The Evangeline Parish Inmate Population
The Evangeline Parish inmate population begins with the sheriff-operated Evangeline Parish Jail in Ville Platte. That jail is the local booking point for many arrests made by the sheriff's office and local police agencies. Its public roster is the closest official source for a current jail snapshot because it lists people who are still in parish custody when the roster page is viewed. The roster should not be treated as a full population report, annual admissions count, or permanent criminal history file. It is a current custody and booking source.
The parish is also unusual because two ICE processing centers are located inside its borders. South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile and Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Pine Prairie hold civil immigration detainees, not ordinary parish jail inmates. A local arrest, a state sentence, a federal case, and immigration custody each use a different lookup system. That split is central to understanding the Evangeline Parish inmate population because a person can be physically in the parish but absent from the sheriff roster.
Evangeline Parish Inmate Population Statistics
The sheriff's public pages inspected for this build did not publish a rated jail capacity, annual booking total, average length of stay, or demographic breakdown for Evangeline Parish Jail. The safe local data point is the live roster itself, viewed as a current snapshot rather than an annual statistic. For trend work, the research file points to high-authority outside sources such as the Bureau of Justice Statistics Annual Survey of Jails, Vera Incarceration Trends, and the Jail Data Initiative when parish coverage is available.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Evangeline Parish Jail rated capacity | Not located in official local source | Sheriff site and corrections SOP inspected June 16, 2026 |
| Current jail population | Use roster snapshot at time of lookup | Sheriff current roster |
| County jail trend data | Use external trend sources where covered | Vera Incarceration Trends and Jail Data Initiative |
| National and state jail context | Annual survey source | BJS Annual Survey of Jails |
| Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center beds | 1,094 | GEO facility profile, inspected in the research sweep |
Evangeline Parish Inmate Population Trends
Multi-year jail trend claims need a data source that tracks the same measure the same way each year. The sheriff roster can show who is listed now, but it cannot prove average daily population, annual admissions, or incarceration rate by itself. Evangeline Parish inmate population trends should therefore be described with care. If a local budget, police jury record, jail standards report, Vera county page, or Jail Data Initiative series supplies a dated figure, cite that exact source and year. If it does not, leave the trend cell blank rather than estimating from a live roster.
| Year | ADP / Year-End Count | Use and Limits |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not located in official local source | Use only if Vera, BJS, JDI, or a local report has parish-level data. |
| 2022 | Not located in official local source | Do not estimate from a later roster snapshot. |
| 2023 | Not located in official local source | Check state reports or police jury records before quoting. |
| 2024 | Not located in official local source | Separate jail population from ICE facility population. |
| 2025 | Not located in official local source | A roster count is a snapshot, not an annual average. |
Who Is Counted in Evangeline Parish
The Evangeline Parish inmate population is not one single list. The parish jail roster covers people booked into the sheriff's custody, including adult arrestees, pretrial detainees, sentenced parish inmates, and holds pending transfer. A person sentenced to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections may remain in a parish jail for a time, but the long-term lookup path changes to the state DOC system after transfer. ICE detainees in Basile or Pine Prairie are tracked through immigration custody tools, even though those facilities sit inside Evangeline Parish.
- Local jail custody: Current Evangeline Parish Jail inmates are searched through the sheriff roster.
- State custody: Sentenced state prisoners are searched through the Louisiana DOC locator path.
- Immigration custody: ICE detainees are searched through ICE ODLS, not the parish roster.
- Federal custody: Federal prison records use BOP tools, while U.S. Marshals custody may require district contact.
Evangeline Parish Jail Capacity
The official sheriff pages inspected for Evangeline Parish Jail did not publish a bed capacity, housing-unit layout, annual bookings total, or average daily population. That gap matters because capacity and overcrowding claims are often copied across sites without a source. A sound Evangeline Parish inmate population page should say what is known: the sheriff runs the parish jail, the public roster lists current inmates, and the research did not locate an official local capacity figure. Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center is different because the GEO profile lists 1,094 beds for that immigration facility.
Population pressure can still affect jail users in practical ways. Bond decisions, new arrests, holds from other agencies, sentencing, and transfer timing can change the number of people in the parish jail. Weather, holidays, court calendars, and staffing can also affect visits or records access. Those are operational cautions, not proof of overcrowding. No official recent Evangeline Parish Jail reform or litigation archive was located in the research sweep.
