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.
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, has about 158,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ouachita Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Ouachita 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.
Related guides: Ouachita Parish public records, Ouachita Parish arrest records, Ouachita Parish warrants, Ouachita Parish criminal records, Ouachita Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Ouachita Parish
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ouachita Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office at opso.net/bookings (page title: Bookings | Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Ouachita Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 1,320 people, up from about 1,280 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,312 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Ouachita Parish has about 158,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 83 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Ouachita Parish Jail
The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Monroe, West Monroe and Sterlington make the arrests that end in a booking in Ouachita Parish.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Ouachita Parish: the University of Louisiana at Monroe (campus police); the Tensas Basin Levee District (state agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Monroe's 2,869 for 2025, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office's 1,988 for 2025 and Sterlington's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Ouachita Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,783 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 Ouachita Parish arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Ouachita Parish serves the sentence in a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.la.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Ouachita Parish?
Look on the custody page of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office at opso.net/bookings. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
How many people are in the Ouachita Parish jail?
About 1,320 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,312 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Ouachita 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 Ouachita 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.