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.
LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office and two 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 LaSalle 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: LaSalle Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in LaSalle Parish
The La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for LaSalle Parish. It reported 331 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists two cities in LaSalle Parish with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Jena, 4,133 residents: 28 arrests reported for 2020.
- Olla, 1,294 residents.
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 The La Salle 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.
- La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office: 331 for 2024, 240 for 2023, 263 for 2021 and 377 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
- Jena: 28 for 2020 and 94 for 2019.
The La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office's 331 arrests in 2024 were up 38 percent from 240 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in LaSalle Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in LaSalle 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 2023 the jail held about 670 people, down from about 750 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 757 beds, and it ran at 88 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 La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office at lasalleso.com/inmateSearch (page title: LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Office (LA)), 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 LaSalle Parish
Whether someone was arrested in LaSalle Parish, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the parish jail; the case index of the District Court for LaSalle Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lasalleclerk.com, phone (318) 992-2158).
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 LaSalle 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 La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Jena or Olla: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for LaSalle Parish, through the court records page at lasalleclerk.com, phone (318) 992-2158.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in LaSalle Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the four cities in LaSalle Parish: Jena and Olla. Urania and Tullos 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 LaSalle Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in LaSalle Parish each year?
The La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office reported 331 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in LaSalle Parish?
Look on the custody page of the La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office at lasalleso.com/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
Where are people arrested in LaSalle Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the La Salle Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in LaSalle Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for LaSalle 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 LaSalle Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the La Salle 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 LaSalle 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.