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.
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, has about 207,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Calcasieu Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu Parish
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Calcasieu Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office at calcasieu.info/calcasieu-parish-jail-roster-access-the-latest-booki... (page title: Calcasieu Parish Jail Roster: Access the Latest Booking Information and Charges Online | Calcasieu Parish News), phone 337-491-3800, 5410 East Broad Street, Lake Charles, LA 70615, 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 Calcasieu Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 950 people, down from about 1,200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,420 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Calcasieu Parish has about 207,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 46 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Calcasieu Parish Jail
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake, Iowa, Vinton and DeQuincy make the arrests that end in a booking in Calcasieu Parish.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Calcasieu Parish: McNeese State University (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office's 2,887 for 2025, Lake Charles's 1,154 for 2025 and DeQuincy's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Calcasieu Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,235 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 Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu Parish?
Look on the custody page of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office at calcasieu.info, or call 337-491-3800. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
How many people are in the Calcasieu Parish jail?
About 950 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,420 beds.
What is the phone number for the Calcasieu Parish jail?
337-491-3800, the number on the page of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu 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.