• Sheriff's jail: 4001 Carter Street, Vidalia, LA 71373, 318-336-5231.
• Concordia Parish Correctional Facility: 26356 Highway 15, Ferriday, LA 71334, 318-757-1865.
• Separate private center on Highway 15 in Ferriday, not run by the sheriff: 318-757-2154.

Open the sheriff's pretrial page and search by last name. It lists people awaiting charges or trial in Vidalia and Ferriday, but sentenced inmates may not appear. When a Vidalia name doesn't appear, phone the sheriff at 318-336-5231.

Anyone, including reporters, can ask the Vidalia sheriff's office for a booking photo at 318-336-5231. Since August 1, 2024, Act 281 has allowed release before conviction, and a paid takedown site must delete an image within 7 days, at no charge, for someone acquitted, dismissed, pardoned or expunged. ICE records are requested through ICE FOIA, and federal photos come from the U.S. Marshals.

A bond, a sentence or a transfer may explain why the name is gone. Try the Catahoula Parish Jail at 318-744-5411, the Tensas Parish Detention Center at 318-749-5810, or Avoyelles Parish Detention Center One.

Vidalia and Ferriday officers write many summonses for minor offenses, so the person may never have been booked. If they were given a court date, it has to be kept, because a missed date leads to a warrant.

Article 230.1 gives 72 hours from arrest, excluding weekends and holidays, for anyone held. There a 7th Judicial District judge sets bail terms and names counsel. A late hearing means release on the person's own word.

The 7th district judge sets it. Bail may be met with cash, real estate, a signature, or a surety from a bondsman (fee no higher than 12 percent). Read our Concordia bail guide. Bond records sit with the Clerk of Court, P.O. Box 790, Vidalia, LA 71373, 318-336-4204.

Cases go to the 7th Judicial District Court in Vidalia, which Concordia shares with Catahoula. The public defender serves both parishes and answers at 318-336-7548, Monday to Thursday 8 to 4 and Friday mornings; a Vidalia judge assigns it to defendants who qualify. Our court guide has more.

Call the Vidalia or Ferriday desk, ask for medical and list each prescription with its dose and pharmacy. Concordia's medical team decides what the person receives. If you think there is any risk of self-harm, say so right away.

Ring the sheriff's office at 318-336-5231 for Vidalia visiting times and deposit options. Our guides cover visiting, phone calls, messages, deposits and mail. If you plan to fund snacks or soap for someone in Vidalia, read our commissary page.

Vidalia and Ferriday each take some hours for paperwork after bond. Ask which site will discharge the person: pretrial arrests usually go to the Carter Street jail in Vidalia, while sentenced and state inmates are often at the Highway 15 facility in Ferriday.

Some people serve state time at the Ferriday facility, while others move to a state prison after intake. Call 225-383-4580 with the DOC number, or the person's name and birthday, to learn where they went from Ferriday. Our Louisiana state prisons list covers each prison.

The sheriff keeps an online warrant list, and the office at 318-336-5231 can confirm whether a name on it is still active. Town warrants go through the Vidalia police at 318-336-5254 or the Ferriday police at 318-757-3606, and either can tell you whether a bond is set. Louisiana doesn't offer a statewide search to the public. Turning in at Concordia Parish Correctional Facility, inside the courthouse on Carter Street, alongside an attorney is how most families resolve one. If a missed hearing caused it, call the clerk in Room 5 at 318-336-4204 about a new date.

Concordia youths under 17 are handled by juvenile court, which decides whether they stay in detention. For offenses on or after April 19, 2024, 17-year-olds go to adult court and are booked like adults.

Concordia federal cases land in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Alexandria Division; clerk at 515 Murray Street, Suite 105, Alexandria, LA 71301, 318-473-7415. There, a magistrate judge chooses conditions or detention based on the Bail Reform Act (18 U.S.C. 3142) and pretrial services' findings. The U.S. Marshals, 515 Murray Street, Room 201, Alexandria, LA 71301, 318-473-7411, may house defendants in parish jails. After sentencing, check the BOP inmate locator.

Prints from a Concordia booking reach federal records, so an ICE detainer may be lodged. A Concordia bond leaves it active. The jail may keep someone up to 48 more hours for ICE, and the hold ends if ICE does not come. Act 314 of 2024 tells Louisiana agencies to cooperate. Some immigration detainees are held at the private Ferriday center, so check the ICE detainee locator or call ICE's detention line at 888-351-4024.

Yes. Register with LA VINE, the state's free alert service, for someone held in Vidalia or Ferriday. It will call, text or email you if the person is released or transferred.

No real jail asks for payment-app transfers by phone. Concordia bail goes through the sheriff's jail or a licensed bondsman; confirm with 318-336-5231 or the 7th district clerk in Vidalia before paying.

Vidalia's 7th district judges apply art. 316, weighing the offense, the evidence against the person, prior convictions, finances and danger to others. Under art. 312 the bail may be a commercial bond, property, a personal signature bond or cash; a Concordia bondsman's premium is capped at 12 percent.

Violent cases make up 38 percent of Concordia's state inmates, with the DOC's catch-all "other" group second, and admissions fell from 142 to 102 between 2019 and 2025. State figures for Vidalia-area cases, from the DOC data files: - In DOC custody on Aug. 31, 2026: 162, about 867 per 100,000 residents. - Housed in local jails: 115 (71 percent). - Leading offense types: violent 38 percent, property 18 percent. - Serving life: 15. - On probation or parole: 181 (102 on probation). - New admissions: 102 in 2025, 142 in 2019.

• Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office: whole parish, 318-336-5231.
• Vidalia Police: 318-336-5254.
• Ferriday Police: 318-757-3606.
• Clayton: town hall 318-757-8540.
• Ridgecrest: town hall 318-757-4497.

If anyone is in danger, dial 911.