Morehouse Parish Detention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

Yes. The sheriff's jail annex answers at 318-281-1625. Call before you go, since listings give different street addresses for it.

Within 72 hours, skipping weekends and holidays, under Article 230.1. A 4th JDC judge sets bail and decides on a public defender. Missing that deadline means the person goes free without bail.

Article 321 lists commercial surety, real estate bonds, unsecured personal surety, recognizance and cash. Unsecured release is barred for violent crimes and gun felonies.

Article 326 allows bills, money orders, certified checks, cashier's checks and public bonds. Call the sheriff at 318-281-4141 to confirm where to bring it.

Capped at 12 percent of the bail with a $120 minimum by R.S. 22:1443. Families do not get it back.

You can call the Morehouse Parish clerk of court at 318-281-3343. Mail goes to P.O. Box 1543, Bastrop, LA 71221, and the clerk keeps the bond paperwork.

In most cases after the case closes, as long as each court date was kept. Costs or fines can be withheld. See our money guide for adding to a prisoner's account.

Bastrop judges may have the person picked up and keep the bond, and the cosigner is billed. Article 312 allows a judge to refuse bail next time.

Yes. Bonding out locally leaves any ICE, federal or outside-parish detainer in force. Check the ICE locator for moves. When ICE asks, a sheriff's jail may hold someone up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released. Ask the Walnut Avenue jail about it.

Call the sheriff at 318-281-4141. Nearby parish jails include Ouachita Parish at 318-324-2700, Union Parish at 318-368-9827 and West Carroll Parish at 318-428-2331.

Yes, for acts on or after April 19, 2024, since 17-year-olds are now treated as adults. Children under 17 stay in juvenile court, where a judge decides any release.