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.
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, has about 140,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tangipahoa Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Tangipahoa 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: Tangipahoa Parish public records, Tangipahoa Parish arrest records, Tangipahoa Parish warrants, Tangipahoa Parish criminal records, Tangipahoa Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Tangipahoa Parish
The parish jail, run by the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Tangipahoa Parish, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office at tpso.org/resource/jail-guide (page title: Jail Guide | Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office), phone 866-232-1899, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 866-232-1899.
The Tangipahoa Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 560 people, down from about 570 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 572 beds, and it ran at 98 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Tangipahoa Parish has about 140,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 40 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hammond, Ponchatoula, Amite City, Kentwood, Independence, Roseland and one more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Tangipahoa Parish.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tangipahoa Parish: Southeastern Louisiana University (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Hammond's 1,387 for 2025, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office's 1,376 for 2025 and Roseland's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Tangipahoa Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,303 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 Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish?
Ask the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office at 866-232-1899; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tpso.org/resource/jail-guide.
How many people are in the Tangipahoa Parish jail?
About 560 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 572 beds.
What is the phone number for the Tangipahoa Parish jail?
866-232-1899, the number on the page of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa 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.