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.
Assumption Parish, Louisiana, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Assumption Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Assumption 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: Assumption Parish public records, Assumption Parish arrest records, Assumption Parish warrants, Assumption Parish criminal records, Assumption Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Assumption Parish
The parish jail, run by the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Assumption Parish, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office at assumptionsheriff.com/services/corrections-services (page title: Corrections Services | Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Assumption Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 110 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 125 beds, and it ran at 90 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Assumption Parish has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 55 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Assumption Parish Jail
The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Assumption Parish.
The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office reported 1,145 arrests to the FBI for 2020. 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 Assumption Parish 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 Assumption Parish?
Ask the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at assumptionsheriff.com.
How many people are in the Assumption Parish jail?
About 110 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 125 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Assumption 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 Assumption Parish website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official parish, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.