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.
Shreveport, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish, has about 177,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Shreveport is held at the parish jail, run by the Caddo 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 Shreveport
The parish jail, run by the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Shreveport, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office at caddosheriff.org/inmates (page title: Caddo Correctional Center Inmates), phone (318) 675-2170, 501 Texas St Room 101, Shreveport, LA 71101, 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 (318) 675-2170.
The Caddo Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 1,390 people, down from about 1,520 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,500 beds, and it ran at 93 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Caddo Parish has about 225,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 62 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Caddo Parish Jail
The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Shreveport (filed by the FBI as Shreveport Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Shreveport.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Shreveport's 2,571 for 2025, the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office's 822 for 2024 and Greenwood's 117 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Caddo Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,713 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 Shreveport 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 Caddo 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 Shreveport?
Ask the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office at (318) 675-2170; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at caddosheriff.org/inmates.
How many people are in the Caddo Parish jail?
About 1,390 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,500 beds.
What is the phone number for the Caddo Parish jail?
(318) 675-2170, the number on the page of the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Caddo 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 Shreveport 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.