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 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Crowley, Louisiana, in Acadia Parish, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Crowley is held at the parish jail, run by the Acadia 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 Crowley
The parish jail, run by the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Crowley, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office at acadia.lavns.org (page title: Acadia Parish Jail), phone 337.788.8700, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 337.788.8700.
The Acadia Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 170 people, down from about 210 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2021 was 190 beds, and it ran at 89 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Acadia Parish has about 57,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 30 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Acadia Parish Jail
The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Crowley (filed by the FBI as Crowley Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Crowley.
The Eunice Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Acadia Parish, so its arrests are not broken out for Acadia Parish here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office's 716 for 2025, Crowley's 355 for 2025 and Rayne's 78 for 2024.
Together, the three agencies in Acadia Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,107 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 Crowley arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Acadia Parish serves the sentence in a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.la.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Crowley?
Ask the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office at 337.788.8700; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at acadia.lavns.org.
How many people are in the Acadia Parish jail?
About 170 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 190 beds.
What is the phone number for the Acadia Parish jail?
337.788.8700, the number on the page of the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Acadia 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 Crowley 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.