The Red River Parish Jail is at 615 East Carroll Drive, Coushatta, LA 71019, 318-932-5753; the sheriffs' association spells the street East Carroll Street. The sheriff's business line is 318-932-4221, and mail goes to P.O. Box 375, Coushatta, LA 71019.

Red River has no online roster of its own. Search the person's name on Louisiana VINE instead, then call the Coushatta jail at 318-932-5753 to confirm the charges and bond.

Red River posts no mugshots online, but the sheriff at 318-932-4221 can provide a copy. Under Act 281 of 2024, in force since August 1, 2024, booking photos can be released before trial. A for-pay removal site must erase a photo free within 7 days after the case is thrown out or the person wins acquittal, a pardon or an expungement. Red River Parish families ask ICE for Red River arrest photos through ICE's FOIA office, federal ones from the U.S. Marshals. If a Coushatta arrest makes the news, any booking photo shown came from the Red River sheriff, who decides on release.

Call the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center at 318-357-9300 or the De Soto Parish Detention Center at 318-872-2295. Either one can book arrests made near its parish line.

Visits are held on set Fridays, about twice a month, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the remaining 2026 dates are November 13 and December 11. Visitors must be 16 or older, on the inmate's approved list, carry photo ID and dress appropriately, and they check in with courthouse security. Our visiting guide has general tips.

One package in the first 30 days, shipped from a retailer, with approved items like soap, socks, white or gray shirts and a sweat suit. Rejected items are held seven days.

The jail allows two decks of cards, wire-free tablets, a religious book, up to five other books, a clear radio, and as many photos and letters as the person wants. Call 318-932-5753 before sending anything to make sure the list hasn't changed.

Call the jail for its mail rules. Cash and money orders are accepted in person on visiting days. Our guides cover mail, deposits, calls and messages. How jail store orders work in Coushatta: our jail store guide.

Article 230.1 (text) requires a hearing within 72 hours, not counting weekends and holidays. A 39th district judge in Coushatta decides bail and whether the person gets appointed counsel. If the hearing slips past the deadline, Red River must release the person on recognizance.

Judges of the 39th Judicial District, which covers only Red River, decide the amount. Families can pay cash or pledge land, the judge can allow a signature bond, or an approved agent can write it for no more than 12 percent. The sheriff posts the list of approved agents. Our Red River bail guide explains each option.

Cases are heard at the Red River Parish courthouse in Coushatta, the seat of the 39th Judicial District, where the district attorney prosecutes. Our court guide lists the clerk and public defender.

Report each prescription at booking, with its dose and pharmacy. Under R.S. 15:703, Red River Parish must provide an appointed or contracted jail doctor, who decides what medication is given.

Most releases take a few hours, with bond paid in cash at the Coushatta jail or through a bondsman on the sheriff's approved list. Any personal clothing that wasn't allowed inside has to be picked up or mailed out within 90 days of intake, or the jail throws it away.

A hard-labor sentence transfers the person to state corrections, and DOC decides where they serve it. Call 225-383-4580 for the current facility, or see our Louisiana state prisons list.

Call the sheriff at 318-932-4221. Learn which court issued it and whether bail is set in advance; if it is, a bondsman from the sheriff's approved list can post it. Coushatta posts no names, and the state runs no public lookup. Turning in at Red River Parish Jail on East Carroll Drive with a lawyer keeps the process orderly. For a missed hearing, the clerk's office at 615 East Carroll Street, 318-932-6741, explains how the judge resets a skipped hearing.

Children under 17 go to juvenile court. Since April 19, 2024, 17-year-olds have been treated as adults in Louisiana and are booked into the Coushatta jail.

Red River's federal cases go to Shreveport, to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. The clerk is at 300 Fannin Street, Suite 1167, Shreveport, LA 71101, 318-676-4273, and detention is decided under 18 U.S.C. 3142. The U.S. Marshals are in Suite 1202, 318-934-4300, and the BOP inmate locator lists federal prisoners.

Booking data from Coushatta reaches ICE, and a detainer can follow asking the jail to keep the person. Posting bond leaves it standing. The jail can hold the person no more than 48 extra hours, and the detainer ends if no one from ICE collects them. Act 314 of 2024 requires Louisiana jails to cooperate. Check the ICE detainee locator, or contact the field office at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, detention line 888-351-4024.

Call the jail at 318-932-5753 to confirm any amount. Only bondsmen on the sheriff's approved list write bonds at the jail, so ignore anyone demanding gift cards.

Visits run 9 AM to 3 PM on dates the sheriff posts for the year. Visitors must be at least 16, on the approved list and carry photo ID; they check in with courthouse security, wait outside until called and are searched on entry. Anyone released from a jail or prison within the last 180 days cannot visit. No personal items are allowed in the visiting room.

One, during the first 30 days of incarceration, after the inmate submits a request form. It must be ordered from a retailer and shipped directly, not from a home address, and contain only approved items. Another isn't allowed until the person's status changes from pretrial to sentenced. Commissary orders are capped at $100 a week.

Three in four of Coushatta's 61 state inmates are held in local jails, and admissions slipped from 43 in 2019 to 33 in 2025. State figures for Coushatta-area cases, from the DOC data files: - In DOC custody on Aug. 31, 2026: 61, about 801 per 100,000 residents. - Housed in local jails: 46 (75 percent). - Leading offense types: violent 34 percent, property 20 percent. - Serving life: 7. - On probation or parole: 113 (78 on probation). - New admissions: 33 in 2025, 43 in 2019.

• Red River Parish Sheriff's Office: 318-932-4221.
• Coushatta: town hall 318-932-4312.
• Edgefield: village hall 318-932-0430.
• Hall Summit: village hall 318-304-8078.
• Martin: village hall 318-581-6016.

Deputies patrol the rest of the parish. Emergencies in Coushatta go to 911.