Access West Feliciana Parish Recent Bookings

West Feliciana Parish recent bookings are posted through the LAVINE program by the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office in St. Francisville. The public roster shows individuals currently in custody at the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center, and all persons listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

West Feliciana Parish LAVINE Booking Roster

The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office publishes its jail roster through the LAVINE system. The roster is publicly available at westfeliciana.lavns.org/roster.aspx. It lists every individual currently booked into the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center in St. Francisville. Information on the roster includes full name, booking date, charges, and bond details. The data is updated throughout the day as new intakes occur. You can use the name search filter on the page to find a specific person rather than reading through the full list.

LAVINE is a program of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement. West Feliciana Parish is an active participant. The system connects local jail booking data to a statewide network, giving the public a single consistent interface to look up current custody information across participating parishes. There is no fee to use the roster and no account required.

The screenshot below shows the West Feliciana Parish LAVINE roster as it appears online.

If a person isn't showing on the roster, they may have been released after posting bond, transferred to another facility, or the booking may not yet have been entered into the system. Follow up with the sheriff's office if you need urgent confirmation.

West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office

The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency for the parish, operating from St. Francisville. The office oversees all unincorporated areas of the parish, runs the detention center, handles civil process service, and enforces court orders. West Feliciana is a small, rural parish, so the sheriff's office tends to handle a broad range of functions. Full contact details, including address and phone number, can be found in the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association directory.

If you need to inquire about a current booking and the LAVINE roster doesn't have what you need, calling the sheriff's office directly is usually the most direct path. You can also use the statewide LAVINE support line at 866-528-6748 for booking-related assistance.

Note that West Feliciana Parish is also home to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a major state correctional facility. Angola is operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and is separate from the parish detention center. Individuals held at Angola are not listed on the parish LAVINE roster.

West Feliciana Parish Detention Center

The West Feliciana Parish Detention Center is in St. Francisville and processes all local arrests made by the sheriff's office and other law enforcement agencies active in the parish. When a person is arrested and brought to the facility, intake staff process the paperwork and enter the booking data into the LAVINE system. This typically happens within a few hours of the arrest. The facility holds pretrial detainees who have not posted bond as well as individuals serving short local sentences.

Visiting rules, mail policies, and inmate phone access are controlled by the sheriff's office. Call ahead to get the current schedule and any requirements for visitors before making the trip to the facility.

What Booking Records Contain

West Feliciana Parish booking records document the facts recorded at the time a person is processed into the detention center. Standard fields include the individual's full legal name, date of birth, race, gender, booking date and time, the agency that made the arrest, specific charges with statute references, bond type, and bond amount. Some records also include a court case number if one has been assigned by the time the booking entry is made. All of this information comes from the arrest paperwork completed by the officer and reviewed during intake.

A booking is a record of an arrest, not a criminal conviction. Charges may be dropped, reduced, or resolved in the person's favor. People are sometimes released within hours of booking if bond is posted or charges are not pursued. All persons listed in the West Feliciana Parish booking roster are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Louisiana Public Records Law

Booking records in West Feliciana Parish are subject to Louisiana's public records laws. Louisiana Revised Statute 44:1 defines public records broadly to cover documents and data created or held by a public body as part of official functions. R.S. 44:31 establishes the right of every person to inspect and copy those records. Law enforcement booking rosters fall within this definition. That's why the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office can and does post the roster online for free public access through LAVINE without requiring any kind of justification from the viewer.

R.S. 15:587 deals with criminal history records and places some limits on how detailed background data is shared at the state level. However, active booking rosters that show current detainees and charges are generally treated as public records under the broader 44:1 framework rather than as restricted criminal history. If a records request is denied, you can seek court review under Louisiana's public records enforcement statutes.

LA VINE Custody Alerts and VINELink

LA VINE connects West Feliciana Parish jail data to Louisiana's statewide victim notification network. Through VINELink.com, you can register to receive a phone call, text, or email any time a specific person's custody status changes at the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center or any other participating Louisiana facility. Changes that trigger an alert include releases, transfers to another facility, or escape. Registration is free and is not limited to crime victims. Attorneys, family members, and others with a legitimate interest in a case can use the service.

VINELink also gives you a way to do a quick one-time custody check without signing up for ongoing alerts. The phone line at 1-866-277-7477 works the same way for anyone who prefers to call. Notifications go out any time of day or night as soon as a status change is recorded in the system.

Louisiana DPS&C Offender Search

While the LAVINE roster covers local bookings at the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center, a separate database handles state-level offender information. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections runs a statewide offender search at doc.la.gov/offender-search/. This tool covers people serving state sentences, including those at Angola, and those on parole or probation under DPS&C oversight. It does not include local pretrial detainees who have not yet been sentenced to state custody. Use both tools together for a complete picture of someone's status in the Louisiana system.

Given that Angola is located in West Feliciana Parish, the DPS&C search is particularly relevant to anyone looking for individuals who may have transitioned from local custody to state incarceration in the area.

Nearby Parishes

West Feliciana Parish is in the Feliciana region of Louisiana, north of Baton Rouge. Each nearby parish has its own LAVINE roster and detention facility.