Franklin Parish Detention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

The sheriff's website lists jail@franklinsheriff.net for the detention center. For anything urgent, call 318-435-8229 instead of emailing.

Article 230.1 requires an appearance within 72 hours, leaving out weekends and holidays. The 5th JDC judge also decides on a lawyer. Without that hearing, the person must be released.

A bail company bond, land or a house as security, a personal promise with no security, release on recognizance, or cash, as listed in Article 321. A charge of violence or a gun felony rules out the unsecured choices.

Article 326 lets you pay with bills, a postal or bank money order, a check the bank has certified, or a government bond. Ask the detention center before you go.

The legal top is 12 percent of the bail amount, with a $120 floor, set by R.S. 22:1443. Winnsboro families do not get that premium back.

You can call the Franklin Parish clerk of court at 318-435-5133. Mail goes to P.O. Box 1564, Winnsboro, LA 71295, and the clerk keeps the bond paperwork.

In most cases, once the case is done and the defendant came to court each time. Fines and costs may be held back. For sending money to someone at the detention center, see our money guide.

Franklin Parish judges can sign an arrest warrant and forfeit the bond. A cosigner may then owe the bail company. Under Article 312, later bail can be refused.

It can when a second agency has filed a hold. Immigration, federal and other-parish holds survive local bail. The ICE locator tracks moves. If ICE asks, a person can stay jailed for 48 hours past the normal release time, and Winnsboro staff can say whether that applies.

Call the sheriff at 318-435-4505. Nearby parish jails include Richland Parish at 318-248-3057, Caldwell Parish at 318-649-5600 and Catahoula Parish at 318-744-5411.

For offenses on or after April 19, 2024, they are. Children under 17 stay in juvenile court.