• Ouachita Parish Correctional Center (OCC): 4801 Highway 165 By-Pass South, Monroe, LA 71202, 318-327-1369, for custody checks, visits and bond questions.
• Sheriff's main office: 400 St. John Street, Monroe, LA 71201, 318-329-1200, weekdays 8 to 5.
• Alternative number: 318-324-2551, the sheriff line in the state directory.

The correctional center sits on the southern By-Pass, away from the downtown courthouse.

There is no web roster at the moment. The sheriff directs people to its phone app for booking details while the web page is rebuilt. Calling 318-327-1369 with the person's name and birth date also works, any hour.

Booking pictures stay with the sheriff; ask about a copy at 318-329-1200. Under Act 281 of 2024 (August 1, 2024), agencies may release booking photos before trial, and fee-charging removal sites must erase a mugshot free inside 7 days once a charge is dismissed, or after acquittal, pardon or expungement. Ouachita Parish families ask ICE for Ouachita arrest photos through FOIA. The U.S. Marshals hold federal booking photos.

Booking on the By-Pass covers prints, photos, a property count and a medical check before staff can confirm the record. Monroe and West Monroe arrests also need transport time. Call back in an hour or two.

Check Union Parish at 318-368-9827, Morehouse Parish at 318-281-9336, or Richland Parish. People serving DOC sentences from Monroe may also be held in other parish jails.

Yes. Monroe City Court and West Monroe City Court hear many misdemeanors that start with a summons. The person is not jailed but must appear on the date written, or a warrant can follow.

Article 230.1 requires an appearance within 72 hours of arrest, weekends and holidays not counted. A 4th Judicial District judge sets bail and appoints the public defender when needed; missing that deadline means release on recognizance.

Call OCC at 318-327-1369 and ask for each charge's bond, the combined total, and any holds from other agencies. Bondsmen also work directly with OCC booking, so a licensed agent can confirm the figure too.

4th Judicial District judges in Monroe fix the amount. Families can post it in cash, with real estate, through a signature bond if a judge allows, or with a licensed bondsman, whose fee Louisiana limits to 12 percent; commercial agents must show OCC-issued ID to enter the compound. Our Ouachita bail guide explains each.

• 4th Judicial District Court clerk: 318-327-1444, for docket numbers, dates and bond refunds.
• District attorney: P.O. Box 1652, Monroe, LA 71210, 318-388-4720.
• Public defender: 714 Saint John Street, Monroe, LA 71201, 318-322-6643.
• Monroe City Court and West Monroe City Court take city misdemeanors and traffic cases.

Our court guide explains the general rules.

Personal mail is scanned and delivered digitally. Address: Ouachita Parish Correctional Center, LA, the inmate's full name and number, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131, with your full name and street address. Our mail guide goes into more detail.

Magazines and newspapers must come by subscription. Paperbacks must be new, from a publisher or bookstore, two at a time; hardbacks and used books are refused. Portrait photos up to 5 by 7 inches are fine; Polaroids, altered photos, and pictures with drugs, weapons, gang signs, nudity or lingerie are refused.

The sheriff's trust account page lists several ways to fund the account that pays for commissary items: - Lobby kiosks at the sheriff's office, 400 St. John Street, and at the correctional center on the By-Pass take cash, credit or debit cards, for commissary or prepaid phone time. - Online, through the deposit provider named on the sheriff's page: create an account, pick Ouachita Parish Correctional Center, choose the inmate and pay by card. - Toll-free phone, 888-988-4768, Site ID 249, after registering online. - Money orders, filled out completely with the inmate's State ID number and all sender details.

Each electronic method adds a small convenience fee, shown before you pay. Our deposit guide has more.

OCC uses video visits, both from the facility lobby and from home, scheduled ahead; the sheriff's video visitation page has English and Spanish instructions. Times vary by housing unit and restrictions, so confirm at 318-327-1369. Our visiting guide goes into more detail.

Many phone companies no longer accept collect calls from jails, so the sheriff recommends one of two prepaid options: - A family prepaid account, funded by you, which lets the person call your number. - An inmate debit account, funded by you but owned by the inmate, so they can call any approved number, including relatives who can't pay for calls.

Both are set up through the phone provider linked on the sheriff's phone calls page. All of these calls are recorded. For the basics, read our calls guide and messages guide.

Formerly called work release, the sheriff runs it under the direction of the Department of Corrections. Selected non-violent state prisoners with clean disciplinary records work outside jobs, with deputies driving them to and from work. Their pay covers their keep, child support, restitution and fines, and they are drug and alcohol tested daily. A separate program serves women. Placement is decided by DOC and the sheriff, not by families.

Yes. Approved bondsmen download the sheriff's surrender form, or a West Monroe statement of surrender for city cases, and email it to booking at an address given only to approved bondsmen. Families who co-signed a bond and want out of it should talk with the bonding company first.

Call OCC at 318-327-1369 and give staff each prescription, with the dose and the doctor's name. Medical staff confirm medicines with the doctor before giving them, and you should report any self-harm risk right away.

Plan on hours, not minutes. Staff check for detainers, finish paperwork and return property. Released people leave from the By-Pass facility, which has no nearby bus stop, so arrange a ride.

Many state prisoners stay in parish jails like OCC, while others move to a DOC reception center. Call the DOC locator at 225-383-4580, or see our Louisiana state prisons list for each prison.

Ask the sheriff at 318-329-1200 about parish warrants. For city warrants, call Monroe police at 318-329-2600 or West Monroe police at 318-396-2722, and ask whether a bond is already set. Ouachita has no public warrant list, and no statewide lookup exists in Louisiana. Going to Ouachita Parish Correctional Center on the Highway 165 By-Pass with an attorney is how most of these get resolved. If it's over a missed hearing, the clerk on South Grand Street, 318-327-1444, can say how a new date is set.

Ouachita Parish Juvenile Court hears cases of children under 17; since April 19, 2024, 17-year-olds go to adult court. Detained youths may be held at Green Oaks Juvenile Detention Home, 4820 S. Grand Street, Monroe, 318-329-4041.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Monroe Division, clerk at 201 Jackson Street, Suite 215, Monroe, LA 71201, 318-322-6740, sits downtown. A magistrate uses 18 U.S.C. 3142 and the pretrial services report. U.S. Marshals, Room 213: 318-322-8370. Use the BOP inmate locator once in federal custody.

1. Prints taken on the By-Pass are shared with ICE, which can answer with a detainer.
2. Parish bond leaves it intact.
3. Monroe may add up to 48 hours past release.
4. If ICE is absent, the hold drops.
5. Act 314 of 2024 requires cooperation.

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

Sign up on Louisiana VINE, the state's free notification service, to hear about releases and transfers from OCC. The sheriff's phone app also gives booking updates.

Ouachita deputies don't call families demanding bail through gift cards or payment apps. If you get a call like that, hang up and verify the amount with OCC at 318-327-1369.

• Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office: 400 St. John Street, Monroe, 318-329-1200; covers unincorporated areas such as Calhoun, Swartz and Brownsville.
• Monroe Police Department: 318-329-2600.
• West Monroe Police Department: 318-396-2722.
• ULM University Police: DeSiard Street campus, 318-342-5350.
• Richwood: town hall 318-325-4328.
• Sterlington: town hall 318-665-2157.
• Louisiana State Police Troop F: 1240 LA Hwy 594, Monroe, LA 71203, 318-345-0000.

Adults they arrest go to OCC. For an emergency near Monroe, call 911.