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.
Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office and four 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 Evangeline 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: Evangeline Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Evangeline Parish
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Evangeline Parish. It reported 206 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four 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:
- Ville Platte, 6,148 residents: 89 arrests reported for 2019.
- Mamou, 2,817 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Basile, 1,186 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Chataignier, 259 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 Evangeline 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.
- Mamou: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office: 206 for 2025, 283 for 2024, 281 for 2023, 280 for 2022, 96 for 2020 and 48 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Basile: 0 for 2025, 4 for 2023, 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019; 2021, 2022 and 2024 are missing months.
- Ville Platte: 89 for 2019.
- Chataignier: 0 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,358 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,358 in 2025 against 1,435 in 2024, down 5.4 percent.
Through March 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 313 arrests, against 354 in the same months of 2025.
Chataignier reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Evangeline Parish Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Evangeline 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 2023 the jail held about 88 people, up from about 82 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 72 beds, and it ran at 122 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office at evangelineparishsheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_t... (page title: Inmate Roster | Evangeline Parish Sheriff | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), phone 337.363.2161, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was 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.
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 Evangeline Parish
Whether someone was arrested in Evangeline Parish, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the parish jail; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ncourt.com/x-press/X-Onlinepayments.aspx).
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 Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 337.363.2161.
- An arrest in Ville Platte, Mamou, Basile or Chataignier: 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 handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at evangelineparishsheriff.org (page title: SECTION .01 PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST | Evangeline Parish Sheriff).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Evangeline Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the six cities in Evangeline Parish: Ville Platte, Mamou, Basile and Chataignier. Pine Prairie and Turkey Creek 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 Evangeline Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Evangeline Parish each year?
Mamou reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,358 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Evangeline Parish?
Look on the custody page of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office at evangelineparishsheriff.org, or call 337.363.2161. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
Where are people arrested in Evangeline Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Evangeline Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Evangeline 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 evangelineparishsheriff.org.
Is this the official Evangeline 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.