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 October 2, 2026.
Leesville, Louisiana, in Vernon Parish, has about 5,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Leesville is held at the parish jail, run by the Vernon 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 Leesville
The parish jail, run by the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Leesville, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office at vernon.lavns.org (page title: Vernon Parish Jail), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Vernon Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 120 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 39 beds, and it ran at 395 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Vernon Parish has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 25 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Vernon Parish Jail
The Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Leesville (filed by the FBI as Leesville Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Leesville.
The De Ridder Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Vernon Parish, so its arrests are not broken out for Vernon Parish here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were New Llano's 1,152 for 2025, Rosepine's 1,152 for 2025 and the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office's 1,010 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies in Vernon Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 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 Leesville 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 Leesville?
Ask the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at vernon.lavns.org.
How many people are in the Vernon Parish jail?
About 120 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 39 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Vernon 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 Leesville 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.