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.
Red River Parish, Louisiana, has about 7,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Red River Parish Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Red River 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: Red River Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Red River Parish
The Red River Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Red River Parish. It reported 292 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year.
One city in Red River Parish reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Coushatta, 1,640 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Coushatta 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.
- Coushatta: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Red River Parish Sheriff's Office: 292 for 2020 and 351 for 2019.
Through September 2026, Coushatta reported 666 arrests, against 864 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Red River Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Red River 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 2021 the jail held about 50 people, up from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 76 beds, and it ran at 66 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 Red River Parish Sheriff's Office at redriverparishsheriff.org/corrections (page title: Corrections), phone (318) 746-1114, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Red River Parish
For Red River Parish the place to look is the case index of the District Court for Red River Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at redriverclerk.com, phone (318) 932-6741).
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 Red River 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 Red River Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (318) 746-1114.
- An arrest in Coushatta: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Red River Parish, through the court records page at redriverclerk.com, phone (318) 932-6741.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Red River Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Red River Parish: Coushatta. Martin, Hall Summit and Edgefield 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 Red River Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Red River Parish each year?
Coushatta reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Red River Parish?
Ask the Red River Parish Sheriff's Office at (318) 746-1114; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at redriverparishsheriff.org/corrections.
Where are people arrested in Red River Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Red River Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Red River Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Red River 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 Red River Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Red River 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 Red River 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.