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.
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, has about 131,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bossier Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Bossier 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 Bossier Parish
The parish jail, run by the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bossier Parish, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office at bossiersheriff.com/inmateLookup (page title: Inmate Lookup | Bossier Parish LA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Bossier Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 1,120 people, down from about 1,220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,557 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bossier Parish has about 131,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 86 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bossier Parish Jail
The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Bossier City, Haughton, Benton and Plain Dealing make the arrests that end in a booking in Bossier Parish.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Bossier Parish: Louisiana State University at Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana State University at Shreveport and Southern University and A&M College at Shreveport (campus police).
The Shreveport Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Bossier Parish, so its arrests are not broken out for Bossier Parish here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Bossier City's 3,294 for 2025, the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office's 1,994 for 2025 and Haughton's 108 for 2022.
Together, the three agencies in Bossier Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,310 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 Bossier Parish 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 Bossier 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 Bossier Parish?
Look on the custody page of the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office at bossiersheriff.com/inmateLookup. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
How many people are in the Bossier Parish jail?
About 1,120 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,557 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bossier 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 Bossier 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.