Avoyelles houses men and women in separate buildings. Men are at Detention Center One, 675 Government Street, Marksville, LA 71351; call 318-253-4000 and press 2. Women are held in Cottonport at Detention Center Three, on Choupique Lane; call 318-253-4000 and press 8, or use the direct line 318-876-2871. Staff look people up by legal name plus date of birth.

The sheriff answers custody questions by phone instead of a web roster. A call also tells you the bond, any holds and the next court date, which a web list often leaves out.

Reporters and residents may request a booking photo from the sheriff at 318-253-4000. Act 281 of 2024, in force since August 1, 2024, lets Louisiana agencies release these before conviction. A website that charges for removal must pull the picture free within 7 days once a person is acquitted, cleared before charges, pardoned or expunged. Photos of immigration detainees go through ICE FOIA, and federal arrest photos stay with the U.S. Marshals.

They could still be in booking, already bonded out, or held by a neighbor: - Rapides Parish Detention Center, 318-473-6750 - St. Landry Parish Jail (Opelousas) - Evangeline Parish Jail - Pointe Coupee Parish Detention Center - Concordia Parish Correctional Facility

For small offenses, officers in Bunkie, Marksville and the villages often hand out a summons naming a Marksville court date rather than arresting anyone. In that case no booking follows, but skipping the date brings a warrant.

Within 72 hours of arrest if still held, with weekends and holidays left out, under Article 230.1. The 12th Judicial District judge reviews bail and can appoint a lawyer. A missed deadline means release on recognizance.

A 12th district judge weighs the charge, record and risk. Families may post cash, property, a signature bond, or go through a licensed bail agent capped at a 12 percent fee. Our Avoyelles bail guide walks through it. Bond papers and refunds go through the Clerk of Court, 312 North Main Street, Marksville, LA 71351, 318-253-7523, weekdays 8:30 to 4:30; mail P.O. Box 219, Marksville, LA 71351.

Cases are heard at the 12th Judicial District Court in the Marksville courthouse. The district attorney is at 417 N. Main Street, Marksville, LA 71351 (P.O. Box 1200), 318-253-6587. The public defender, 312 Treasure Place, Marksville, LA 71351, 318-409-4617, is open Monday to Thursday 8 to 4 and Friday 8 to noon; the judge appoints it at the first appearance for those who qualify. Our court guide has more.

Ask the jail at 318-253-4000 what the person was booked on. Booking charges can change, so then call the clerk at 318-253-7523 for the docket number, the formal charges and the next court date.

Call the jail line for the building holding the person and ask for medical. List each Marksville prescription, its dose and the pharmacy; the medical unit, not the family, settles which doses are given. Report any self-harm concern immediately.

The sheriff wants this exact format: the person's name, their ID number and C/O Smart Communication, then Avoyelles Parish Jail, 675 Government Street, Marksville, Louisiana 71351. Mail addressed any other way may be returned, and our mail guide covers the general rules.

Call 318-253-4000 for more information. Visiting days differ for the men's and women's buildings. Our guides cover: - Visiting - Phone calls and messages - Deposits

How jail store orders work in Marksville: our jail store guide.

Most Avoyelles releases happen a few hours after bond posts. Ask which building the person will leave from, Marksville or Cottonport so you go to the right building and don't wait at the wrong door.

They usually wait locally until the state takes them to a reception center. The corrections locator at 225-383-4580 searches by DOC number or name and birth date. Our Louisiana state prisons page lists each one.

Call the Avoyelles sheriff at 318-253-4000 for parish warrants. A town warrant belongs to the police or town hall that wrote it, such as the Marksville police at 318-253-9250. The Marksville sheriff posts no names, and families in Louisiana have no single statewide place to search. If there is a warrant, walking into Avoyelles Parish Detention Center One with a lawyer is calmer and safer than being picked up. When the warrant comes from a missed date, the Clerk of Court at 312 North Main Street in Marksville, 318-253-7523, handles requests to put the case back before the judge.

Neither the Marksville jail nor the Cottonport jail takes kids younger than 17; their cases belong to juvenile court. A judge decides on detention. A 17-year-old charged on or after April 19, 2024, is an adult under Louisiana law.

Cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Alexandria Division; the clerk is at 515 Murray Street, Suite 105, Alexandria, LA 71301, 318-473-7415. After a pretrial services interview, a magistrate judge decides release or Alexandria detention under the Bail Reform Act (18 U.S.C. 3142), and there is no cash bail schedule. The U.S. Marshals, Room 201 at the same address, 318-473-7411, may board the defendant in a parish jail. Sentenced people show up in the BOP inmate locator.

1. Booking prints reach federal systems; ICE may lodge a detainer.
2. Posting parish bail leaves it in place.
3. Marksville may keep the person as long as 48 more hours for ICE.
4. Without a pickup by ICE, the detainer lapses.
5. Act 314 of 2024 tells Louisiana agencies to cooperate.

Use the ICE detainee locator using the A-number and birth country, or a full name with date of birth. New Orleans Field Office: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087. Families in Marksville can call ICE's detention line at 888-351-4024.

Yes. Sign up with LA VINE, Louisiana's free victim notification service, for automatic calls, texts or email when someone held in Marksville or Cottonport is released, moved to another jail or has any other custody change.

A caller who wants gift cards or app payments for bail is not from the jail. Check any bond with the Avoyelles jail at 318-253-4000 before you send money to anyone.

• Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office: whole parish, 318-253-4000.
• Marksville Police: 422 N. Main Street, Marksville, LA 71351, 318-253-9250.
• Bunkie: city hall 318-346-7663.
• Cottonport: town hall 318-876-3485.
• Mansura: town hall 318-964-2152.
• Simmesport: town hall 318-941-2493.
• Moreauville: village hall 318-985-2338.
• Hessmer: village hall 318-563-4511.
• Evergreen: town hall 318-604-9205.
• Plaucheville: village hall 318-922-3111.

Town halls connect you to the local police chief. Dial 911 for any Marksville emergency.