Booking happens at the Acadia Parish Criminal Justice Center, 1037 Capitol Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526. The state's jail directory lists the detention center itself at 1061 Capitol Avenue. - Jail desk: 337-788-8737, open around the clock. - Sheriff's main office: 337-788-8700, mail to P.O. Box 289, Crowley, LA 70527. - Alternative number: the state corrections directory lists the detention center at 337-788-8740.

Rayne also keeps a small city jail at 200 Oak Street, Rayne, LA 70578, 337-334-4215, for short holds after city arrests.

The state corrections directory lists the Acadia Parish Detention Center at 1061 Capitol Avenue in Crowley and separately lists the Criminal Justice Center at 1037 Capitol Avenue. It also lists Rayne City Jail at 200 Oak Street, 337-334-4215. If someone was arrested in Rayne, ask where they were booked before making a trip.

1. Open the current inmate list.
2. Type a last name in the search box, or sort by booking date to see the newest arrivals.
3. Click a name to see charges and the booking date.
4. Write down the full legal name and any booking number. You will need them for deposits, mail and bond.

The list shows only people inside the Crowley jail right now.

Not on the sheriff's list. When we opened it in October 2026, entries gave names and charges without a mugshot. A reporter or relative who wants a booking photo can ask the sheriff's records unit at public.requests@apso.org or 337-788-8788. Louisiana's Act 281 has allowed release of booking photos before conviction since August 1, 2024, and pay-to-remove websites owe a free takedown within 7 days after charges fall away, a not-guilty verdict, a pardon or an expungement. For someone in ICE custody, ask through ICE's records request page. The U.S. Marshals keep federal booking photos private, except when one helps catch a fugitive or warn the public.

Booking is slow: prints, pictures, a medical screen and a records search come before the name posts. Wait an hour or two, then call 337-788-8737 giving name and birthday. The desk can say if intake is unfinished, bond was already posted, a hospital trip happened, or the Rayne lockup has them. People picked up near the parish line may sit in a neighbor's jail instead: - Lafayette Parish Correctional Center - Vermilion Parish Jail - St. Landry Parish Jail in Opelousas - Jefferson Davis Parish Jail

Yes. Many small offenses inside Crowley or Rayne end with a summons, not a jail stay. That person never shows up on the list but must appear on the date printed on the paper. - Crowley City Court: 426 North Avenue F, 2nd floor, Crowley, LA 70526, 337-788-4117. - Rayne City Court: 301 E. Louisiana Avenue, Rayne, LA 70578, 337-334-9677.

Skipping that date leads to a warrant.

Someone held in custody sees a judge inside 72 hours from the arrest, and weekends or holidays do not count toward it, under Article 230.1. At that first look the judge can set or change bail and appoint a free lawyer. Miss that deadline and the person must be let go on their own signature.

Judges in the 15th Judicial District set bail by the charge, past record and risk of missing court. A listing with no amount usually means a judge still has to act, or another agency has a hold. Louisiana allows a surety bond bought from a licensed agent, a property bond, a signature bond, or full cash. Bail companies may charge no more than 12 percent of the bond. Our Acadia bail guide walks through each choice.

Call the jail first at 337-788-8737 to get the exact total and any added fees. Court paperwork and cash bond refunds go through the Clerk of Court's criminal office, 500 NE Court Circle, Crowley, LA 70526, 337-788-8881, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ask the desk which payment types work after the clerk closes.

Felonies and most state misdemeanors go to the 15th Judicial District Court at the parish courthouse on Court Circle. The district attorney's Acadia office is at 500 North Parkerson Avenue, 3rd floor, Crowley, LA 70526, 337-788-8831. City violations stay in Crowley or Rayne city court. Our court guide explains each step after arrest.

Anyone too poor to hire counsel can ask for one when the judge first sees them. The local defender office sits at 112 East Hutchison, Crowley, LA 70526, 337-788-3635, weekdays 8:30 to 4:30. Jail phone lines are monitored; case talk belongs in meetings with the attorney.

The inmate list gives a short charge name. For the case number, court date and full charge, call or email the clerk's criminal office at 337-788-8881 or criminal@acadiaparishclerk.com. Give the name and birthday when you call.

