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.
Concordia Parish, Louisiana, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office and two 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 Concordia 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: Concordia Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Concordia Parish
The Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Concordia Parish. It reported 467 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Vidalia, 3,888 residents: 43 arrests reported for 2025.
- Ferriday, 2,995 residents: 49 arrests reported for 2022.
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 Concordia 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.
- Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office: 467 for 2025, 512 for 2024, 415 for 2023, 514 for 2022 and 701 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Vidalia: 43 for 2025, 63 for 2024, 77 for 2023, 60 for 2022, 58 for 2021 and 307 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Ferriday: 49 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 510 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 510 in 2025 against 575 in 2024, down 11 percent.
Through May 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 184 arrests, against 211 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Concordia Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Concordia 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 2021 the jail held about 570 people, down from about 1,100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2021 was 1,434 beds, and it ran at 40 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 Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office at concordiasheriff.org (page title: Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office, LA), phone 318-336-5231, 4001 Carter St, Vidalia, LA 71373, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Concordia Parish
For Concordia Parish the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at 7thjda.org/concordia.htm, phone (318) 336-5526).
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 Concordia 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 Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 318-336-5231.
- An arrest in Vidalia or Ferriday: 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) 336-5526, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Concordia Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in Concordia Parish: Vidalia and Ferriday. Clayton and Ridgecrest 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 Concordia Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Concordia Parish each year?
The Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office reported 467 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 510 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Concordia Parish?
Ask the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office at 318-336-5231; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at concordiasheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Concordia Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Concordia Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Concordia 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 Concordia Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Concordia 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 Concordia 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.