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.
Gonzales, Louisiana, in Ascension Parish, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gonzales is held at the parish jail, run by the Ascension 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 Gonzales
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gonzales is held at the parish jail, run by the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office at inmate-inquiry.ascensionsheriff.com/NewWorld.InmateInquiry/Ascensio... (page title: Inmate Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Ascension Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 490 people, down from about 510 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 588 beds, and it ran at 83 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Ascension Parish has about 134,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 37 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Ascension Parish Jail
The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gonzales (filed by the FBI as Gonzales Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Gonzales.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office's 1,948 for 2025 and Gonzales's 687 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Ascension Parish with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,734 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 Gonzales 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 Ascension 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 Gonzales?
Look on the custody page of the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office at inmate-inquiry.ascensionsheriff.com. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
How many people are in the Ascension Parish jail?
About 490 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 588 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Ascension 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 Gonzales 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.