St. Bernard Parish Inmate Population Overview
The local custody system centers on St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office operations in Chalmette. The adult booking point is St. Bernard Parish Prison, and the same Paris Road campus is also tied to a juvenile detention facility. That split matters. Adult jail data can be routed through the sheriff, LAVNS, VINELink, and public-records channels. Juvenile detention is more restricted, so adult roster logic should not be copied onto youth custody records.
Several sources define the population in different ways. Vera's Louisiana Locked Up page identifies two St. Bernard detention facilities and reports a combined capacity of 302. The Louisiana 2023 Status of State and Local Corrections Facilities and Program Report lists St. Bernard in its parish admission and release table. The sheriff's site and Louisiana DPS&C parish listing confirm the adult prison contact path, but no current sheriff-published adult rated capacity page was located.
St. Bernard Parish Inmate Statistics
The most useful local figures are scale figures, not a live jail headcount. Vera reports St. Bernard Parish Prison and St. Bernard Parish Juvenile Detention Center as the two facilities in the parish, with a combined capacity of 302. The Prison Gerrymandering Project's older Louisiana correctional-population file listed St. Bernard Parish Prison as a local facility with 150 people on March 31, 2006. That older figure is historical context, not a current rated capacity.
The 2023 Louisiana corrections status report lists 127 St. Bernard admissions and 96 releases in its parish table. The same report gives statewide DPS&C custody counts for January and May 2023, including people held in state facilities, local jails, and contract transitional work programs. Those statewide counts explain why a person arrested in St. Bernard Parish may later appear in a Louisiana state custody search rather than the parish roster.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Facilities in St. Bernard Parish | 2 | Vera Louisiana Locked Up, accessed 2026 |
| Combined capacity | 302 | Vera Louisiana Locked Up |
| Older local adult jail population | 150 | Prison Gerrymandering Project, 2006-era data |
| St. Bernard admissions | 127 | Louisiana 2023 Status Report, Table 33 |
| St. Bernard releases | 96 | Louisiana 2023 Status Report, Table 33 |
| Parish population estimate | 45,642 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 2025 |
St. Bernard Parish Custody Trends
The research does not support a clean year-by-year adult jail average daily population table for St. Bernard Parish Prison. It does support a cautious trend view. Older correctional-population data placed 150 people at the adult prison in 2006-era data. Current high-authority Vera data gives a combined capacity for the adult and juvenile facilities, while the 2023 state report gives St. Bernard admission and release counts in a parish table.
Statewide context is stronger than parish-specific trend data. Louisiana DPS&C custody rose from 27,385 in January 2023 to 28,040 in May 2023 across state facilities, local jails, and contract transitional work programs. That does not mean the St. Bernard Parish inmate population rose by the same amount. It does show why parish jail searches and state searches must be kept separate.
| Period | Count | How to Read It |
|---|---|---|
| 2006-era local facility data | 150 | Historical adult prison count, not current capacity. |
| 2023 St. Bernard table | 127 admissions / 96 releases | State corrections report parish admission and release table. |
| January 2023 statewide DPS&C | 27,385 | State facility, local jail, and contract TWP custody combined. |
| May 2023 statewide DPS&C | 28,040 | Statewide context, not a St. Bernard-only roster count. |
Who Is in St. Bernard Parish Custody
The adult jail population includes people arrested by the Sheriff's Office, municipal agencies, or other agencies booking into local custody on warrants, local charges, or short parish sentences. A person may be booked at St. Bernard Parish Prison and later released, held for bond, held on a no-bond order, or transferred to state, federal, or immigration custody. The live roster is the first adult custody source, but it is not the whole criminal-case record.
No official local demographic table was located for race, sex, age, felony level, misdemeanor level, or pretrial status at St. Bernard Parish Prison. The build therefore does not assign percentages. The confirmed local nuance is facility type: the adult prison and juvenile detention center are distinct, even when sources place them on the same Paris Road campus.
- Booking
- The jail intake event after arrest, with identity checks and custody processing.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency, such as another parish, state custody, federal court, or immigration authority.
- DPS&C
- Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, the state prison system.
- PR bond
- Release on a promise to appear, with court-set terms instead of full cash payment.
Laws for St. Bernard Parish Jail Data
Louisiana law makes many jail and booking records public, but not every record is open. Booking books and booking information summaries are treated differently from investigative files, juvenile records, sealed records, and some booking-photo situations. The practical path in St. Bernard Parish is to start with the roster for current custody and use the Sheriff's Criminal Records & Reports process for incident or arrest reports when a roster entry is gone or incomplete.
Key Statutes:
Louisiana R.S. 44:1 defines public records and public bodies broadly.
Louisiana R.S. 44:31 gives adults the right to inspect, copy, or reproduce public records unless an exception applies.
Louisiana R.S. 44:32 covers custodian duties, fees, and request handling.
