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 October 2, 2026.
St. James Parish, Louisiana, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in St. James Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the St. James 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. James Parish public records, St. James Parish arrest records, St. James Parish warrants, St. James Parish criminal records, St. James Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in St. James Parish
A person kept in custody after an arrest in St. James Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office at stjamessheriff.com/inmateSearch (page title: St. James Parish Sheriff's Office), phone (225) 562-2200, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The St. James Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 58 people, down from about 70 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 74 beds, and it ran at 95 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
St. James Parish has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 30 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the St. James Parish Jail
The St. James Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lutcher and Gramercy make the arrests that end in a booking in St. James Parish.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office's 268 for 2025, Gramercy's 11 for 2025 and Lutcher's 4 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies in St. James Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 279 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. James 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 St. James 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 St. James Parish?
Look on the custody page of the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office at stjamessheriff.com/inmateSearch, or call (225) 562-2200. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
How many people are in the St. James Parish jail?
About 58 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 74 beds.
What is the phone number for the St. James Parish jail?
(225) 562-2200, the number on the page of the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in St. James 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. James 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.