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 on September 30, 2026.
Franklin Parish, Louisiana, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office. 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 Franklin 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: Franklin Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Franklin Parish
The Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Franklin Parish. It reported 405 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office: 405 for 2025, 599 for 2024, 484 for 2023, 252 for 2022, 289 for 2021 and 586 for 2020.
The Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office's 405 arrests in 2025 were down 32 percent from 599 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office reported 218 arrests, against 225 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Franklin Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Franklin 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 750 people, down from about 820 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2016, the last year with a capacity figure, was 834 beds, and it ran at 94 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Franklin Parish
For Franklin Parish the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at fifthda.org, phone 318.728.6451).
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 Franklin 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 Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 318.728.6451, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Franklin Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Franklin Parish with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the parish agencies'.
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 Franklin Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Franklin Parish each year?
The Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office reported 405 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Franklin Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Franklin Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Franklin 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 Franklin Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Franklin 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 Franklin 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.