Acadia Parish County Inmate Population
The Acadia Parish County inmate population is best read as a set of custody systems, not one master list. The local jail population is run by the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff KP Gibson, and the primary local facility is the Acadia Parish Detention Center. The APSO Corrections page describes its corrections facility as a 190-bed jail and says the facility averages 2,800 to 3,000 intakes and releases each year. The public jail roster calls its coverage "People incarcerated in the APSO criminal justice facility," which means the roster is a current custody tool rather than a full criminal-history database.
The roster count changes with arrests, releases, bond decisions, court orders, detainers, medical holds, transfers, and state or federal custody status. A person arrested by Crowley Police Department, Rayne Police Department, Church Point Police Department, Iota Police Department, Kaplan Police Department, Louisiana State Police, or another agency may still appear in the APSO roster if the sheriff's jail is holding that person. A sentenced person may instead move into Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections custody. Immigration detainees at South Louisiana ICE Processing Center use a separate ICE lookup route.
Acadia Parish County Inmate Statistics
Three local figures anchor the Acadia Parish County inmate population. APSO published a 190-bed capacity for the corrections facility, an annual intake and release range of 2,800 to 3,000, and the public roster returned 185 current records on June 16, 2026. The 185-record figure is a point-in-time roster count from the APSO Zuercher portal, not an official annual average daily population. It is still useful because it shows the public roster count was close to the stated bed capacity on that inspection date.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 190 beds | APSO Corrections page, inspected June 16, 2026 |
| Annual intakes and releases | 2,800 to 3,000 per year | APSO Corrections page, inspected June 16, 2026 |
| Current public roster count | 185 records | APSO Zuercher roster load, default current-custody query, June 16, 2026 |
| Roster-to-capacity comparison | 185 records vs. 190 stated beds | Derived from APSO roster count and APSO capacity, June 16, 2026 |
| Official average daily population | Not published in the local APSO source found | Research pass, June 16, 2026 |
The roster-to-capacity comparison should be phrased with care. It is roughly a public roster count compared with stated bed capacity, not a formal overcrowding finding. Some records can reflect holds, agency status, or custody details that need jail confirmation. The most accurate wording is that the public roster showed 185 current records against a stated 190-bed facility on June 16, 2026.
Acadia Parish County Inmate Trends
Official local trend data was limited in the inspected sources. APSO gave the strongest long-running indicator by stating that the corrections facility averages 2,800 to 3,000 intakes and releases per year. That figure points to steady movement through the jail even when the one-day roster count is near capacity. Local jail population trends can shift because many people stay only until bond, court review, transfer, release, or sentencing.
| Period | ADP / Count | What the Source Supports |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2026 | 185 public roster records | Point-in-time APSO current-custody count |
| Recent annual period | 2,800 to 3,000 intakes/releases | APSO published annual jail movement range |
| 2025 | Not published in official local source found | No local annual ADP should be estimated |
| 2024 | Not published in official local source found | No local annual ADP should be estimated |
| 2023 | Not published in official local source found | No local annual ADP should be estimated |
The Acadia Parish County inmate population also includes visible custody pressure from outside-agency holds. The APSO roster's held-for agency field includes local police departments, Louisiana Dept of Corrections, Probation and Parole, ICE, USMS, DEA, FBI, and outside sheriff or police agencies. That mix matters because a person may remain in the local jail for reasons beyond a new Acadia Parish arrest.
Acadia Parish County Inmate Makeup
The public roster does not publish aggregate demographic percentages, but it does show the fields used to describe individual records. Public entries include name, race, sex, age, arrest date, held-for agency, release date when applicable, mugshot status when available, and hold-reason text. Race filters include American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Unknown, and White. Sex filters include Female, Male, and Unknown. The public display uses age rather than full date of birth.
Housing labels add more local context. The roster's cell-block filter includes intake, medical, medical holding, isolation, detox, male lockdown, female lockdown, and tier housing from Tier 1 through Tier 9. Those labels do not reveal medical facts or jail classification decisions for every person. They do show that the sheriff's public system recognizes intake, special-status, health-related, lockdown, and general tier housing categories within the Acadia Parish Detention Center.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest, warrant service, transfer, or another custody hold.
- Held for agency
- The agency tied to the custody hold, such as APSO, a city police department, DOC, ICE, or USMS.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency that may prevent release even after a local bond issue is addressed.
- DOC incarceration
- A state-corrections status or hold tied to Louisiana DPS&C rather than a new parish charge alone.
Acadia Parish Jail Capacity
The Acadia Parish Detention Center is the local capacity benchmark because APSO identifies it as a 190-bed correctional facility. The June 16, 2026 roster count of 185 records sat close to that stated capacity, but the research did not locate an official local overcrowding declaration, litigation finding, or published average daily population table. For that reason, the most accurate reading is narrow: the public roster count was roughly comparable to the jail's published bed count at one point in time.
Capacity pressure is not just a bed count. The roster shows people held for probation and parole, DOC, ICE, U.S. Marshals, municipal police, state police, and other agencies. Louisiana law also allows jail transfers in specific safety, fitness, court-order, security, or health-risk situations. When a person does not appear in the APSO roster, the next step depends on the likely custody path, not on the jail's bed count alone.