Laws for Evangeline Parish Inmate Data
Louisiana public-record law controls much of the access path for booking records, jail records, and roster information. The sheriff roster is the fastest way to check current custody, but a record not shown online can still be requested from the proper custodian unless an exception applies. Law-enforcement records may be redacted for active investigations, juvenile matters, victim details, medical information, protected identifiers, or jail security concerns.
Key Statutes:
Louisiana R.S. 44:1 defines public records and public bodies for Louisiana records access.
Louisiana R.S. 44:31 gives the public a right to inspect, copy, or reproduce public records unless an exception applies.
Louisiana R.S. 44:32 sets custodian duties for copy requests and response handling.
Louisiana R.S. 44:3 governs law-enforcement records and limits for investigative material.
Louisiana R.S. 15:824 explains state custody and parish jail transfer context for sentenced persons.
Evangeline Parish and State Prison
No Louisiana DOC state prison was identified as physically located in Evangeline Parish during the research sweep. That does not mean Evangeline Parish convictions stay in local custody. After sentencing to state prison, a person may be moved from the parish jail into the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections system. The parish roster may then stop being useful because it is a jail list, not a statewide prison index.
The Louisiana DOC offender information path and VINELink Louisiana are the main statewide fallbacks named in the research file. DOC records use state correctional identifiers, location or status fields, and conviction or sentence information when public. VINELink is useful for custody status and notification when the agency participates. Note: A current booking charge on the parish roster is not the same as a DOC conviction record.
How to Search Evangeline Parish Inmates
The official local starting point is the Evangeline Parish inmate roster. The current booking-time view showed cards with booking photos, names, booking numbers, booking dates, arresting agency, charges, and bond lines where present. A person missing from the roster is not proof that no arrest occurred. The name may be misspelled, the booking may be too new, the person may be released, or the person may be in state, federal, or ICE custody instead.
The current roster sorted by booking time is useful for recent bookings. The sheriff site did not confirm a separate official mobile app with an app-only inmate lookup, so the web roster, the jail phone line, public-record requests, DOC, VINELink, BOP, and ICE ODLS remain the documented channels.
- Open the sheriff roster or current-inmate view.
- Search by last name if a search box appears, or use browser find on the current list.
- Check spelling variants, middle names, and hyphenated names.
- Open the matching card or profile if the link is active.
- Record the booking number, booking date, charges, arresting agency, and bond line.
- If no match appears, call the sheriff's office or use the correct state, federal, or ICE locator.
Current Evangeline Parish Roster Lookup
The roster is a current jail custody tool, not a complete court-record system. It helps confirm whether a person is listed in Evangeline Parish Jail and what booking-stage information is public. Formal court case records come from the Clerk of Court, the 13th Judicial District Court path, and Clerk Connect. Immigration detainees held at the two ICE facilities are searched through ICE ODLS because those facilities do not publish ordinary parish jail roster cards.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roster view / filter | Link or filter | Optional | Current inmates and booking-time sort were observed in the URL path. |
| Name search | Text search if exposed | Unspecified | Use last name first when the roster module shows a search field. |
| Booking-time sort | URL filter | Optional | The inspected path used booking_time=desc. |
| Inmate profile/card click | Link | Optional | Opens or displays card details when active. |
| Buttons | Button or link | Unspecified | Rendered controls can vary with the sheriff roster module. |
The sheriff current roster screenshot source shows why the roster is the core lookup path for current jail custody.
The screenshot ties the lookup process to official roster cards rather than third-party copies or commercial mugshot pages.
Past Evangeline Parish Inmate Records
Released or older booking records may no longer appear on the current roster. The research did not find a published roster retention window, so no fixed number of hours or days should be promised. For older booking records, the practical path is to contact the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office as custodian and make a public-record request. Give the full name, booking date or arrest date if known, booking number if available, and the type of record requested.
Louisiana law allows reasonable copy fees and allows a custodian to withhold or redact records when an exception applies. A request for an older mugshot, booking report, or jail record is different from a request for a court file. Court filings, formal charges, certified copies, and dispositions are handled through the Clerk of Court path, not the jail roster.
