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 on September 30, 2026.
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office and six city agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the parish jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the District Court for Avoyelles Parish. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Avoyelles Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Avoyelles Parish
The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Avoyelles Parish. It reported 323 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside six of the parish's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Marksville, 4,805 residents: 98 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bunkie, 3,183 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cottonport, 1,951 residents.
- Simmesport, 1,410 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Moreauville, 937 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Evergreen, 208 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Avoyelles Parish
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Bunkie: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Simmesport: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Moreauville: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office: 323 for 2025.
- Marksville: 98 for 2025, 106 for 2024, 127 for 2023, 136 for 2022, 154 for 2021 and 272 for 2020.
- Evergreen: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2023 and 1 for 2022; 2024 is missing months.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,877 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,554 in 2025 against 3,562 in 2024, down 0.2 percent.
Through June 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,666 arrests, against 1,942 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Avoyelles Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Avoyelles Parish and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 410 people, down from about 660 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 755 beds, and it ran at 54 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office at avoyellesso.com/corrections (page title: Corrections | Avoyelles Parish Sheriffs Office), phone (318)253-4000, 675 Government St. Marksville, LA 71351, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Avoyelles Parish
An arrest in Avoyelles Parish can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Avoyelles Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at voterportal.sos.la.gov/clerk, phone (337) 788-8881); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at avoyellesda.org, phone 318-253-4000).
Louisiana does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Avoyelles Parish
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the agency must answer within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
- An arrest by the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (318)253-4000.
- An arrest in Marksville, Bunkie, Cottonport, Simmesport, Moreauville or Evergreen: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 318-253-4000, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Avoyelles Parish, through the court records page at voterportal.sos.la.gov/clerk, phone (337) 788-8881.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Avoyelles Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the nine cities in Avoyelles Parish: Marksville, Bunkie, Cottonport, Simmesport, Moreauville and Evergreen. Mansura, Hessmer and Plaucheville have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the parish the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the parish jail and the case goes to the District Court for Avoyelles Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Avoyelles Parish each year?
Bunkie reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,877 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Avoyelles Parish?
Ask the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office at (318)253-4000; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at avoyellesso.com/corrections.
Where are people arrested in Avoyelles Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Avoyelles Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Avoyelles Parish are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Louisiana Public Records Law.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Avoyelles Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Louisiana Public Records Law the answer is due within 3 business days when the record is not immediately available.
Is this the official Avoyelles 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.