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Acadia Parish, Louisiana • bookings, jail custody and court-record help
Acadia Recent Arrests: Mugshots, Bookings & Records
For a recent Acadia Parish arrest, start with the Jail Population link on the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office website. That official Sheriff’s route opens the parish’s jail-roster system. If you need more than current custody—such as a court date, disposition, certified criminal record, visitation, commissary deposit, state custody or victim notification—use the separate official source for that task.
Quick answer
Where To Check Acadia Parish Recent Arrests
The best first source is the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office Jail Population route. The Sheriff’s homepage links directly to the Acadia jail roster, where users can look for people represented in the parish jail system.
APSO Jail Population
Use the Sheriff-linked roster when you need current jail-population information, an arrest-date clue or a custody-status starting point.
Search jail populationAcadia Parish Sheriff’s Office
If a direct jail-roster link changes, return to the Sheriff’s homepage and use its Jail Population button rather than trusting an old bookmark.
Open APSO homepageAcadia Parish Clerk of Court
Use the Clerk’s Criminal Department for formal criminal filings, dispositions, transcript copies and court-record questions.
Open Criminal DepartmentAPSO Public Records
The Sheriff’s Compliance Unit handles public-record requests. Use this route when a jail roster does not contain the underlying Sheriff’s Office record you need.
Open APSO AdministrationLouisiana DPS&C
If the person is no longer in a local Acadia facility and may have moved into state custody, use Louisiana’s person-in-prison locator guidance.
Open state locator helpLouisiana VINE
Use LA VINE for supported custody-location information and notifications instead of repeatedly checking copied booking posts.
Open VINELinkA booking photo or jail-roster row tells you about an arrest or custody event. It does not tell you whether prosecutors filed the same charge, whether the charge changed or how the case ended. Use the Clerk and court system for the legal follow-up.
Official search workflow
How To Search the Acadia Parish Jail Population
The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office homepage includes a Jail Population link to the parish jail-roster system. Treat the roster as the first stop for present jail-population information, not as a permanent archive of every arrest that has ever occurred in Acadia Parish.
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Start from the Sheriff’s website
Open Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office and find the Jail Population link. This gives you a reliable fallback if the Sheriff’s roster provider changes its web address later.
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Open the jail-population roster
You can also go directly to the Acadia jail population portal. Avoid similarly named private inmate-search pages when a Sheriff-linked source is available.
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Search the person’s legal name carefully
Use the full legal name when known. If the spelling is uncertain, retry the surname or a legitimate spelling variation rather than assuming the first similar-looking name is the right person.
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Compare identity details and arrest date
Check available date-of-birth, gender, arrest-date or other identifying information. A common surname can produce a wrong-person match if you rely on the name alone.
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Use the roster only for the question it answers
Current jail information is not the same as a complete arrest history, police report or final court disposition. Write down any useful identifiers and move to the appropriate official source for the next task.
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Call the jail if immediate custody confirmation matters
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections lists the Acadia Parish Jail at 337-788-8737 and the Acadia Parish Detention Center at 337-788-8740. Confirm which facility and department you need before traveling.
Interpreting arrest information
Acadia Parish Mugshots, Booking Dates and Charges
Booking photograph
A booking image can help distinguish two people with similar names. It should be treated as an identification clue tied to a custody event, not proof of guilt.
Arrest date
The arrest date helps identify when a booking event occurred. It is not the same as the date formal charges were later filed by a prosecutor or court.
Charge description
Charge wording shown by a jail can reflect the booking stage. Prosecutorial review, amendment, dismissal, plea or trial can change what appears in the final court record.
Release or disappearance from roster
If a name disappears from a current roster, the person may have been released, bonded out, transferred or otherwise removed from that roster. It does not erase the underlying case.
If you have a booking name and arrest date but need to know what happened afterward, call or search the Acadia Parish Clerk of Court rather than relying on an old mugshot screenshot.
Local custody locations
Acadia Parish Jail, Detention Center and Rayne City Jail Are Separate Listings
Louisiana DPS&C currently lists more than one local jail-related facility for Acadia Parish. This matters when a family member sees a booking but is unsure where the person is physically housed.
