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 24, 2026.
Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, has about 8,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office. 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 Catahoula 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: Catahoula Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Catahoula Parish
The Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Catahoula Parish. It reported 42 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office: 42 for 2024, 106 for 2022 and 169 for 2021; 2023 is missing months.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Catahoula Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Catahoula 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 2024 the jail held about 820 people, down from about 830 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 862 beds, and it ran at 96 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 Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office at catahoulaso.com (page title: Catahoula Parish | Sheriff's Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Catahoula Parish
For Catahoula Parish the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Catahoula Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courtrecord.net/catahoula-parish-la-courts, phone 318-744-5414).
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 Catahoula Parish
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Catahoula Parish, through the court records page at courtrecord.net/catahoula-parish-la-courts, phone 318-744-5414.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Catahoula Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Catahoula Parish with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the parish agencies'.
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 Catahoula Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Catahoula Parish each year?
The Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office reported 42 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Catahoula Parish?
Ask the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at catahoulaso.com.
Where are people arrested in Catahoula Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Catahoula Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Catahoula 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 Catahoula Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Catahoula 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 Catahoula 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.