster. The NPSO handles law enforcement, court services, and all jail operations for the parish. If someone gets picked up anywhere in Natchitoches Parish, the NPSO processes them.

Search the Natchitoches Parish Jail Roster

The main way to search the Natchitoches Parish jail roster is through the LAVNS portal at natchitoches.lavns.org. "Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office Jail Roster." The page shows everyone currently in the detention center. You can search by name to find a specific inmate. Each listing shows the person's name, charges, and booking date.

"Click to register anonymously to be notified upon any changes in this offender's custody status." This is the LAVNS alert feature. Sign up and you get a call, text, or email when the person's status changes. It is free to use. You do not need to be a crime victim. Anyone can register for alerts on any inmate on the Natchitoches Parish jail roster.

"To locate an inmate in the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center, you can visit the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office website or contact the detention facility directly at 318-357-9300 for assistance." So you have two options: search online or call in. Both work. The phone option is good if you need an answer fast and don't want to wait for the online system to update.

The screenshot below shows the Natchitoches Parish inmate roster on the LAVNS portal.

Click on any name in the roster to see full charge details and bond info for that inmate in Natchitoches Parish.

Note: The online jail roster may not reflect releases from the last couple of hours.

Natchitoches Parish Inmate Search on VINELink

VINELink is another tool for searching the Natchitoches Parish jail roster. It pulls data from the same LAVNS 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." You can use VINELink to search by name or offender ID.

"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)." The Natchitoches Parish Detention Center feeds data into this system all day, every day. So what you see online is fairly close to real time.

You can also call 225-383-4580 for the phone-based search. "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." This line runs around the clock.

How Booking Works in Natchitoches Parish

After an arrest in Natchitoches Parish, deputies bring the person to the detention center at 299 Edwina Drive. The booking process starts there. Staff photograph the person, take fingerprints, and log all charges. Bond amounts get set based on the charges and any prior record. Once booking is done, the data enters the system and shows up on the Natchitoches Parish jail roster through LAVNS.

Booking takes time. It can be two to four hours before a new arrest appears online. If you need to find out right away if someone was booked, call the detention center at 318-357-9300. They can check the system and let you know. They can also tell you the charges and bond amount before the online roster updates.

"Natchitoches Parish Detention Center has been in the news for several controversies including correctional officer arrests and inmate escapes." While that speaks to past issues, the facility still processes all Natchitoches Parish arrests. The jail roster remains the public record of who is in custody at any point.

Jail Roster and Public Records in Natchitoches Parish

The Natchitoches Parish jail roster is a public record under LSA-R.S. 44:1. Anyone can view it. You do not need to explain why. You do not need to show ID. The law says most government records are open to the public, and jail rosters are included.

LSA-R.S. 15:574.12 spells out what inmate data is public and what is not. Basic info like age, offense, conviction date, and sentence length is public. Internal reports like pre-sentence investigations and parole files stay confidential. LSA-R.S. 15:1229 is the statute that created LAVNS. It requires the state to run a notification system so victims and the public can track inmates across all parishes, including Natchitoches.

Note: LSA-R.S. 14:405 makes it illegal for inmates to set up social media accounts while in custody.

Louisiana State Resources for Natchitoches Parish

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections manages the state prison system. Some people booked into the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center may later move to a state facility. "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." So some state inmates stay at parish jails like the one in Natchitoches.

"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." Whether you are looking for someone in the Natchitoches Parish jail or a state prison, LAVNS is the place to start.

Cities in Natchitoches Parish

Natchitoches Parish includes the city of Natchitoches, which is the parish seat and the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory. Other communities include Campti, Robeline, Provencal, and Goldonna. There are no separate city jails in these areas. All arrests made in Natchitoches Parish go to the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center. Everyone booked there appears on the Natchitoches Parish jail roster.

Nearby Parishes

These parishes border Natchitoches Parish. Each has its own jail and roster. If you are not sure which parish handled an arrest, check where it took place.