Acadia Parish Detention Center
- Address
- 1061 Capital Ave., Crowley, LA 70526
- Phone
- 337-788-8740
- Fax
- 337-788-8780
- Before travel
- Confirm current custody and visitation procedure.
Acadia Parish Jail
- Mailing
- P.O. Box 289, Crowley, LA 70527
- Phone
- 337-788-8737
- Fax
- 337-788-8766
- Use for
- Local parish jail routing and custody questions.
Acadia Parish Criminal Justice Center
- Address
- 1037 Capitol Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526
- Phone
- 337-788-8735
- Fax
- 337-788-8766
- Area
- Crowley / parish criminal-justice operations.
Rayne City Jail
- Address
- 200 Oak Street, Rayne, LA 70578
- Phone
- 337-334-4215
- Fax
- 337-334-6636
- Important
- A Rayne custody question may require the city jail rather than the parish facility.
Louisiana’s parish profile includes Crowley, Eunice and Rayne as cities, along with communities such as Church Point, Iota, Duson, Basile, Estherwood, Mermentau and Morse. The arresting police agency, booking location and eventual court can therefore be different entities.
What families usually need next
Visitation, Inmate Money and Commissary After an Acadia Arrest
Once you locate the person, stop treating the booking roster as a one-stop jail service page. Visitation and inmate funds have separate procedures.
Start from the Sheriff-linked request
The Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office homepage provides a Request Inmate Visitation link. Use the Sheriff page as the starting point so you are not following an outdated visitation provider or old schedule.
Open Sheriff’s visitation routeConfirm the correct facility first
Acadia Parish has multiple local custody listings. Confirm whether the person is at the Detention Center, Parish Jail or another local facility before completing a visit request.
Check Acadia jail directoryAPSO lists TouchPay deposit options
An Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office inmate-banking instruction sheet lists TouchPay for inmate commissary deposits. The document identifies the facility as Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office and lists Facility ID 270526.
Open TouchPayHave the inmate details ready
APSO’s instructions say depositors need the inmate’s first and last name plus either the inmate ID number or date of birth, including year.
| Method | Current Published Route | Before Paying |
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| Online | TouchPayDirect.com | Verify facility ID 270526 and correct inmate. |
| Phone | 1-866-232-1899 | Have inmate ID or date of birth ready. |
| Walk-in retail | Use the TouchPay locator and current provider instructions. | Check provider fee and keep the receipt. |
| MoneyGram | APSO’s published sheet provides MoneyGram instructions. | Re-open the current APSO instructions before sending money. |
A TouchPay inmate-account deposit does not post a criminal bond or clear a warrant. If your real task is release or bond, call the Sheriff’s Office or jail and ask for the correct bond procedure before sending money anywhere.
Legal status after booking
How To Check an Acadia Parish Criminal Court Record
The Acadia Parish Clerk of Court’s Criminal Department handles formal criminal filings for the 15th Judicial District in Acadia Parish. The Clerk explains that felony charges occurring in the parish are handled through its Criminal Department, while municipal-court misdemeanors can follow a different local court route.
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Open the Clerk’s Criminal Department page
Start with the Acadia Parish Clerk Criminal Department. This page explains what the department handles and provides direct contact information.
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Prepare the person’s identifying information
Have the legal name, approximate arrest or filing date, date of birth if known, charge clue and any booking or case identifier available. These details reduce wrong-person matches.
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Ask whether charges have actually been filed
The Clerk’s FAQ says court-date information is available from the Clerk when charges have been filed by the District Attorney. If charges have not yet been filed, the court record may not answer the question yet.
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Request the right product
Do not ask generically for an “arrest record” if what you really need is a criminal history search, disposition, certified disposition, transcript or specific case document. Each request can have a different fee.
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Call the Criminal Department if the case is unclear
The Clerk lists 337-788-8881 with Criminal Department extension 5002. Office hours are listed as Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Acadia Parish Clerk of Court
- Address
- 500 NE Court Circle, Crowley, LA 70526
- P.O. Box 922, Crowley, LA 70527
- Phone
- 337-788-8881
- Criminal
- Extension 5002
- Hours
- Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
15th Judicial District Court
- Acadia courthouse
- 500 N. Parkerson Ave., Crowley, LA 70527
- Jurisdiction
- Acadia, Lafayette and Vermilion parishes
- Role
- Original jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters within the district.
