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.
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines 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 and common questions.
Related guides: Plaquemines Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Plaquemines Parish
The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Plaquemines Parish. It reported 450 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Plaquemines 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.
- Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office: 450 for 2024, 498 for 2023, 417 for 2022, 470 for 2021 and 416 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office's 450 arrests in 2024 were down 9.6 percent from 498 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Plaquemines Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Plaquemines 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 530 people, down from about 570 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 882 beds, and it ran at 60 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office at ppso.net/corrections (page title: Corrections | Plaquemines Parish LA Sheriff’s Office), phone 504-934-7600, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Plaquemines Parish
For Plaquemines Parish the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at plaqueminesparish.gov/m/directory/department?did=19, phone 504-934-6630).
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 Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 504-934-7600.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 504-934-6630, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at plaqueminesparish.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Plaquemines Parish, LA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Plaquemines Parish each year?
The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office reported 450 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Plaquemines Parish?
Ask the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office at 504-934-7600; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at ppso.net/corrections.
Where are people arrested in Plaquemines Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Plaquemines Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Plaquemines 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; the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at plaqueminesparish.gov.
Is this the official Plaquemines 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.