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.
Richland Parish, Louisiana, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Richland 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 Richland 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: Richland Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Richland Parish
The Richland Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Richland Parish. It reported 1,613 arrests for 2019, its latest complete year.
One city in Richland Parish reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Rayville, 3,195 residents: 35 arrests reported for 2021.
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 Each Agency Reports in Richland Parish
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.
- Richland Parish Sheriff's Office: 1,613 for 2019.
- Rayville: 35 for 2021 and 185 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2019 on file reported 1,798 arrests that year.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Richland Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in Richland 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 640 people, down from about 780 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2021, the last year with a capacity figure, was 782 beds, and it ran at 127 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Richland Parish
An arrest in Richland Parish can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the District Court for Richland Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at clerkconnect.com/recordSearch/richland); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ncourt.com/ncourtlanding/5thjdalandingrichland.aspx, phone 844-400-8881).
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 Richland 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 Richland Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Rayville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 844-400-8881, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for Richland Parish, through the court records page at clerkconnect.com/recordSearch/richland.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at richlandso.org/publicRecordsRequest (page title: Public Records Request | Richland Parish Sheriff's Office, LA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in Richland Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Richland Parish: Rayville. Delhi and Mangham 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 Richland Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Richland Parish each year?
The Richland Parish Sheriff's Office reported 1,613 arrests to the FBI for 2019, and the two agencies with every month of 2019 on file reported 1,798 between them.
Where are people arrested in Richland Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the Richland Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Richland Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for Richland 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 Richland Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Richland 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 richlandso.org/publicRecordsRequest.
Is this the official Richland 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.