• Lafayette Parish Correctional Center (LPCC): 916 Lafayette Street, Lafayette, LA 70501, 337-236-5400.
• Bail and bond questions: 337-236-5444.
• Sheriff's office and records: 316 West Main Street, Lafayette, LA 70501, 337-232-9211, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Work release center: 410 West Vermillion Street, Lafayette, 337-236-5469.

LPCC is downtown, a short walk from the parish courthouse and the federal courthouse.

Start with the Sheriff’s portal instructions. Select LPSO if prompted and sign in or register if required. In Lookup Inmates, enter the person’s first name, last name or booking number, then select Search. Leave Recent Bookings unchecked for the current custody list, or check it for recent bookings.

Match the booking number if you have it, because some identifying details may be unavailable. Use booking staff to confirm where the person is today.

The lists carry no photos; request one from sheriff records at 337-232-9211. Act 281 of 2024, in force since August 1, 2024, lets agencies release booking photos before conviction, and a booking photo on a paid removal site must come down free within 7 days after the person is cleared, the charge is dismissed, or a pardon or expungement issues. Lafayette Parish families ask ICE for Lafayette arrest photos through FOIA. Federal booking photos: U.S. Marshals. Lafayette TV and newspaper reporters request booking photos through the same sheriff records office, which decides what to release.

Try the name used at booking, an alternate spelling, or the booking number. The portal waits for you to select Search. If the arrest is recent or there is no match, call intake at 337-236-5400 and ask if booking is complete and which facility received the person.

The Broussard Police Department says it uses both Lafayette Parish and St. Martin Parish for booking. After a Broussard arrest, ask which jail received the person before driving or making a deposit.

Sentenced people on work release may be at the work release center on West Vermillion Street. If the person isn't in Lafayette at all, try the neighbors: Acadia Parish at 337-788-8737, St. Martin Parish at 337-394-2500, and Iberia Parish at 337-369-2431.

No. Lafayette City Court handles many misdemeanors and traffic cases by summons. Someone cited signs the ticket, goes home and must appear on the date given, and skipping the Lafayette date may bring a warrant, then a booking after all.

Article 230.1 sets 72 hours from arrest, weekends and holidays not counted. A 15th Judicial District judge takes up bail and, for a defendant without funds, appoints the 15th district defenders. Past that deadline, Lafayette must release the person on recognizance.

The offender list may show the bond once a judge has set it. For the total across every charge, and to learn whether a hold from another agency would block release, call the bond line at 337-236-5444.

The bonding lobby at 916 Lafayette Street is open around the clock. 15th Judicial District judges fix amounts, and the options are: - Cash, given back by the clerk after disposition, minus costs. - Property, pledging Louisiana real estate with enough equity. - Commercial surety, through a licensed bondsman charging no more than 12 percent. - Signature bond, where a 15th district judge grants it.

Our Lafayette bail guide has details. Clerk of Court: 337-291-6400, P.O. Box 2009, Lafayette, LA 70502.

Felonies and state misdemeanors go to the 15th Judicial District Court in the parish courthouse in downtown Lafayette; the clerk at 337-291-6400 gives docket numbers, court dates and bond refund status. City misdemeanors go to Lafayette City Court. Our court guide lists the DA and the public defender.

Ask the 15th district judge at the 72-hour hearing; a public defender is appointed for anyone who qualifies. Remember that LPCC calls and video visits are recorded, so save case details for the attorney.

Personal mail is scanned and read on a tablet. It goes to a scanning center at PO Box 16367, Jonesboro, AR 72401; copy the addressee line from the sheriff's corrections page and add the inmate's name and number, with your name and street address top left. Boxes and catalogs are returned. Legal mail goes to the correctional center with name, arrest number and cell. More is in our mail guide.

Visits are by video at the Public Safety Complex, 1825 W. Willow Street, Scott, LA 70583: weekdays 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., weekends 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Two visits per week cost nothing, and the inmate books them from inside. Our visiting guide explains the general rules.

The sheriff lets each inmate keep a commissary account for snacks, toiletries and hygiene items, and our commissary guide explains how it works. - Money orders can be mailed to the sheriff's P.O. box listed on its corrections page, marked with name, arrest number and cell. Personal checks are refused by the jail. - Cash and card kiosks are in the 24-hour bonding lobby at 916 Lafayette Street.

Our deposit guide, calls guide and messaging guide cover fees.

Call LPCC at 337-236-5400 and tell the medical staff about every prescription, with the dose and the pharmacy. Medicines are confirmed with the prescriber before they are given, so have the doctor's name ready.

Once bond is accepted, LPCC release generally takes a few hours while deputies check for detainers and return property. People leave from the Lafayette Street lobby. Ask 337-236-5400 about collecting property left behind.

A DOC-sentenced person may stay at LPCC or move to a reception center. The sheriff links the DOC Offender Locator, updated every 24 hours; you can also call 225-383-4580 or see our Louisiana state prisons list.

Confirm any warrant with the sheriff at 337-232-9211, or with Lafayette police at 337-291-8600 for a city one, and ask whether bond is already set. The parish doesn't publish a dependable list of names, and the state has no public lookup. Going to Lafayette Parish Correctional Center, 916 Lafayette Street, alongside an attorney is how most people resolve it. A skipped court date is a question for the South Buchanan Street clerk, 337-291-6329, who explains rescheduling.

Children under 17 go to juvenile court; since April 19, 2024, 17-year-olds are adults again. Detained youths go to Lafayette Parish Juvenile Detention, 1613 Surrey Street, Lafayette, 337-291-7130, which also takes children from nearby parishes.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette Division, clerk at 800 Lafayette Street, Suite 2100, Lafayette, LA 70501, 337-593-5000, sits a short walk from the parish jail on Lafayette Street. A magistrate rules on custody under 18 U.S.C. 3142 after pretrial services reports. U.S. Marshals: Suite 1100, 337-262-6666. Use the BOP inmate locator for federal prisoners.

1. LPCC fingerprints are checked against Homeland Security files, and ICE may lodge a detainer.
2. Posting the Lafayette bond does not lift it.
3. LPCC can keep the person 48 hours beyond release for that pickup.
4. Without pickup, the detainer lapses.
5. Act 314 of 2024 requires state and local cooperation.

Try the ICE detainee locator. Field office: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, detention line 888-351-4024.

Register with Louisiana VINE, the state's free notification service. Once you sign up, any LPCC release or transfer triggers a phone call, text or email to you, at no cost.

A caller claiming to be a deputy who wants gift cards or a phone-app payment is a fraud. Real bonds are paid at the bonding lobby or through a licensed agent, so confirm any request on the bond line at 337-236-5444.

• Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office: 316 West Main Street, 337-232-9211; covers Milton and unincorporated areas.
• Lafayette Police Department: 900 East University Avenue, Lafayette, LA 70503, 337-291-8600.
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette Police: Bittle Hall, 210 Hebrard Boulevard, Lafayette, LA 70504, 337-482-6447.
• Broussard Police: 337-837-6259.
• Carencro Police: 337-896-6132.
• Scott Police: 337-233-3715.
• Youngsville Police: 337-856-5931.
• Duson: town hall 337-873-6754.
• Louisiana State Police Troop I: 121 East Pont Des Mouton, Lafayette, LA 70507, 337-262-5880.

All bring adult arrests to 916 Lafayette Street. Lafayette emergencies go straight to 911.