Arrests in East Carroll go to the Riverbend Detention Center, 9450 Highway 65 South, Lake Providence, LA 71254. Its main line is 318-559-3447, with a second line at 318-559-0942, and the state corrections listing gives 318-559-5980. The sheriff's office answers at 318-559-2800.

Sort the roster by last name or tap a letter. Sometimes the page says the list is unavailable; try later or phone 318-559-3447 with the full name and birth date.

Ask the sheriff at 318-559-2800. Act 281 of 2024, effective August 1, 2024, lets Louisiana agencies release booking photos before trial. Paid removal sites must pull a picture at no charge within 7 days if the Riverbend charges are thrown out, or the person wins at trial, is pardoned or has the record erased. East Carroll Parish families ask ICE for East Carroll arrest photos through ICE FOIA, and federal ones are kept by the U.S. Marshals. Any East Carroll photo a news outlet prints would have come from the sheriff, who decides on each release.

A bond or a transfer can take a name off the list fast, so call Riverbend first. Then check West Carroll Parish at 318-428-2331 or Madison Parish at 318-574-1833. Keep in mind that Riverbend also houses state prisoners from other parishes.

Officers in Lake Providence handle many small offenses by summons , sending the person home with a mayor's court date. Keep that date, because missing it leads to a warrant.

Article 230.1 gives 72 hours, weekends and holidays excluded, for a Riverbend detainee to see a judge. The 6th district judge sets bail and names a defender; if the deadline passes, the person leaves on a signature.

Judges of the 6th Judicial District decide amounts. Cash, property, signature bonds and licensed bondsmen (12 percent cap) are used. Read our East Carroll bail guide. Clerk of court: 400 First Street, Suite 3, Lake Providence, LA 71254, 318-559-2399.

• District attorney: 318-559-6340 (mail P.O. Box 317, St. Joseph, LA 71366).
• Public defender: 1602A Felicia Drive, Tallulah, LA 71282, 318-434-4010, Monday to Thursday 8 to 4, Friday 8 to noon.

Our court guide explains the steps.

Yes. The sheriff's website offers a jail voicemail service for Riverbend, which lets you leave a recorded message for the person. Our phone guide and messages guide explain how these services usually work.

Video visitation is listed on the sheriff's website, so call Riverbend at 318-559-3447 for the current times. Our guides cover visiting, deposits and mail. Phone Riverbend before mailing anything, and see our commissary page before funding Lake Providence store orders.

Call 318-559-3447 and ask for the Riverbend medical unit. List each prescription, the dose and the pharmacy. Louisiana requires each parish to have an appointed jail physician or a contracted health provider (R.S. 15:703), and that provider decides what is dispensed.

Once bond posts, Riverbend processing usually takes a few hours. Staff check for holds from other agencies before anyone leaves, so call 318-559-3447 to confirm the release before you drive to Lake Providence.

Riverbend holds many Department of Corrections prisoners, so a person sentenced to state time may stay right there in Lake Providence. The DOC locator line, 225-383-4580, can confirm where someone is. See Louisiana state prisons for the full list.

Phone the sheriff at 318-559-2800. Find out whether the 6th district court or the Lake Providence mayor's court issued the warrant, and whether a fixed bond lets it be posted at booking at Riverbend Detention Center. The parish doesn't put names online, and Lake Providence families can't search statewide either. A lawyer can arrange the surrender and stand beside your loved one. For a skipped Lake Providence hearing, the Clerk of Court on First Street, 318-559-2399, walks families through getting the case reset.

The sheriff sends children under 17 to juvenile court, which decides on detention; when they are, placement outside the parish is common. Since April 19, 2024, a 17-year-old faces adult charges and is held at Riverbend like any adult.

East Carroll is in the Monroe Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. The clerk is at 201 Jackson Street, Suite 215, Monroe, LA 71201, 318-322-6740. Pretrial services interviews the defendant, and then a magistrate judge decides custody under the Bail Reform Act (18 U.S.C. 3142). The U.S. Marshals, in Room 213 of that building, answer at 318-322-8370. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

Riverbend sends booking fingerprints to federal databases, which can lead ICE to issue a detainer. Parish bail leaves the detainer in place. Riverbend may keep the person up to 48 hours more for ICE pickup, and the hold ends if ICE doesn't come. Act 314 of 2024 tells Louisiana agencies to cooperate. Search the ICE detainee locator, or call ICE's detention line at 888-351-4024.

Register on LA VINE, Louisiana's free service, using the person's name. It will call, text or email you about any change in custody at Riverbend, including a release or transfer.

Riverbend Detention Center won't ask families for gift cards or app payments by phone. If someone calls demanding bail money, hang up and check the amount yourself at 318-559-3447.

East Carroll's 33 state inmates are mostly violent-offense cases (25 of them), and 8 are serving life. Riverbend itself is a large regional center that holds state inmates from across Louisiana, so most people inside are not from the parish. State figures for Lake Providence-area cases, from the DOC data files: - In DOC custody on Aug. 31, 2026: 33, about 442 per 100,000 residents. - Housed in local jails: 16 (48 percent). - Leading offense types: violent 76 percent, nonviolent sex 9 percent. - Serving life: 8. - On probation or parole: 48 (28 on probation). - New admissions: 17 in 2025, 13 in 2019.

• East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office: entire parish, 318-559-2800.
• Lake Providence: the only incorporated town; call town hall at 318-559-2288 to reach its police.

Rural areas, including Transylvania, Monticello and Shelburn, are covered by the sheriff. Lake Providence emergencies go straight to 911.