The Acadia Clerk explains that some misdemeanors occurring within city limits are handled by municipal courts. If the Clerk cannot locate the case, ask which municipal court or city agency has jurisdiction rather than assuming the arrest record disappeared.
Underlying sheriff and court documents
How To Request Acadia Parish Arrest or Criminal Records
Contact the APSO Compliance Unit
The Sheriff’s Administration page directs public-record requests to the Compliance Unit. The published main contact is 337-788-8700, and the listed public-record email is public.requests@apso.org.
Open APSO AdministrationUse the Clerk, not the jail roster
Criminal court files are separate from Sheriff booking records. The Clerk says criminal files are generally public records except records sealed by the court.
Read Clerk FAQAsk for the specific search you need
The Clerk publishes a $20 criminal-history-search fee. Older or more detailed research can require a different process, appointment or copy charge.
Check research feesPlain vs. certified copy
If you need evidence of how a case ended, ask for a disposition rather than merely printing the original arrest record. The Clerk currently lists separate plain and certified disposition fees.
Check disposition informationFull legal name, date of birth if known, arrest or incident date, approximate date range, arresting agency, booking number, criminal docket number if available and the exact record you need. A focused request is much easier to route than “send me everything about this person.”
When local jail search is no longer enough
Louisiana DPS&C, LA VINE and Victim Notification
| Resource | Use It For | Important Limit |
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| LA VINE / VINELink | Custody-location information and supported notifications. | Not the final court disposition. |
| DPS&C locator | State custody, facility location and projected release information when applicable. | Different purpose from a same-day local parish roster. |
| Victim Outreach | Specific notifications involving people under Louisiana DPS&C authority. | Registration is separate from ordinary LA VINE registration for some state notifications. |
866-528-6748
Louisiana DPS&C publishes this as a 24-hour toll-free custody-information number.
Open VINELink225-383-4580
Have the DPS&C number or the person’s name and date of birth available when calling.
Open DPS&C guidance337-788-8831
The District Attorney’s Victim Assistance Program provides Acadia Parish victim-support and court-process assistance.
Open Victim AssistanceWhen the arrest is outside Acadia Parish
Nearby Louisiana Arrest and Jail Guides
Acadia shares the 15th Judicial District with Lafayette and Vermilion parishes, and residents in the Acadiana region can easily encounter records held by another parish. If the arresting agency or jail is outside Acadia, switch to the local jail and court system for that jurisdiction.
Troubleshooting
Why Someone May Not Appear in the Acadia Parish Jail Roster
| Possible Reason | What To Check | Best Next Source |
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| Name mismatch | Legal surname, suffix, maiden name, spelling or hyphenation. | Retry APSO Jail Population. |
| Booking is very recent | Whether intake and public roster processing have completed. | Call the local jail. |
| Person was released | Court case, prior booking identifiers or public-record route. | Clerk / APSO Compliance. |
| Different facility | Detention Center, Parish Jail, Rayne City Jail or another parish. | Louisiana Acadia jail directory. |
| Transferred to state custody | Whether Louisiana DPS&C has custody. | LA VINE / DPS&C locator. |
| Municipal misdemeanor | Whether a city court rather than the parish Clerk handles the matter. | Relevant municipal court. |
| Restricted record | Sealed, juvenile, expunged or otherwise protected information. | Court or agency guidance. |
- Retry the legal name.A nickname may not match the booking record.
- Confirm the parish.Crowley, Rayne, Church Point and surrounding Acadiana travel patterns can cause jurisdiction confusion.
- Call the correct jail.Acadia has multiple local facility listings.
- Check the court case.A released person may no longer appear in current jail population.
- Use Louisiana VINE if custody moved.Statewide custody tools answer a different question from the local roster.
- Do not try to bypass sealed or restricted records.Use the legal records process for any available information.
Verified local contacts
Acadia Parish Sheriff, Jail and Court Contacts
337-788-8700
1037 Capitol Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526. Main Sheriff and agency routing.
Call APSO337-788-8737
Use for local jail routing and current custody questions.
