• Parish jail and sheriff: 1002 Main Street, Franklinton, LA 70438, 985-839-3434.
• Sheriff's Bogalusa office: 302 Mississippi Avenue, 985-661-2021.
• Bogalusa City Jail: 202 Arkansas Avenue, 985-732-6296.

Search the sheriff's inmate roster by name. Someone arrested in Bogalusa may sit in the city jail first, so call Bogalusa police if the name doesn't appear yet.

A Franklinton roster entry sometimes includes a photo. The public and news media contact sheriff's records at 985-839-3434. Act 281 of 2024, effective August 1, 2024, opened booking photos to release before trial; a paid-takedown site must remove a mugshot free within 7 days of proof the case was dismissed or resolved by acquittal, pardon or expungement. Washington Parish families ask ICE for Washington arrest photos through FOIA. The U.S. Marshals hold federal booking photos.

The person may be held nearby, so start with Tangipahoa at 985-748-8147. St. Tammany's jail answers at 985-276-1000, and St. Helena's at 225-222-6896.

Put the inmate's name and ID number, then Washington Parish Jail, P.O. Box 591, Longview, TX 75606. Letters are scanned to kiosks. Legal mail: 1002 Main St., Franklinton, LA 70438. Our mail guide goes into more detail.

Each block has dates on the sheriff's site. Arrive by 5:15 p.m., because sign-up closes at 5:30, and bring a photo ID. The jail allows two adults and three children per visit, none under 2, for 30 to 45 minutes. Bags and phones are not allowed inside. Our visiting guide explains the general rules.

The sheriff links an online deposit site; its help line is 337-234-3535. Messages, video visits and photos run through an online system. Our guides cover money, phone and messages, and our jail store guide explains how store orders work in Franklinton.

Article 230.1: 72 hours, without weekends and holidays. Franklinton judges settle bail and counsel, or the person goes free on recognizance.

The 22nd district bench sets the amount. Families post money or real estate, sign a promise bond, or pay an agent no more than 12 percent. The clerk is at 908 Washington Street, Franklinton, LA 70438, 985-839-4663. Minor Bogalusa cases go to city court. Our Washington bail guide explains each option.

Washington Parish cases are heard by the 22nd Judicial District Court at the Franklinton courthouse. The public defender's office is on Pearl Street at 985-839-2245. Our court guide explains each stage of the case.

Booking staff need every prescription, dose and pharmacy. Washington Parish's government must furnish Franklinton jail inmates a physician, appointed or contracted (R.S. 15:703).

Usually a few hours after bond at the Main Street jail. A Bogalusa arrest may start in the city jail and move to Franklinton, so ask where the person will be released.

Someone given state time may wait in Franklinton until a state prison bed opens. Franklinton families can reach the DOC line at 225-383-4580 follows moves out of Franklinton, and our Louisiana state prisons list covers each prison.

Call the sheriff at 985-839-3434, or the Bogalusa office at 985-661-2021. Bogalusa City Court handles many minor warrants; felony warrants come from the 22nd district court, so ask which one it is and whether a bond amount was preset. Neither office posts names, and Louisiana has no public warrant search. Turning in at Washington Parish Jail with an attorney spares your relative an arrest on the job. If a skipped court date caused this, the Franklinton clerk at 908 Washington Street, 985-839-4663, can walk you through the next step.

Washington Parish juvenile court takes children under 17 and decides on detention. Since April 19, 2024, the Franklinton jail books 17-year-olds as adults.

Washington Parish is in the Eastern District, whose U.S. District Court clerk is at 500 Poydras Street, Room C151, New Orleans, LA 70130, 504-589-7600. A magistrate decides detention 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.

Fingerprints from Main Street bookings go to ICE, and a detainer may follow. Posting bail doesn't release it. The jail can hold the person 48 extra hours, no more, and the detainer ends if no agent comes. Act 314 of 2024 requires Louisiana jails to cooperate.

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

Franklinton custody shows on LA VINE, which costs nothing. Enter the name, and you'll get a text, email or call if the jail releases or moves the person.

Verify any request with the sheriff at 985-839-3434 before paying. Franklinton's jail or a licensed agent takes bail payments, so never pay a caller by gift card or payment app.

Visits follow a posted schedule by housing unit. Visitors must arrive by 5:15 PM, when registration opens, and sign up by 5:30 PM with a valid ID. Each inmate may see two adults and three minors; children under 2 are not allowed, inmates charged with sex crimes may not visit with minors, and visitors with warrants or on the sex offender registry are turned away. Nothing may be brought in, and visitors are searched. Video visits and messaging are available online through the jail's provider. Call 985-839-3434 with any questions.

Print the inmate's name and ID number clearly. Regular mail goes to a scanning address and is read on jail kiosks; legal mail goes directly to the sheriff's office. The sheriff calls the current jail outdated and costly to maintain and plans a new one near the Emergency Operations Center.

Washington has one of Louisiana's highest state-custody rates, about 1,617 per 100,000 residents, and 80 of its 735 state inmates are serving life. Admissions rose from 281 in 2019 to 334 in 2025. State figures for Franklinton-area cases, from the DOC data files: - In DOC custody on Aug. 31, 2026: 735, about 1,617 per 100,000 residents. - Housed in local jails: 363 (49 percent). - Leading offense types: violent 41 percent, "all other" 19 percent. - Serving life: 80. - On probation or parole: 702 (414 on probation). - New admissions: 334 in 2025, 281 in 2019.

• Washington Parish Sheriff's Office: 985-839-3434 or 985-661-2021.
• Bogalusa Police: 985-732-3611.
• Franklinton: town hall 985-839-3569.
• Angie: village hall 985-986-2444.
• Varnado: village hall 985-516-3918.

Deputies cover the unincorporated areas. Emergencies in Franklinton go to 911.