This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, retrieve an official booking record, or change a court record. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Official Ouachita Contacts
For current custody, booking documentation, and local jail records, start with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office or the Records/Identification Division. For formal criminal case filings after an arrest, the clerk and district attorney records channels are separate from the jail roster.
Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office
400 St. John St.
Monroe, LA 71201
Phone: (318) 329-1200
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Ouachita Correctional Center
4801 Highway 165 Bypass
Monroe, LA 71202
Main phone through OPSO: (318) 329-1200
OPSO Records/Identification Division
Records questions, public-records requests, offense reports, accident reports, warrants, and inmate booking documentation.
Phone: (318) 324-2630
Ouachita Parish Clerk of Court
Criminal Department and court filings after formal charges are filed.
Phone: (318) 327-1444
Fourth Judicial District Attorney
400 St. John Street
Monroe, LA 71201
Phone: (318) 388-4720
Public records email: info@4thda.org
Public records fax: (318) 327-1420
Use the record type to choose the right starting point:
- For someone held in the parish jail, use jail inmate records and OPSO Records/Identification.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and ask OPSO Records whether a booking photograph can be inspected or requested.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, the Clerk of Court, and the District Attorney's public-records process.
- For a specific detention location, use the facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Louisiana prisoner, use Louisiana VINELink or Louisiana DPS&C locator resources.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.