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.
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: West Feliciana Parish public records, Louisiana arrest records, Louisiana inmate search and Louisiana criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in West Feliciana Parish
The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for West Feliciana Parish. It reported 205 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The West Feliciana 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.
- West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office: 205 for 2025, 156 for 2024, 153 for 2023, 108 for 2021, 1,153 for 2020 and 1,095 for 2019; 2022 is missing months.
The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office's 205 arrests in 2025 were up 31 percent from 156 in 2024.
Through June 2026, West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office reported 107 arrests, against 113 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in West Feliciana Parish Are Held
The parish jail is where a person arrested in West Feliciana 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 110 people, up from about 35 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 39 beds, and it ran at 90 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office at wfpso.org/Detention/Jail-Bookings (page title: West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office > Detention > Jail Bookings), phone 225-784-3158, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was 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.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections lists its inmates at doc.la.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in West Feliciana Parish
An arrest in West Feliciana Parish can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the parish jail; the case index of the District Court for West Feliciana Parish, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at westfelicianaclerkofcourt.org); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at felicianasda.org, phone (225) 683-8563).
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 West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 225-784-3158.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (225) 683-8563, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the District Court for West Feliciana Parish, through the court records page at westfelicianaclerkofcourt.org.
- Any parish record that is not posted: the parish records request page SearchSystems verified is at wfparish.org/public-records-request (page title: Public Records Request | WFPG).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Cities in West Feliciana Parish: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in West Feliciana Parish with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the parish agencies'.
Wherever in the parish the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the parish jail and the case goes to the District Court for West Feliciana Parish.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in West Feliciana Parish each year?
The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office reported 205 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in West Feliciana Parish?
Look on the custody page of the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office at wfpso.org/Detention/Jail-Bookings, or call 225-784-3158. It covers people booked into the parish jail.
Where are people arrested in West Feliciana Parish booked?
Those kept in custody go to the parish jail, run by the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in West Feliciana Parish?
The court files of criminal cases in the District Court for West Feliciana 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 West Feliciana Parish?
From the agency that made the arrest: the West Feliciana 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 wfparish.org/public-records-request.
Is this the official West Feliciana 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.