• Jefferson Parish Correctional Center (JPCC): 100 Dolhonde Street, Gretna, LA 70053, 504-368-5360.
• JPCC office line: 504-736-6840, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed holidays, with fax at 504-374-7769.
• Sheriff's headquarters: 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, LA 70058, 504-363-5500, administration weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Kenner City Jail: 500 Veterans Boulevard, Kenner, 504-712-2227.

The parish government owns the Gretna building, and the sheriff runs it.

1. Open the JPSO inmate search.
2. Fill in a last name; narrow with race, sex, arrest date or birth date when many people share it.
3. Open the entry to see each charge with its own bond, or "No Bond Set" if a magistrate has not ruled.
4. Note the "Last Updated" time stamp, since fresh arrests and releases post with a lag.

No result for someone you know was arrested on the east bank? Try the Kenner jail at 504-712-2227.

The JPSO search does not show booking photos. Ask the sheriff's office at 504-363-5500 for one. Act 281 of 2024, effective August 1, 2024, allows Louisiana agencies to share pre-trial booking photos, and a paid takedown site must remove a photo free within 7 days once a charge ends without conviction or a pardon or expungement comes through. Jefferson Parish families ask ICE for Jefferson arrest photos through FOIA; federal booking photos are Marshals records.

Kenner police book some misdemeanor and municipal arrests into their own lockup at 500 Veterans Boulevard rather than Gretna. Those people may never show on the JPSO search; call the Kenner jail at 504-712-2227. Felony arrests from Kenner usually move to JPCC.

Intake booking at Dolhonde Street includes fingerprinting, a photograph, a medical screen and a body scan, and the busiest parish jail in the state can back up on weekend nights. Wait a few hours, then call 504-368-5360 with the legal name and birthday.

Try the Orleans Justice Center across the river first. St. Charles Parish's Nelson Coleman Correctional Center in Killona, and the St. Bernard and Plaquemines jails to the south and east, are also worth a call.

No. Many misdemeanors are handled by summons to First Parish Court (east bank) or Second Parish Court (west bank). Someone cited never appears in the search but must answer the summons on the date shown.

Louisiana's Article 230.1 gives 72 hours from arrest, weekends and legal holidays excluded. A 24th Judicial District magistrate in Gretna sets or reviews bail and names a public defender when money for a lawyer is lacking. If JPSO misses that clock, the person goes home on recognizance.

It means a magistrate has not fixed bail on that charge yet, usually because the first hearing is pending. Once set, each count shows its own amount; add them for the total. Holds from other parishes or agencies can keep someone in Gretna after bond, so ask 504-368-5360 before paying.

JPSO's bail bond page lists four: - Cash bond: full amount, refunded through the clerk after the case. - Property bond: Louisiana real estate pledged as security. - Surety bond: through a commercial bondsman registered with JPCC intake booking; state rules cap the premium at 12 percent. - Signature bond: only when a judge allows it.

JPSO stays neutral among bonding companies. Our Jefferson bail guide covers each step.

• 24th Judicial District Court: felonies and state misdemeanors, 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna.
• Clerk of Court: 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 5600, Gretna, LA 70053 (mail P.O. Box 10, Gretna, LA 70054), 504-364-2900; ask the criminal desk for docket numbers and hearing dates.
• First and Second Parish Courts: misdemeanors and traffic for unincorporated east and west banks.
• City courts in Kenner and Gretna hear municipal cases.

Our court guide has more.

• District attorney, 24th district: 200 Derbigny Street, Gretna, LA 70053, 504-368-1020.
• Jefferson Parish public defender: 848 2nd Street, 3rd Floor, Gretna, LA 70053, 504-364-2824, weekdays 8:30 to 4:30.

Phone calls from JPCC are recorded; keep case facts for a lawyer visit.

