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.
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in St. Helena Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the St. Helena 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: St. Helena Parish public records, St. Helena Parish arrest records, St. Helena Parish warrants, St. Helena Parish criminal records, St. Helena Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in St. Helena Parish
The parish jail, run by the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in St. Helena Parish, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office at sthelena.lavns.org (page title: St. Helena Parish Jail), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The St. Helena Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 42 people, down from about 50 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 49 beds, and it ran at 102 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
St. Helena Parish has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 39 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the St. Helena Parish Jail
The St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Greensburg and Montpelier make the arrests that end in a booking in St. Helena Parish.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office's 289 for 2025, Greensburg's 7 for 2020 and Montpelier's 0 for 2023.
Together, the two agencies in St. Helena Parish with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 383 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 St. Helena Parish arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in St. Helena Parish?
Ask the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sthelena.lavns.org.
How many people are in the St. Helena Parish jail?
About 42 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 49 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in St. Helena 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 St. Helena 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.