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.
Webster Parish, Louisiana, has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Webster Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Webster 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: Webster Parish public records, Webster Parish arrest records, Webster Parish warrants, Webster Parish criminal records, Webster Parish court records, Louisiana arrest records and Louisiana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Webster Parish
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Webster Parish is held at the parish jail, run by the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office at webster.lavns.org (page title: Webster 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 Webster Parish Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 630 people, up from about 580 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 654 beds, and it ran at 96 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Webster Parish has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 179 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Webster Parish Jail
The Webster Parish Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Minden, Springhill, Sibley, Cullen, Dixie Inn and Heflin make the arrests that end in a booking in Webster Parish.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Minden's 293 for 2025, the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office's 142 for 2025 and Springhill's 29 for 2024.
Together, the four agencies in Webster Parish with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 534 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 Webster 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 Webster 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 Webster Parish?
Ask the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at webster.lavns.org.
How many people are in the Webster Parish jail?
About 630 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 654 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Webster 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 Webster 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.