All visits are by video. Families can use the off-site Visitation Center at 2211 Barataria Boulevard, Suite 110, Marrero, LA 70072, with free parking, or connect from home on a computer or phone. - Visiting times run 9 to 11 a.m., noon to 1 p.m., 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m., seven days a week. - Each inmate gets one free video visit a week at the Marrero center, for up to three adults and three children. - Remote visits cost 12 cents a minute, up to three a day.

See our visiting guide for dress code and scheduling.

Yes. Housing areas have phones once booking is complete, billed per minute with no connection fee; three-way calls are barred and the jail cannot take incoming calls, though approved voicemail is possible. Text messages cost 25 cents and photo or video messages 35 cents. Our calls guide and messaging guide explain the prepaid account.

A single prepaid communications account covers calls, video and messages. Separate trust account deposits pay for commissary orders like food, hygiene items and stamps. Our deposit guide lists the methods JPCC accepts.

Address it with the person's full name to the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center, 100 Dolhonde Street, Gretna, LA 70053, and include a return address. Electronic messages reach the person faster. More is in our mail guide.

Call JPCC at 504-368-5360 and tell the medical unit about every prescription, dose and health condition. Jail doctors confirm medicines with the outside prescriber before giving them, so have the doctor's name and number ready.

Several hours is normal once bond is accepted, longer on busy nights, while staff clear warrants and detainers and return property. Property left behind can usually be claimed later, but call the jail first. Released people walk out on Dolhonde Street near the courthouse.

People sentenced to DOC time may wait at JPCC until they are moved to a state reception center. To learn where someone went, use the DOC locator line at 225-383-4580 or our Louisiana state prisons page.

Call JPSO at 504-363-5500 about parish warrants. For a city warrant, call the matching police department listed below. JPSO keeps names offline and the state offers nothing to search, so calling directly is completely normal. Turning in at Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on Dolhonde Street with a lawyer, rather than waiting for an arrest, often speeds up bail. If the trouble is a missed date in Gretna, the Clerk of Court in Suite 5600 at 200 Derbigny Street, 504-364-2900, can tell you what it takes to return to court in Gretna.

Jefferson has its own Juvenile Court for children under 17; since April 19, 2024, 17-year-olds are charged as adults. Detained youths go to the L. Roberts Rivarde Memorial Home, 1550 Gretna Boulevard, Harvey, 504-364-2860.

Federal arrests in Jefferson go to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, clerk at 500 Poydras Street, Room C151, New Orleans, LA 70130, 504-589-7600. A New Orleans magistrate decides custody under 18 U.S.C. 3142 using a pretrial services report. U.S. Marshals, Suite 724: 504-589-6079. Search the BOP inmate locator once the person is in federal custody.

Prints from Gretna bookings are matched with Homeland Security files, and ICE can lodge a detainer. Paying the Jefferson bond leaves that hold in place. JPSO may keep the person up to 48 extra hours for pickup, and if ICE does not come the detainer lapses. Louisiana's Act 314 of 2024 requires cooperation with ICE.

Search the ICE detainee locator to find someone in ICE custody. The New Orleans field office is nearby at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, and its detention line is 888-351-4024.

Yes. Register with Louisiana VINE, the state's free alert system. Enter the name, and a call, text or email follows whenever JPCC custody changes, including a release or transfer.

Real JPSO staff never phone families for payment, least of all by gift card, wire or payment-app transfer, so a call like that from a supposed Gretna deputy is fraud. If a caller does, hang up and phone 504-368-5360 directly.

• Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office: Metairie, Marrero, Harvey, Terrytown, Avondale and other unincorporated areas, 504-363-5500.
• Kenner Police Department: 504-712-2222, non-emergency dispatch.
• Gretna Police Department: 200 Fifth Street, Gretna, LA 70053, 504-366-4374.
• Westwego Police Department: 504-341-5428.
• Harahan Police Department: 504-737-9763.
• Jean Lafitte: town hall 504-689-2208.
• Grand Isle: town hall 985-787-3196.
• Louisiana State Police Troop B: 2101 I-10 Service Road, Kenner, LA 70065, 504-471-2775, for interstate arrests.

In an emergency, dial 911.