Capacity context: The 185-record count should not be merged with the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center or statewide DOC prison numbers. Those are separate systems with separate locators.
Acadia Parish Inmate Data Laws
Louisiana law shapes how Acadia Parish inmate population records can be inspected, copied, limited, and used. Current jail roster data is the easiest public access point because APSO publishes a free roster for people incarcerated in the sheriff's criminal justice facility. Official copies, older booking records, incident reports, and mugshots not visible online may require a public-records request to the right custodian. Court charges and dispositions must be checked through court channels, not treated as final because they appear in jail hold text.
Key public-record rules:
La. R.S. 44:31 gives adults the right to inspect, copy, reproduce, or obtain public records unless an exception applies.
La. R.S. 44:32 sets duties for public-record custodians when records are requested for inspection or copying.
La. R.S. 44:3 limits some law-enforcement, prosecutive, and investigative records, especially while a criminal matter is pending.
La. R.S. 15:706 addresses sheriff prisoner transfers when jail safety, fitness, court orders, health risk, or security concerns require it.
La. C.Cr.P. art. 230.1 governs prompt first-appearance issues after a warrantless arrest, including counsel, bail, and probable cause.
Acadia Parish State Custody
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections handles sentenced state prisoners. The APSO roster may show Louisiana Dept of Corrections as a held-for agency or list DOC incarceration in hold reasons, but that does not make the parish roster a full state-prison locator. A person sentenced out of Acadia Parish may leave the local jail system and appear through the Louisiana imprisoned-person locator instead.
No Louisiana state prison was confirmed inside Acadia Parish in the official sources inspected. South Louisiana ICE Processing Center is in Basile, but it is an immigration detention facility rather than a state prison. VINELink may help with custody notifications, while the clerk and district attorney route explain filed charges, hearings, and dispositions after a jail arrest.
The Louisiana DPS&C homepage is one official state source used for statewide correctional context.
State custody should be checked apart from the APSO jail roster because sentenced prisoners and parish jail detainees are tracked through different systems.
Search Acadia Parish County Inmates
The main online route for a current Acadia Parish County inmate search is the APSO Jail Population roster. The roster is free, does not require a public login, and defaults to current custody through an "In Custody On" date. It sorts by name and requests records in pages. Its public notice states that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty, so a roster entry should be read as custody and hold information, not as a conviction record.
A name search is usually the fastest start, but broad searches can also help when spelling is uncertain. The held-for agency filter is important in Acadia Parish because the dropdown includes local municipal police, state agencies, federal agencies, ICE, probation and parole, DOC, and outside sheriff agencies. A person held for one of those agencies may not have a simple APSO-only arrest path.
- Open the APSO Jail Population roster and read the presumption-of-innocence notice before using the results.
- For a broad view, leave the filters blank and use the default current-custody date.
- Enter a name to narrow the Acadia Parish County inmate search, then add race, sex, arrest date, or held-for agency only if needed.
- Review the visible row for mugshot status, name, race, sex, age, arrest date, held-for agency, release date, and cell-block display.
- Read the hold-reasons row for warrant type, warrant number, issuing agency, charge text, statute label, bond, and judge or commissioner details when shown.
- If no result appears, remove filters, search alternate spellings, call APSO corrections, and then check DOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink based on the custody path.
The roster image comes from the official APSO public jail population portal.
The roster view is the central current-custody lookup tool, but it is not a substitute for the jail, court clerk, DOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink when the person has moved to another system.
Acadia Parish Roster Fields
The APSO roster uses several optional search fields. A blank search can show the current public jail population, while a narrow search can focus on one name, one arrest date, one agency, or one release date. The system's public configuration limited "In Custody On" to the current date during the June 16, 2026 inspection, so released or historical records may require a different filter, direct jail contact, or a public-records request.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | No | Single name field; search spelling variations if needed. |
| Race | Dropdown | No | Includes All, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Unknown, and White. |
| Sex | Dropdown | No | Includes All, Female, Male, and Unknown. |
| Cell Block | Dropdown | No | Includes intake, detox, medical, isolation, lockdown, and Tier 1 through Tier 9 options. |
| Arrest Date | Date | No | Use when the arrest date is known. |
| Held For Agency | Dropdown | No | Includes APSO, local police, DOC, probation and parole, ICE, USMS, and other agencies. |
| In Custody On | Date | Defaulted | Defaults to current custody and was read-only in the inspected public setup. |
| Release Date | Date | No | Useful when searching for a released person if the record remains available. |
Acadia Parish Inmate Record Details
A public roster record can be more than a name line. Sample current records inspected on June 16, 2026 showed mugshot data when available, placeholders when no photo was present, demographic fields, arrest dates, held-for agency labels, and detailed hold reasons. The hold-reasons text is often the most useful part because it can include warrant type, warrant number, issuing agency or court, statute-style charge labels, felony or misdemeanor classification, bond amount, bond type, and the judge or commissioner who set bond.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | A booking image when available, or a placeholder icon when no public photo is shown. |
| Name | All-caps, last-name-first public name format. |
| Race / Sex / Age | Public demographic labels, with age shown instead of full date of birth. |
| Arrest Date | The date tied to the custody or hold record. |
| Held For Agency | The agency responsible for the hold, such as APSO, DOC, Crowley Police Department, or ICE. |
| Release Date | Blank for many current records, with a date when release data is present. |
| Hold Reasons | Charge, warrant, detainer, bond, court, and status details shown below the main row. |
Released Acadia Parish Inmates
A released person may not remain visible in the same way as a current detainee. The APSO roster includes a release-date field and column, but the visible official text did not publish a retention period for released inmates. For older booking records, historical mugshots, incident reports, or certified records, the correct route is an APSO records inquiry or Louisiana Public Records Law request to the custodian. Exact fees, forms, and turnaround times were not located in the inspected APSO sources, so those details should be confirmed directly with the sheriff's office.