Call jail337-788-8740
1061 Capital Ave., Crowley, LA 70526.
Call detention center337-788-8735
1037 Capitol Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526.
Call Criminal Justice Center337-788-8881
Criminal Department extension 5002. Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Call Clerk337-788-8831
Use for appropriate prosecution and victim-assistance routing.
Call DA officeAvoid wrong matches and wasted trips
Common Acadia Parish Arrest Search Mistakes
- Searching a private mugshot page before the Sheriff roster. Start with APSO’s own Jail Population route whenever current custody is the real question.
- Assuming the Acadia Parish Jail and Detention Center are one identical listing. Louisiana DPS&C publishes separate jail and detention-center contacts.
- Confusing arrest with conviction. Use the Clerk’s criminal record and disposition process when final legal status matters.
- Assuming every misdemeanor is filed with the parish Clerk. The Clerk notes that some city-limit misdemeanors are handled in municipal courts.
- Sending commissary money when you meant to pay a bond. TouchPay deposits fund an inmate account; they do not substitute for bond.
- Using an old visitation schedule. Start from the Sheriff’s current visitation request route and confirm the facility before traveling.
- Using local jail search after transfer to state custody. Use LA VINE or the DPS&C locator when a person may have moved into the state correctional system.
- Using arrest data for regulated screening without proper procedures. USA-Arrests.org is not a consumer reporting agency. Employment, housing, credit, insurance and other regulated decisions can require legally compliant screening and reliable court disposition records.
Acadia-specific questions
Acadia Parish Recent Arrests FAQs
Where can I check Acadia Parish recent arrests?
Start with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office website and use its Jail Population link. The Sheriff currently links that button to the Acadia jail-roster portal. Use the roster for present jail-population information, then use court or records sources for legal follow-up.
Does the Acadia Parish jail roster show every past arrest?
No. A jail-population roster should not be treated as a permanent historical arrest archive. A person may no longer appear after release, bond, transfer or another custody change. Historical questions may require the Sheriff’s public-record process or Clerk of Court records.
Are Acadia Parish mugshots proof that someone was convicted?
No. A mugshot or booking photo relates to a booking or custody event. It is not proof of guilt or conviction. Check the Acadia Parish Clerk of Court for filed charges, dispositions and other court information.
What is the difference between Acadia Parish Jail and Acadia Parish Detention Center?
Louisiana DPS&C lists them separately. It lists the Acadia Parish Detention Center at 1061 Capital Ave. with phone 337-788-8740 and the Acadia Parish Jail with phone 337-788-8737. Confirm the person’s actual facility before visiting, depositing money or sending documents.
How do I request visitation for an Acadia Parish inmate?
Start from the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office homepage and use its Request Inmate Visitation link. Confirm the inmate’s facility first and follow the current provider’s instructions rather than relying on an old visitation schedule from another website.
How can I deposit commissary money for an Acadia inmate?
APSO’s inmate-banking instructions list TouchPay and identify the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office facility ID as 270526. Have the inmate’s full name plus inmate ID or date of birth ready, verify the recipient and review provider fees before submitting payment.
How do I find an Acadia Parish criminal court disposition?
Contact the Acadia Parish Clerk of Court Criminal Department at 337-788-8881, extension 5002. The Clerk currently lists $10 for a plain criminal disposition and $15 for a certified disposition. Verify the current fee when requesting the document.
How much is an Acadia Parish criminal-history search?
The Acadia Parish Clerk currently lists a $20 criminal-history search. The available date range, copy charges, certification and older-record procedures can differ, so check the Clerk’s current Research and Copy fee page before ordering.
Why is someone missing from the Acadia jail population portal?
The person may have been released, transferred, booked under a different spelling, held in another local facility or jurisdiction, moved into state custody, or the public record may be restricted. Recheck the name, call the jail and use court or LA VINE resources when appropriate.
When should I use LA VINE instead of the Acadia Parish jail roster?
Use the Acadia roster first for local parish jail-population information. Use LA VINE when you need supported statewide custody-location information or notifications, especially if the person may have moved from local custody into another Louisiana correctional setting.
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