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 24, 2026.
Jackson Parish, Louisiana, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jackson 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 Jackson 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: Jackson Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jackson Parish
The Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jackson Parish. It reported 84 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office: 84 for 2024, 90 for 2023, 113 for 2021, 307 for 2020 and 714 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
The Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office's 84 arrests in 2024 were down 6.7 percent from 90 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jackson Parish Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Jackson 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 2022 the jail held about 770 people, down from about 1,080 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022 was 1,215 beds, and it ran at 63 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 Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office at jacksoncountyso.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Jackson County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, 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 Jackson Parish
An arrest in Jackson Parish can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the parish jail; the case index of the District Court for Jackson Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at jacksonparishclerk.org); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at 2jdda.org/contact-us, phone (318) 263-7408).
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 Jackson Parish
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (318) 263-7408, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Jackson Parish, through the court records page at jacksonparishclerk.org.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Jackson Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Jackson 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 Jackson Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jackson Parish each year?
The Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office reported 84 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jackson Parish?
Look on the custody page of the Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office at jacksoncountyso.com/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
Where are people arrested in Jackson Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jackson Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Jackson 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 Jackson Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jackson 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 Jackson 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.