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.
Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, has about 58,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Vermilion Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Vermilion 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Vermilion Parish
The parish jail, run by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Vermilion Parish, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office at vermilionsheriff.gov/prisoners (page title: Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office), phone (337) 893-0871, 14202, Tuesday 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 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 (337) 893-0871.
The Vermilion Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 140 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 151 beds, and it ran at 99 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Vermilion Parish has about 58,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 25 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Vermilion Parish Jail
The Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Abbeville, Kaplan and Erath make the arrests that end in a booking in Vermilion Parish.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Kaplan's 299 for 2020, the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office's 208 for 2025 and Abbeville's 187 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies in Vermilion Parish with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 249 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 Vermilion 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 Vermilion 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 Vermilion Parish?
Ask the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office at (337) 893-0871; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at vermilionsheriff.gov/prisoners.
How many people are in the Vermilion Parish jail?
About 140 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 151 beds.
What is the phone number for the Vermilion Parish jail?
(337) 893-0871, the number on the page of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Vermilion 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 Vermilion 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.