Most arrests go to the Evangeline Parish Jail, 200 Court Street, Ville Platte, LA 70586, 337-363-6664. The sheriff's office at 337-363-2161 is the backup line. Basile and Mamou keep their own city jails, at 337-432-5493 and 337-468-5221.

Accept the notice on the sheriff's roster to see the list. Each entry shows a booking number, age, booking time, charges and bond, and you can sort by name or booking time.

Roster entries viewed in October 2026 each linked a booking photo. For a copy, ask the sheriff at 337-363-2161. Act 281 of 2024, effective August 1, 2024, lets Louisiana agencies publish such photos before trial. A site charging for removal must delete one within 7 days, free, after a Ville Platte case is dropped, a jury clears the person, or a pardon or expungement follows. Evangeline Parish families ask ICE for Evangeline arrest photos through FOIA, and federal arrest photos rest with the U.S. Marshals. Because the Ville Platte roster shows photos, local news pages sometimes repost them; the sheriff still controls official copies.

Switch the roster to the released view and sort it by release time to see who has recently left. Then call the jail at 337-363-6664 to confirm and to ask about picking up the person's property.

Try the Basile or Mamou city jail numbers above. The parish also hosts immigration detention centers; use the ICE detainee locator. Nearby: Allen Parish and Avoyelles Parish. St. Landry Parish Jail in Opelousas is another option.

Ville Platte, Mamou and Basile run mayor's courts for small offenses, so the person may have received a summons instead of being booked. The date on that summons still counts, and missing it can lead to a warrant.

Article 230.1 requires a hearing within 72 hours, excluding weekends and holidays. A 13th district judge reviews bail and appoints counsel. When Ville Platte misses that deadline, Louisiana requires release on a signed promise to return to Ville Platte court.

Many roster entries show the bond per charge. 13th Judicial District judges set it; options are cash, property, signature and bondsman bonds, fee capped at 12 percent. Our Evangeline bail guide explains. Clerk of Court: 200 Court Street, Suite 104, Ville Platte, LA 70586 (mail P.O. Drawer 347), 337-363-5671.

Evangeline cases are prosecuted by the district attorney, P.O. Drawer 780, Ville Platte, LA 70586-0780, 337-363-3438. The public defender is at 128 Young Street, Ville Platte, LA 70586, 337-363-3021, open Monday to Thursday 8 to noon and 1 to 4:30, and Friday mornings. Our court guide has the details.

Call the Ville Platte jail at 337-363-6664 for visiting hours and how to add money. Our guides cover visiting, calls, messages, deposits and mail. Our jail store guide explains how Ville Platte inmates buy snacks.

Give the Court Street jail each drug name, dose and pharmacy. Under R.S. 15:703, Evangeline Parish must supply a jail physician, either appointed or under contract, so Ville Platte medical staff decide what is dispensed.

People sentenced to Department of Corrections time can wait in Ville Platte before they are transferred. The DOC locator line at 225-383-4580 can tell you where someone is now. See our Louisiana state prisons list for each prison.

Try the sheriff at 337-363-2161 or, for a city case, the Ville Platte police at 337-363-1313. The sheriff's website shows warrant totals but not names, and Louisiana has no statewide lookup for families. Learn which court signed it and whether its bond is already fixed, so your loved one can turn in at Evangeline Parish Jail with a lawyer and post it. When a missed court date is the cause, the clerk at 200 Court Street, Suite 104, 337-363-5671, explains how to get back before the judge.

Juvenile court takes children under 17 and decides whether they are detained. Since April 19, 2024, 17-year-olds go to adult court. Our Lafayette juvenile detention page covers one nearby center, but confirm the placement with the sheriff.

Evangeline belongs to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette Division. The clerk is at 800 Lafayette Street, Suite 2100, Lafayette, LA 70501, 337-593-5000. Lafayette magistrates rely on pretrial services and the Bail Reform Act (18 U.S.C. 3142) to decide custody. The U.S. Marshals are in Suite 1100 at 337-262-6666, and the BOP inmate locator shows people after sentencing.

Ville Platte bookings send fingerprints to federal databases, so ICE may lodge an Evangeline detainer. Parish bail won't remove it. Ville Platte deputies may hold the person up to 48 hours beyond release, and the detainer lapses if ICE never arrives. Act 314 of 2024 asks Louisiana agencies to cooperate. The immigration centers in the parish are federal sites, so search the ICE detainee locator or call ICE's detention line at 888-351-4024.

Yes. Ville Platte custody is tracked on LA VINE, a free state service. Add a phone or email, and Evangeline releases or moves come straight to you.

Anyone demanding gift cards or app transfers for Evangeline bail is a scammer, so hang up. Evangeline bail is handled in person at the Ville Platte jail or by a licensed bondsman, so check the real amount at 337-363-6664 before paying.

Violent offenses account for nearly half of Ville Platte-sentenced state inmates, and admissions fell from 222 in 2019 to 160 in 2025. State figures for Ville Platte-area cases, from the DOC data files: - In DOC custody on Aug. 31, 2026: 326, about 1,008 per 100,000 residents. - Housed in local jails: 218 (67 percent). - Leading offense types: violent 47 percent, property 15 percent. - Serving life: 25. - On probation or parole: 479 (325 on probation). - New admissions: 160 in 2025, 222 in 2019.

Yes, if it was made without a warrant. Article 230.2 gives a judge 48 hours to decide whether the officer had probable cause; when no decision comes in time, the Ville Platte jail has to free the person on recognizance. The 72-hour first appearance under art. 230.1 is a separate step.

• Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office: 337-363-2161.
• Ville Platte Police: 337-363-1313.
• Mamou: town hall 337-468-3272 (city jail 337-468-5221).
• Basile: town hall 337-432-6693 (city jail 337-432-5493).
• Pine Prairie: village hall 337-599-2708.
• Chataignier: village hall 337-885-2500.
• Turkey Creek: village hall 337-461-2212.

Unincorporated areas fall to the sheriff, and emergencies always go to 911.