• Detention center: 1150 Northwest Drive, Port Allen, LA 70767, 225-346-6400.
• Sheriff: 850 Eighth Street, Port Allen, 225-343-9234.
• Transitional work program: 1155 Northwest Drive, 225-387-3272.

Search by name on the sheriff's inmate page. Then call the detention center at 225-346-6400 to confirm the charges, the bond and Port Allen custody status.

Ask the sheriff, 225-343-9234, which takes public and media records requests. Act 281 of 2024 (effective August 1, 2024) lets agencies release booking photos pretrial; a site charging to remove a mugshot must do so free within 7 days of documents showing dismissal, acquittal, pardon or expungement. West Baton Rouge Parish families ask ICE for West Baton Rouge arrest photos through FOIA. The U.S. Marshals hold federal booking photos.

Try East Baton Rouge at 225-355-3311, just across the river, since many arrests near the bridge end up there. Iberville answers at 225-687-3553, and Pointe Coupee at 225-638-5407.

Visiting and deposit rules vary by housing unit, so call the jail at 225-346-6400 first. Our guides cover visiting, mail, phone, money and messages. For Port Allen store orders, see our commissary guide.

Port Allen's city court takes lesser cases, while felonies go to the 18th district court. The clerk at 225-383-0378 knows which court has a particular case.

Article 230.1 (law): 72 hours, weekends and holidays left out. An 18th district judge decides bail and counsel, or recognizance release is due.

18th district judges set the figure. Pay cash, use property, sign a bond, or hire an agent capped at 12 percent. Clerk: 850 Eighth Street, Port Allen, LA 70767, 225-383-0378. Our West Baton Rouge bail guide.

West Baton Rouge cases are heard by the 18th Judicial District Court at the Port Allen courthouse. The public defender's office is on Louisiana Avenue at 225-387-6209. Our court guide explains each stage of the case.

Give booking a full medication list with doses and the pharmacy. West Baton Rouge Parish covers jail medical care with a doctor it appoints or contracts (R.S. 15:703), and that physician sets what is dispensed on Northwest Drive.

Allow a few hours after bond posts. Ask Port Allen staff whether there are holds from probation and parole, other parishes or immigration authorities, because any of those can keep the person longer.

Port Allen hard-labor sentences place the person in DOC custody, and two in three West Baton Rouge cases stay in local jails. Find the current facility through 225-383-4580 or our Louisiana state prisons list.

The sheriff at 225-343-9234 does. Port Allen city court handles minor warrants, and felonies come from the 18th district court, so find out which one issued it and if bond is preset. Port Allen deputies keep names offline, and the state has no warrant lookup for families. An attorney can schedule your relative's surrender at West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center, 1150 Northwest Drive. When it's about a missed court date, the clerk at 850 Eighth Street, 225-383-0378, can explain what it takes to get a fresh date.

Children under 17 go to juvenile court, and since April 19, 2024, 17-year-olds go to adult court. Youth placed by the state may be at the Jetson center, described on our Jetson youth center page.

Just across the river, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana keeps its clerk at 777 Florida Street, Suite 139, Baton Rouge, LA 70801, 225-389-3500. 18 U.S.C. 3142 sets the rules. U.S. Marshals Room G-48, 225-389-0364. Sentenced federal prisoners appear in the BOP inmate locator.

Bookings on Northwest Drive are run past ICE, which can issue a detainer. Posting bond won't undo it. Port Allen deputies can hold the person up to 48 hours beyond release, and the detainer is gone if ICE never comes. Act 314 of 2024 requires Louisiana jails to cooperate.

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

Port Allen custody is listed on LA VINE, which is free. Enter the name, and Port Allen releases and moves then trigger a text, call or email to you.

Verify any request with the detention center at 225-346-6400 before paying. Port Allen bail is posted at the center on Northwest Drive or through a licensed agent. Port Allen never takes gift cards or payment apps.

Only people on the inmate's approved visitor list may come; they register, show a government photo ID and are searched. Children need a parent or legal guardian with them. Phones, purses and other belongings stay out. Call 225-346-6400 for current days and hours before driving.

Port Allen prosecutors in the 18th district must file against a jailed defendant within 30 days on a misdemeanor and 60 on a felony, or 120 if life is possible (C.Cr.P. art. 701). A warrantless arrest on Northwest Drive must also go before a judge for a probable-cause finding inside 48 hours (art. 230.2).

Admissions from Port Allen's district court rose about 80 percent, from 107 in 2019 to 193 in 2025, while Louisiana's fell 17 percent. The state-custody rate is about 1,169 per 100,000 residents. State figures for Port Allen-area cases, from the DOC data files: - In DOC custody on Aug. 31, 2026: 318, about 1,169 per 100,000 residents. - Housed in local jails: 218 (69 percent). - Leading offense types: violent 42 percent, property 23 percent. - Serving life: 23. - On probation or parole: 564 (380 on probation). - New admissions: 193 in 2025, 107 in 2019.

Ask the sheriff's office at 225-343-9234. Under R.S. 44:1 et seq., any adult may inspect public records the Port Allen office holds; when a record is in use, the office must name a date for access within three working days. Initial arrest information is public, but files on cases still open in the 18th district are exempt (R.S. 44:3).

• West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office: 225-343-9234.
• Port Allen Police: 225-343-5525.
• Addis Police: 225-687-2222.
• Brusly: town hall 225-749-2909.

Deputies cover the unincorporated areas. For an emergency near Port Allen, call 911.