• Detention center: 16801 Highway 15, Davant, LA 70046, 504-934-7600.
• Booking and intake: 504-934-7637 or 504-934-7635.
• Control room: 504-934-7602 or 504-934-7603.
• If no one answers: 504-682-4668.
• Sheriff's office: 504-934-6776.

Older state listings show this jail under a Braithwaite location.

Davant intake needs the full name and birthday before confirming custody, charges and bond. Our inmate roster guide explains how searches work.

No booking photos are posted online. Ask the sheriff at 504-934-6776 or through its records request portal. Act 281 of 2024 (August 1, 2024) allows booking photo release before trial, and a paid-removal site must take the booking photo down for free within 7 days after a dismissal, not-guilty verdict, pardon or expungement clears the case. Plaquemines Parish families ask ICE for Plaquemines arrest photos through FOIA. The U.S. Marshals hold federal booking photos.

The person may be held across the parish line. Try Orleans Justice Center at 504-202-9339, or the Jefferson Parish jail in Gretna. St. Bernard Parish's jail answers at 504-278-7645.

Put the inmate's name, PPSO number and dorm, then: Plaquemines Parish Detention Center, P.O. Box 67, Pointe a la Hache, LA 70082. No staples, and nothing bought outside the jail. Our mail guide goes into more detail.

No. Newspapers stopped coming in during 2020, and families can't mail books. Inmates order books and magazines from inside the jail once a month instead.

The sheriff says no outside visitors are allowed inside the Davant jail at this time. Call 504-934-6776 for updates before you plan a trip. Our visiting guide explains the general rules.

Call the jail for the current deposit options, because they change. Our guides cover deposits, calls and messages. Our jail store guide explains how Davant inmates buy snacks.

Under Article 230.1, the first appearance comes within 72 hours, not counting weekends and holidays. A 25th district judge sets bail and appoints counsel. Release on recognizance follows if Davant lets the deadline pass.

Judges of the 25th Judicial District set the amount. The Plaquemines Parish sheriff accepts cash or real estate as security, judges may allow release on a signature, and Louisiana caps a bondsman's fee at 12 percent. Our Plaquemines bail guide explains each option.

Plaquemines cases are heard by the 25th Judicial District Court in Belle Chasse. In Belle Chasse, the Belle Chasse court names a public defender early on for anyone who can't pay. Our court guide has the clerk, DA and defender.

Tell intake every prescription, its dose and the pharmacy. The parish must keep a physician on appointment for the jail or contract with licensed providers (R.S. 15:703); family cannot drop off outside purchases, since the jail accepts no items bought outside the facility.

Davant is remote, so plan a ride, and expect hours after bond. The sheriff's Criminal Records Office takes credit cards in person for bonds and court fines, which can speed things up if you are paying locally.

With a hard-labor sentence comes DOC custody. Some stay in Plaquemines: trustees are housed at the Correctional Center and assigned to inmate labor crews that work with nonprofits around the parish. Others go to state prisons; call the DOC at 225-383-4580 or see Louisiana state prisons.

Call the sheriff at 504-934-6776. The Criminal Records Office keeps arrest warrants, and a copy of one costs $25. You'll find no names from Belle Chasse online, nor any statewide Louisiana warrant tool. Surrendering with a lawyer, at Plaquemines Parish - Belle Chase Lockup or the detention center on Highway 15 in Davant, is safer than waiting to be found. After a skipped hearing, the Clerk of Court in Belle Chasse, 301 Main Street, Suite 108, 504-934-6610, can explain asking for a new one.

Plaquemines juvenile court handles children under 17 and decides on detention. Since April 19, 2024, the Davant jail books 17-year-olds as adults.

Federal cases go to the Eastern District of Louisiana, whose U.S. District Court clerk is at 500 Poydras Street, Room C151, New Orleans, LA 70130, 504-589-7600. After the pretrial services interview, a New Orleans magistrate rules under 18 U.S.C. 3142. The U.S. Marshals are in Suite 724 at 504-589-6079. Sentenced federal prisoners appear in the BOP inmate locator.

1. Fingerprints from Davant are checked by ICE, which may file a detainer.
2. Bond on parish charges won't clear it.
3. The jail can add 48 hours.
4. Then it ends if ICE stays away.
5. Act 314 of 2024 requires cooperation.

Families in Davant can search the ICE detainee locator by name. From Davant, call the St. Rose field office at 888-351-4024.

Yes. Davant custody is listed on LA VINE, which is free. Register the name, and you'll be called, texted or emailed if the jail releases or transfers the person.

Verify any request at 504-934-7600 before paying. Plaquemines bonds are paid at the Criminal Records Office or through a licensed bail agent. Any caller wanting gift cards or app money for a Plaquemines bond is a scammer.

Write the inmate's name, PPSO inmate number and dorm on the envelope. Since August 1, 2020, the detention center takes no newspapers, and books and magazines can't be sent from outside; inmates order them through commissary.

Admissions from the 25th district rose from 58 in 2019 to 70 in 2025, against the statewide decline, and violent offenses make up close to half of current state inmates. State figures for Davant-area cases, from the DOC data files: - In DOC custody on Aug. 31, 2026: 118, about 502 per 100,000 residents. - Housed in local jails: 76 (64 percent). - Leading offense types: violent 46 percent, "all other" 16 percent. - Serving life: 13. - On probation or parole: 258 (164 on probation). - New admissions: 70 in 2025, 58 in 2019.

• Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office: 504-934-6776.

Because the parish government is consolidated with no cities or villages, no municipal police force exists here. The sheriff covers Belle Chasse, Port Sulphur, Buras, Venice, Braithwaite and every community. State troopers patrol Highway 23. Emergencies in Davant go to 911.