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.
East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office and three 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 East Feliciana 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: East Feliciana Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in East Feliciana Parish
The East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for East Feliciana Parish. It reported 106 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three 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:
- Clinton, 1,297 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wilson, 359 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
- Norwood, 269 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2023.
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 East Feliciana Parish
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office: 106 for 2025, 196 for 2024, 148 for 2023, 130 for 2022 and 320 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Clinton: 0 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 3 for 2021.
- Norwood: 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 0 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Wilson: 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 106 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 106 in 2025 against 197 in 2024, down 46 percent.
Norwood reported only part of 2025 (1 month) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in East Feliciana Parish Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in East Feliciana Parish is held at the parish jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 250 people, up from about 220 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office at eastfeliciana.lavns.org (page title: East Feliciana Parish Jail), 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 East Feliciana Parish
An arrest in East Feliciana Parish can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for East Feliciana Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at eastfelicianaclerk.org); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at efparish.org/district-attorneys-office, phone 225-683-8577).
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 East Feliciana Parish
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Clinton, Wilson or Norwood: 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, 225-683-8577, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for East Feliciana Parish, through the court records page at eastfelicianaclerk.org.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at eastfelicianaclerk.org (page title: East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court | Public Records Requests).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in East Feliciana Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the five cities in East Feliciana Parish: Clinton, Wilson and Norwood. Jackson and Slaughter 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 East Feliciana Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in East Feliciana Parish each year?
The East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office reported 106 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 106 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in East Feliciana Parish?
Ask the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at eastfeliciana.lavns.org.
Where are people arrested in East Feliciana Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in East Feliciana Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for East Feliciana 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 East Feliciana Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the East Feliciana 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; the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at eastfelicianaclerk.org.
Is this the official East Feliciana 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.