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 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, has about 95,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lafourche Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Lafourche 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Lafourche Parish
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lafourche Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office at lafourche.lavns.org (page title: Lafourche Parish Detention Center), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Lafourche Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 530 people, up from about 350 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Lafourche Parish has about 95,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 56 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Lafourche Parish Jail
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Thibodaux and Golden Meadow make the arrests that end in a booking in Lafourche Parish.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lafourche Parish: Nicholls State University (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office's 1,427 for 2025, Thibodaux's 722 for 2025 and Golden Meadow's 17 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Lafourche Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,149 arrests to the FBI that year. 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 Lafourche Parish arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Lafourche Parish?
Ask the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lafourche.lavns.org.
How many people are in the Lafourche Parish jail?
About 530 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Lafourche 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 Lafourche 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.