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 October 9, 2026.
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in East Carroll Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the East Carroll 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.
Related guides: East Carroll Parish public records, East Carroll Parish arrest records, East Carroll Parish warrants, East Carroll Parish criminal records, East Carroll Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in East Carroll Parish
A person kept in custody after an arrest in East Carroll Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office at ecsheriff.com/links.php (page title: East Carroll Sheriff's Office), phone (318) 559-4023, 400 First Street Lake Providence, LA 71254, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (318) 559-4023.
The East Carroll Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 1,360 people, up from about 1,250 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2021, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,567 beds, and it ran at 77 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
East Carroll Parish has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 1975 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the East Carroll Parish Jail
The East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lake Providence make the arrests that end in a booking in East Carroll Parish.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office's 181 for 2025 and Lake Providence's 99 for 2020.
The East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office reported 181 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 East Carroll 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 East Carroll 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 East Carroll Parish?
Ask the East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office at (318) 559-4023; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at ecsheriff.com/links.php.
How many people are in the East Carroll Parish jail?
About 1,360 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,567 beds.
What is the phone number for the East Carroll Parish jail?
(318) 559-4023, the number on the page of the East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in East Carroll 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 East Carroll 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.