East Feliciana Parish Arrest and Booking Records

East Feliciana Parish recent bookings are available through the active LA VINE roster maintained by the Louisiana Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center. The parish seat of Clinton is home to the 20th Judicial District Court and the local sheriff's detention facility. Anyone can search the current booking roster at eastfeliciana.lavns.org/roster.aspx to find names, charges, and booking dates for people currently in custody in East Feliciana Parish.

East Feliciana Parish Booking Roster

The East Feliciana Parish LA VINE roster is active and open to the public. It is part of the statewide Louisiana Victim Information and Notification Everyday system, which the LCLE operates. The roster pulls data from the local jail management system and updates every 30 minutes throughout the day and night. When a person is booked into the East Feliciana Parish jail, that record feeds into the roster within a short time after booking is processed.

The image below was captured from the East Feliciana Parish LA VINE roster portal at eastfeliciana.lavns.org/roster.aspx.

The roster shows names, booking dates, and charge information for persons currently held in the parish jail. This data is public under Louisiana law and requires no login or registration to view.

How to Search East Feliciana Arrest Records

The LA VINE roster is the most direct route to East Feliciana Parish recent bookings. If you prefer a different method, VINELink at vinelink.com lets you search by name and set up automated notifications. These notifications are free and can alert you by phone, text, or email when a person's custody status changes, whether they are released, transferred, or moved within the system.

The statewide LA VINE phone line at 866-LAVNS-4-U (866-528-6748) is available 24 hours a day and seven days a week. You can call and search by an inmate's name to get current custody status in East Feliciana Parish or any other Louisiana parish. No internet access is needed to use this service.

For historical booking records or written copies of arrest reports, you can submit a public records request to the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office in Clinton. Under R.S. 44:31, every person has the right to inspect and copy public records. Arrest records are explicitly public under R.S. 15:587. A written request sent to the sheriff's office should receive a timely response with the available records or an explanation of any exemption that applies.

Note: All persons listed in booking or arrest records are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

East Feliciana Parish and Louisiana Public Records Law

Louisiana's public records law is one of the broader access frameworks in the country. Under R.S. 44:1, a public record is any document, regardless of format, that is created or held by a public body in the conduct of its official business. The East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office is a public body. Every booking record it creates in the course of making an arrest is therefore a public record.

R.S. 44:31 gives the right of inspection to any person without requiring them to explain their purpose or demonstrate a special interest in the records. This means you can ask to see booking records without explaining why. The agency can charge a reasonable fee for copies under R.S. 44:32, but it cannot charge for simply allowing you to view the records in person. Fees for digital records are typically minimal.

There are limited exceptions. Juvenile records are never public in Louisiana. Records that are part of an active criminal investigation may be temporarily withheld if disclosure would compromise the investigation. But routine booking records for adults are public and accessible.

State Corrections System and East Feliciana Parish

East Feliciana Parish has a notable connection to the state corrections system. The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is located in neighboring West Feliciana Parish, and the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center is nearby in St. Gabriel. People booked into the East Feliciana Parish jail who are later sentenced may be transferred to one of these state facilities or another DPS&C institution.

If you are looking for someone who was arrested in East Feliciana Parish but is no longer showing on the local roster, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections offender search at doc.la.gov/offender-search/ covers state inmates. That system and the parish LA VINE roster are separate databases, so checking both is the most thorough approach when a person is not found on one of them.

VINELink at vinelink.com can also track transfers between facilities, making it a useful tool for following someone through the system from local booking to state placement.

East Feliciana Parish Bookings and the 20th Judicial District

Once a person is booked in East Feliciana Parish, their case moves through the 20th Judicial District Court in Clinton. This court handles all felony and misdemeanor cases for East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes. The district attorney's office reviews the charges and decides whether to pursue prosecution. Court records related to those cases are held at the Clerk of Court in Clinton and are separate from the sheriff's booking records.

Booking records show that an arrest occurred. Court records show what happened afterward. If you need both, you will contact two offices: the sheriff for arrest and booking data, and the Clerk of Court for court filings, hearing dates, and case outcomes. Both types of records are public under Louisiana law for adult cases.

Nearby Parishes

These parishes share borders with East Feliciana and each has its own booking system and jail roster.