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.
De Soto Parish, Louisiana, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in De Soto Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the De Soto 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 De Soto Parish
A person kept in custody after an arrest in De Soto Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office at dpso.org/inmateRoster (page title: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office (LA)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 De Soto Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 110 people, up from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 131 beds, and it ran at 85 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
De Soto Parish has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 41 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the De Soto Parish Jail
The De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Mansfield make the arrests that end in a booking in De Soto Parish.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office's 402 for 2024 and Mansfield's 197 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies in De Soto Parish with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 793 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 De Soto 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 De Soto Parish?
Look on the custody page of the De Soto Parish Sheriff's Office at dpso.org/inmateRoster. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
How many people are in the De Soto Parish jail?
About 110 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 131 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in De Soto 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 De Soto 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.