Past custody can also split across systems. If a person was sentenced, search Louisiana DOC. If the person entered federal custody, search BOP. If the person is in immigration detention, search ICE. If the goal is release notification rather than a full record, VINELink is the better fit. Court outcomes, filed charges, hearing dates, and dispositions belong with the Acadia Parish Clerk of Court and the 15th Judicial District Attorney context.
County Jail vs State Search
The same person can move through several record systems after an arrest. The Acadia Parish County inmate population in the APSO roster covers current local jail custody. The state DOC locator covers sentenced state custody. BOP covers federal sentenced custody and some former federal custody records. ICE covers immigration detention. VINELink is mainly a notification and custody-status tool.
| System | Who It Covers | Where to Look |
|---|---|---|
| APSO county jail roster | People incarcerated in the APSO criminal justice facility, including local arrests and outside holds | APSO Jail Population roster |
| Louisiana DOC | Sentenced state prisoners and people under state correctional jurisdiction | Louisiana imprisoned-person locator |
| Federal BOP | Sentenced federal prisoners and some former federal custody records | BOP inmate locator |
| ICE | Immigration detainees, including people held at South Louisiana ICE Processing Center | ICE Online Detainee Locator |
| VINELink | Custody and release notification where available | VINELink |
Note: A jail roster charge can be amended, dismissed, reduced, or replaced by the prosecutor, so court records remain the final place to confirm filed case outcomes.
Federal and ICE Lookup
Federal and immigration custody are common points of confusion because both can intersect with a local jail hold. The APSO held-for agency list includes U.S. Marshals, FBI, DEA, ICE, and USICE options, which means a person could appear locally while another agency is involved. Once the person leaves parish custody, the parish roster may no longer be the right tool.
Use the BOP inmate locator for federal sentenced prisoners. Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator for immigration detainees, including those connected to South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile. ICE searches may require an A-number and country of birth, or biographical details. Use VINELink when the need is notice of custody or release changes rather than a copy of the booking record.
The VINELink custody notification page is one matching home-page source in the image manifest.
Notification tools can help after a custody status changes, but they do not replace APSO for local booking records or the clerk for court outcomes.
Acadia Parish Detention Facilities
The facility map separates local jail custody from municipal holding and immigration detention. The primary current-custody path is the Acadia Parish Detention Center and APSO roster. Rayne City Jail is a short-term municipal holding location, and South Louisiana ICE Processing Center is a separate federal immigration facility that uses ICE lookup channels rather than the parish roster.
- Acadia Parish Detention Center - the 190-bed sheriff-operated primary jail for local arrests, municipal transfers, DOC holds, detainers, and other agency custody shown in the APSO roster.
- Acadia Parish Jail - the DPS&C jail-contact record tied to the sheriff custody system; use APSO unless a separate building is confirmed.
- Rayne City Jail - a city holding facility for short-term Rayne Police custody before release, bond, court handling, or transfer.
- South Louisiana ICE Processing Center - an ICE detention facility in Basile for immigration detainees, searched through ICE rather than APSO.
Acadia Parish Inmate FAQ
How large is the Acadia Parish County inmate population? APSO published a 190-bed facility capacity and the public roster returned 185 current records on June 16, 2026. That is a roster count compared with stated capacity, not a formal average daily population.
Who runs the Acadia Parish jail roster? The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office operates the public jail population portal. Sheriff KP Gibson is the sheriff named on the APSO site, and the roster covers people incarcerated in the APSO criminal justice facility.
Does the roster show every person arrested in Acadia Parish? No. A person may still be in transport, newly booked, released, juvenile, sealed, transferred, held by a city police department, in state custody, in federal custody, or in ICE detention.
Where are filed charges found after arrest? The roster can show arrest charges, warrants, bond, and hold reasons. Formal filed charges, hearings, and dispositions must be checked through Acadia Parish Clerk of Court records and the 15th Judicial District Attorney context.
Can a roster record show a mugshot? Yes, some APSO roster entries display a mugshot, while others show a placeholder. The research did not find a separate official APSO mugshot gallery or daily booking-photo page.
What if the person is in ICE custody? Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. South Louisiana ICE Processing Center is in Acadia Parish, but it is not an APSO criminal jail and does not use the parish roster as its main lookup system.