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure art. 228 requires booking books and booking information summaries to be open for public inspection.
Search St. Bernard Parish Inmates
The official adult roster path is the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office Jail Roster. Search results identify it as the sheriff's jail roster and show anonymous custody-status notification registration. Because the roster did not allow complete static inspection during research, exact field labels should be verified in a live browser. The roster remains the first local source for current adult parish custody.
Use the roster for people who may be held at St. Bernard Parish Prison. Use Louisiana VINELink or the DPS&C phone locator when a person has been sentenced or transferred to state custody. Use BOP's inmate locator for sentenced federal custody and ICE ODLS for immigration detention. A no-result in one system is not proof that no custody exists.
- Open the parish roster first for current adult jail custody.
- Search by legal name, starting with the full last name.
- Try alternate spellings or first-name variants if no result appears.
- Open any match and confirm custody status, facility, and notification options.
- If the person is sentenced, search VINELink or call the DPS&C locator at 225-383-4580.
- For federal or immigration cases, move to BOP or ICE instead of the parish roster.
St. Bernard Parish Roster Fields
The LAVNS roster field inventory is limited because a live profile was not captured. Confirmed access points are still useful: a name-based roster search, Louisiana custody-notification registration, and a separate statewide VINELink route. The table below separates confirmed behavior from fields that must be checked on the live roster before relying on them.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name / offender search | Text | Unspecified | LAVNS and VINELink searches commonly begin with first and last name. |
| State | Navigation or dropdown | Likely preselected | Parish page is local; VINELink state page is Louisiana. |
| Custody notification | Button or link | Optional | Search result confirms anonymous registration for custody-status changes. |
| Search / submit | Button | Yes | Exact label was not captured in static research. |
Past St. Bernard Parish Inmate Records
Released inmates may disappear from a current roster before a family member or researcher finishes checking the case. The documented fallback is the SBSO Criminal Records Division request form for incident, accident, and arrest reports. The form asks for the incident number, date and time, location, requester contact data, report type, and party involved. It lists accident reports at $20 and incident or arrest reports at $20 for the first 10 pages plus $1 for each extra page.
Past custody can also move into court and corrections systems. Court charges should be checked through the Clerk, 34th Judicial District Court, and District Attorney channels. Sentenced state custody belongs in the DPS&C/VINELink path. That distinction keeps a past St. Bernard Parish jail record from being confused with a current state prison record.
County Jail vs State Prison Search
St. Bernard Parish Prison is the local jail endpoint after arrest. Louisiana R.S. 15:824 explains why sentenced adult prisoners are committed to DPS&C rather than a specific prison selected by the local court. Once a person moves into state custody, the parish roster may no longer be the correct search tool.
| Custody Type | Search System | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| Adult parish jail | St. Bernard LAVNS roster | Current local arrests, warrants, bond holds, short parish custody. |
| State prison | Louisiana VINELink / DPS&C phone locator | Sentenced state custody after transfer. |
| Federal custody | Federal Bureau of Prisons locator | Sentenced federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | ICE custody by A-number/country or biographical search. |
St. Bernard Parish Detention Facilities
The facility map has two entries. The adult prison is the public roster focus. The juvenile detention center is part of the parish detention footprint, but it is not an adult-style public inmate search page. Adult custody, court records after arrest, and booking photos should not be projected onto juvenile records.
- St. Bernard Parish Prison holds adult pretrial detainees, parish-sentenced inmates, people booked on warrants, and accepted holds.
- St. Bernard Parish Juvenile Detention Center holds youth for juvenile processes; public lookup is restricted.
St. Bernard Parish Custody Tools
The Sheriff's Office homepage is the local public-safety starting point for LAVNS, reports, office locations, and department phone numbers.
The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff LA mobile app is documented in Apple and Google listings as a public-safety app for reports, tips, news, and communication. The app-store text does not confirm an inmate roster or warrant search feature, so it should not be treated as the custody lookup source.
St. Bernard Parish Inmate FAQ
How large is the St. Bernard Parish inmate population?
The strongest local scale figure is Vera's combined capacity of 302 across St. Bernard Parish Prison and St. Bernard Parish Juvenile Detention Center. A current adult jail headcount was not captured in the research file.
Where do I search current adult jail custody?
Use the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office Jail Roster at stbernard.lavns.org for current adult local custody. If the online search fails, call Corrections at (504) 278-7645 or Communications at (504) 271-2501.
Does the roster cover state prisoners?
No. Sentenced state custody is searched through Louisiana VINELink or the DPS&C phone locator at 225-383-4580. State prison custody may begin after a St. Bernard Parish court sentence and transfer.
Are juvenile detainees searched on the same roster?
No public adult-style roster was located for the juvenile detention center. Juvenile custody records are more restricted, and guardians or attorneys should use authorized channels.