What Evangeline Parish Inmate Records Show
Roster fields are booking-stage facts. They help identify a current jail inmate, but they do not prove guilt and may not match the charge that is later filed in court. Housing details, full birth dates, medical information, victim information, juvenile records, and security-sensitive jail data were not public in the inspected card view.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking photo | A public front-facing booking photo when available. |
| Name | The booked name entered by jail staff. |
| Booking number | A local identifier useful for calls and records requests. |
| Booking date | The intake date for Evangeline Parish Jail. |
| Arresting agency | The agency responsible for the arrest or booking. |
| Charges | Arrest or booking charges, not final court outcomes. |
| Bond | A dollar amount, no-bond language, or hold status when shown. |
Evangeline Parish Jail vs Prison Search
The most common lookup error is using the right name in the wrong system. Local jail custody, sentenced state prison custody, federal criminal custody, and immigration detention each have a separate public path. A person arrested in Ville Platte, Mamou, Basile, or Pine Prairie may start in the parish jail, but a later sentence, federal case, or ICE transfer can move the search away from the sheriff roster.
| Custody Type | Who It Covers | Where to Look |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Pretrial detainees, parish sentences, holds pending transfer | Evangeline Parish sheriff roster |
| State prison | Sentenced Louisiana DOC prisoners | Louisiana DOC offender information |
| Victim notification | Custody status and notice where agencies participate | VINELink Louisiana |
| Federal prison | Federal sentenced persons in BOP custody | BOP inmate locator |
| Immigration detention | ICE detainees, including Basile and Pine Prairie facilities | ICE Online Detainee Locator |
Evangeline Parish Detention Facilities
The facility list matters because Evangeline Parish contains more than the parish jail. The sheriff jail is the correct search point for ordinary local arrests and parish custody. The two ICE facilities are civil immigration detention centers with separate rules, phone numbers, and search systems. They should not be folded into the parish jail population unless a source documents a specific transfer or hold.
- Evangeline Parish Jail holds adult local arrestees, pretrial detainees, sentenced parish inmates, and transfer holds.
- South Louisiana ICE Processing Center holds adult ICE detainees in civil immigration custody in Basile.
- Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center holds adult ICE detainees and has a GEO profile listing 1,094 beds.
Evangeline Parish Jail Rules
The sheriff's corrections SOP index is a strong local source for jail operations. It links to policies for intake and booking, classification, visitation, inmate mail, commissary, medical care, grievances, release, inmate rights, and special management. Those pages are better than generic jail advice because they show the local topics the sheriff makes public.
The corrections SOP source is the public index behind many of the facility rules used on this site.
The policy index supports practical sections on booking, mail, visits, commissary, medical access, grievances, and release without inventing local procedures.
Evangeline Parish Custody Terms
Short definitions help separate booking data from court data and jail custody from other systems.
- Booking
- The jail intake event after arrest, including identity entry, photo, fingerprints, charge entry, and checks for holds.
- Detainer
- A notice or request from another agency that may affect release or transfer.
- Classification
- A jail assessment used for housing, security, medical, mental-health, and separation needs.
- Information
- A prosecutor-filed charging document used in many Louisiana criminal cases.
- Nolle prosequi
- A prosecutor's dismissal or decision not to pursue a charge.
Evangeline Parish Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Evangeline Parish inmate population?
The research did not locate an official local rated capacity or average daily population for Evangeline Parish Jail. Use the sheriff's current roster for a live jail snapshot, and use BJS, Vera, or Jail Data Initiative sources for broader trend analysis when parish data is available.
Where do I search a recent Evangeline Parish arrest?
Start with the sheriff's official roster. If the person does not appear, call the sheriff's office because a same-day booking may be delayed, a name may vary, or the person may have been released, transferred, or held by another agency.
Are ICE detainees part of the parish jail roster?
No. South Louisiana ICE Processing Center and Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center are immigration detention facilities. Search them through ICE ODLS or the facility's ICE page, not through the sheriff jail roster.
What if a person has been sentenced to state prison?
Use the Louisiana DOC offender information path and VINELink when appropriate. A sentenced person may leave the parish roster once transferred into state custody.
Does the sheriff have an app-only inmate search?
No official Evangeline Parish sheriff mobile app with an app-only inmate lookup was confirmed in the research sweep. Use the documented roster, phone line, public-record request path, DOC, VINELink, BOP, or ICE locator.