Call the jail at 337-788-8737 and ask for the medical staff. Give the medicine names, doses and where prescriptions get filled. The medical unit decides what is given. Tell staff right away if you fear the person may harm themselves.

The jail sets its own schedule and rules, so call 337-788-8737 for more information before you go. Our guides explain each one: - Visiting and video visits - Phone calls and messages and tablets - Putting money on an account - Sending mail

Every deposit, letter or form should carry the legal name plus booking number. For Crowley store orders, see our commissary guide.

Paperwork, a records check and property return can take a few hours. Ask the jail desk for an estimate before driving to Capitol Avenue. Belongings taken at booking come back at discharge.

Anyone given DOC time usually waits in the parish jail until the Department of Public Safety and Corrections has a bed, then rides to a state reception center that picks the prison. Find them by calling the state locator at 225-383-4580 with a DOC number or full name and birth date. See Louisiana state prisons for each prison.

Start by asking the sheriff's office, which serves parish warrants, at 337-788-8700; if a city police department wrote the warrant, call that town's police instead. Nobody keeps a public warrant list for Acadia, and Louisiana has no statewide lookup either, so the Clerk of Court in Crowley is where the case papers live: 500 NE Court Circle, 337-788-8881. Arriving at Acadia Parish Detention Center with counsel and the bond already arranged usually shortens the wait inside. Was it only a missed Crowley court date? Then the clerk is the one to ask whether the judge will reset it.

Kids younger than 17 stay out of the Crowley lockup. A juvenile judge in the district court decides whether they stay in a juvenile detention center or go home. The clerk's office at 337-788-8881 can point you to the juvenile docket. Since April 19, 2024, a 17-year-old is charged as an adult in Louisiana.

Federal officers from agencies such as the FBI, DEA or Homeland Security Investigations bring their cases to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette Division. Its clerk is at 800 Lafayette Street, Suite 2100, Lafayette, LA 70501, 337-593-5000. A magistrate judge usually holds a first hearing within a day or two. Federal court uses no bail schedule; under the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. 3142, the judge decides release conditions or detention after pretrial services interviews the person. Until the case ends, the U.S. Marshals can board the defendant in a parish jail. Their Lafayette office is at 800 Lafayette Street, Suite 1100, Lafayette, LA 70501, 337-262-6666. After a prison sentence, use the BOP inmate locator.

Step by step: 1. Prints from a Crowley booking go to federal systems, where ICE can answer with a detainer. 2. Posting parish bond does not cancel that detainer. 3. Louisiana jails can hold someone as long as 48 hours past their normal release so ICE agents can collect them. 4. Once those hours pass with no ICE pickup, the detainer stops. 5. ICE then decides where the person is held. Louisiana's Act 314 of 2024 directs state agencies to cooperate with detainers.

The ICE detainee locator searches by alien registration number plus birth country, or by name, birthday and birth country together. The New Orleans Field Office is at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087. ICE's detention information line is 888-351-4024.

Yes. LA VINE lists people in custody across Louisiana and shows where each one is held. Sign up by phone, text or email to hear about a transfer or release.

Money for a release belongs with the Crowley jail, the clerk's office, or a licensed agent of your choosing. A stranger demanding gift cards or app payments for a quick release is lying. End that call and dial the detention desk at 337-788-8737.

Look at the arrest paper or the charge entry for the agency name, then call: - Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office: whole parish and all rural areas, 337-788-8700. - Crowley Police: 426 North Avenue F, Crowley, LA 70526, non-emergency 337-783-1234. - Rayne Police: 100 W. Oak Street, Rayne, LA 70578, 337-334-4215. - Church Point Police: 337-684-5455. - Eunice Police (city lies partly in this parish): 337-457-2626. - Iota: town hall 337-779-2597. - Duson: town hall 337-873-6754. - Basile: town hall 337-432-6693. - Estherwood: village hall 337-783-0464. - Mermentau: village hall 337-824-8466. - Morse: village hall 337-783-7555.

Louisiana State Police troopers also make highway arrests here. Every agency brings state prisoners to the Crowley jail. In an emergency, dial 911 from anywhere in Acadia.