Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 26, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bastrop, Louisiana, in Morehouse Parish, has about 8,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bastrop is held at the parish jail, run by the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Bastrop
The parish jail, run by the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bastrop, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office at mpso.net/corrections-division (page title: Corrections Division), phone 318-281-9336, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 318-281-9336.
The Morehouse Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 440 people, down from about 480 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2018, the last year with a capacity figure, was 264 beds, and it ran at 61 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Morehouse Parish has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 186 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Morehouse Parish Jail
The Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Bastrop (filed by the FBI as Bastrop Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Bastrop.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office's 313 for 2025 and Bastrop's 300 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Morehouse Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 613 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the parish jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Bastrop arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bastrop?
Ask the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office at 318-281-9336; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mpso.net/corrections-division.
How many people are in the Morehouse Parish jail?
About 440 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 264 beds.
What is the phone number for the Morehouse Parish jail?
318-281-9336, the number on the page of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Morehouse Parish go?
To a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.la.gov.
Is this the official Bastrop website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.