Bastrop's parish jail takes most new arrests; it is at 250 East Walnut Avenue, Bastrop, LA 71220, 318-281-9336. The detention center in Collinston, 318-874-7855, mainly holds state prisoners, and the sheriff's office at 318-281-4141 can also look someone up.

Staff will need the legal name and birthday. Walnut Avenue staff can normally confirm that the person is there and tell you the bond amount.

Morehouse doesn't post mugshots online; request one from the sheriff at 318-281-4141. Since August 1, 2024, Act 281 has let sheriffs release booking photos pretrial. If a photo appears on a pay-to-remove site, the site must take it down free within 7 days once the case is dropped or the person is acquitted, pardoned or expunged. Immigration photos are requested through ICE's FOIA office, and federal ones from the U.S. Marshals.

Call the Ouachita Correctional Center at 318-324-2700 or the Richland Parish Detention Center at 318-248-3057. An arrest across the Arkansas line will be held in an Arkansas jail.

It might have been, because Bastrop police can cite small offenses into Bastrop city court instead of booking the person. Call the department at 318-281-1322 to ask whether a summons was written and when the court date is.

Inside 72 hours, with weekends and holidays left out, under Article 230.1. A 4th district judge in Bastrop decides bail and whether to appoint a lawyer, and Bastrop must release the person on recognizance if that deadline passes.

Bond is set by the 4th Judicial District. Families can use cash or property, the judge can accept a signature, and no bondsman may charge more than 12 percent. You can reach the Morehouse clerk at 318-281-3343, P.O. Box 1543, Bastrop, LA 71221. Our Morehouse bail guide explains each type.

The Morehouse courthouse in Bastrop hears felonies and state misdemeanors, where the 4th Judicial District holds court; it shares the district with Ouachita. See our court guide for offices and numbers.

Visiting times and payment types vary, so ask the Walnut Avenue jail at 318-281-9336. Our guides cover visiting, calls, messages, deposits and mail. Bastrop commissary basics are in our commissary guide.

Report each medicine, dose and pharmacy to the East Walnut Avenue staff during booking. Morehouse, like every Louisiana parish, must keep an appointed jail doctor or a contracted health provider (R.S. 15:703), and that clinician controls what is handed out.

Plan on several hours after the bond is posted. The Walnut Avenue jail takes most new arrests and the Collinston center holds state prisoners, so confirm which building has the person.

Some state prisoners serve their time at the Collinston detention center under contract rather than in a prison. The Department of Corrections at 225-383-4580 can confirm where someone is, and our Louisiana state prisons list covers the prisons.

Call the sheriff at 318-281-4141 or Bastrop police at 318-281-1322. A 4th district warrant names its court, while Bastrop city court handles many minor ones. Ask whether bond is preset, so the family can bring it to booking at Morehouse Parish Detention Center on East Walnut Avenue. The Bastrop sheriff shares no names on the web, and Louisiana's courts have no shared public lookup. A defense lawyer at your loved one's side helps. For a skipped hearing, the East Madison Street clerk, 318-281-3343, explains how the judge resets it.

Anyone under 17 goes to juvenile court, while 17-year-olds have been treated as adults since April 19, 2024. Juveniles who must be held may be sent to Green Oaks in Monroe, so confirm where the child was placed.

Morehouse's federal cases are heard in Monroe, and the U.S. District Court clerk is at 201 Jackson Street, Suite 215, Monroe, LA 71201, 318-322-6740. A magistrate in Monroe decides custody under 18 U.S.C. 3142 using a pretrial services report. The U.S. Marshals are in Room 213, 318-322-8370, and federal prisoners can be found on the BOP inmate locator.

Prints from a Bastrop booking are checked federally, and a Bastrop detainer from ICE may result. Paying the parish bond doesn't cancel it, though the jail can hold the person only up to 48 hours after release, and it lapses if ICE doesn't come. Act 314 of 2024 requires Louisiana jails to cooperate. Use the ICE detainee locator, or contact the field office at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, detention line 888-351-4024.

Yes. Bastrop jails report to LA VINE at no cost. Register the name, and a Morehouse release or transfer will come by call, text or email.

Check it first with the Walnut Avenue jail at 318-281-9336. Morehouse deputies don't phone relatives asking for bond in gift cards; real bail is handled at the jail or by a licensed agent.

The Louisiana Sheriffs' Association directory credits Morehouse with 144 regular deputies plus 25 part-time. It lists two prison numbers: 318-874-7855 in Collinston and 318-281-9336 in Bastrop.

In Bastrop, a no-warrant arrest must be followed within 48 hours by a judge's finding of probable cause, or the person goes free on recognizance (art. 230.2). If still held, a misdemeanor charge is due in 30 days and a felony in 60, or 120 for life-eligible crimes (art. 701).

Violent and violent sex offenses together account for two-thirds of Bastrop-sentenced state inmates, and 23 of the 158 are serving life. State figures for Bastrop-area cases, from the DOC data files: - In DOC custody on Aug. 31, 2026: 158, about 616 per 100,000 residents. - Housed in local jails: 93 (59 percent). - Leading offense types: violent 54 percent, violent sex 13 percent. - Serving life: 23. - On probation or parole: 261 (141 on probation). - New admissions: 56 in 2025, 72 in 2019.

Write or call the sheriff in Bastrop at 318-281-4141. The Public Records Law lets the public review what the office keeps (R.S. 44:1 and following), and the records custodian has three working days to set a time if a record isn't ready immediately. Initial arrest reports are open, but pending 4th district case files are shielded by R.S. 44:3.

• Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office: 318-281-4141.
• Bastrop Police: 318-281-1322.
• Mer Rouge: village hall 318-647-3622.
• Bonita: village hall 318-823-2128.
• Collinston: village hall 318-874-2631.
• Oak Ridge: village hall 318-244-5033.

The sheriff covers rural areas. Dial 911 for any Bastrop emergency.