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 30, 2026.
New Iberia, Louisiana, in Iberia Parish, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in New Iberia is held at the parish jail, run by the Iberia 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.
Related guides: New Iberia public records, Iberia Parish inmate search, New Iberia arrest records, New Iberia warrants, New Iberia criminal records, New Iberia court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in New Iberia
A person kept in custody after an arrest in New Iberia is held at the parish jail, run by the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office at iberia.lavns.org (page title: Iberia Parish Jail), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Iberia Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 360 people, down from about 400 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 512 beds, and it ran at 78 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Iberia Parish has about 68,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 54 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Iberia Parish Jail
The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Iberia (filed by the FBI as New Iberia Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around New Iberia.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were New Iberia's 866 for 2025 and the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office's 303 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Iberia Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,169 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 New Iberia 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 Iberia 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 New Iberia?
Ask the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at iberia.lavns.org.
How many people are in the Iberia Parish jail?
About 360 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 512 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Iberia 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 New Iberia 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.