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 on September 24, 2026.
St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the St. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist 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: St. John the Baptist Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in St. John the Baptist Parish
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for St. John the Baptist Parish. It reported 1,078 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office: 1,078 for 2024, 995 for 2023, 1,087 for 2022, 1,084 for 2021, 1,162 for 2020 and 1,203 for 2019.
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office's 1,078 arrests in 2024 were up 8.3 percent from 995 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in St. John the Baptist Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in St. John the Baptist 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 74 people, down from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 319 beds, and it ran at 54 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 St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office at stjohnsheriff.org/crime-arrests/parish-prison (page title: Parish Prison | St. John Parish Sheriff's Office), phone (985) 652-9513, 100 Deputy Barton Granier Dr. Laplace, LA 70068, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 St. John the Baptist Parish
Whether someone was arrested in St. John the Baptist Parish, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the District Court for St. John the Baptist Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at sjbparishclerk.gov, phone 985-497-3331); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at stjohnda.com/main.aspx, phone (985)497-8270).
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 St. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (985) 652-9513.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (985)497-8270, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for St. John the Baptist Parish, through the court records page at sjbparishclerk.gov, phone 985-497-3331.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at sjbparish.gov (page title: Public Records Request Form St. John the Baptist Parish).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in St. John the Baptist Parish each year?
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office reported 1,078 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in St. John the Baptist Parish?
Ask the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office at (985) 652-9513; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at stjohnsheriff.org/crime-arrests/parish-prison.
Where are people arrested in St. John the Baptist Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in St. John the Baptist Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for St. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the St. John the Baptist 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 sjbparish.gov.
Is this the official St. John the Baptist 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.