Grant Parish Inmate Population Lookup
Grant Parish inmate population records are managed by the Sheriff's Office in Colfax, Louisiana. The parish detention facility on Richardson Drive holds inmates from local arrests as well as people booked by state police, probation and parole, and wildlife officers. You can search for inmates through the sheriff's free mobile app or by calling the jail directly. Grant Parish inmate records include booking details, charges, and bond amounts. This page explains how to find these records and who to contact at the facility.
Grant Parish Quick Facts
Grant Parish Sheriff's Office Inmate Records
Sheriff Steven McCain runs the Grant Parish Sheriff's Office. The main office is at 205 Cypress Street in Colfax. Call (318) 627-3261 for general inquiries. The sheriff's office serves multiple municipalities in the parish, including Colfax, Montgomery, Dry Prong, Creola, Georgetown, and Pollock. When any of these towns make an arrest, the person usually ends up at the Grant Parish detention facility.
Grant Parish inmate population records are public under Louisiana R.S. 44:1. Anyone can ask for basic booking data without giving a reason. The records include the inmate's name, charges, bond amount, and booking date. The sheriff's office also provides inmate data through a free mobile app, which makes it easy to search from your phone at any time. You can download the app from the Grant Parish Sheriff's Office website.
| Main Office |
Grant Parish Sheriff's Office 205 Cypress St Colfax, LA 71417 Phone: (318) 627-3261 |
|---|---|
| Detention Facility |
485 Richardson Dr Colfax, LA 71417 Phone: (318) 627-3724 |
| Warden | Chance Durand |
| Website | www.grantso.org |
Grant Parish Detention Facility
The Grant Parish Detention Facility is at 485 Richardson Drive in Colfax. Warden Chance Durand oversees the day-to-day operations. Call (318) 627-3724 if you need to ask about a specific inmate or jail procedures. The facility is not just for local arrests. It also houses people booked by Louisiana State Police, the Probation and Parole division, and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Federal inmates are held here at times too, depending on agreements between the parish and federal agencies.
This means the Grant Parish inmate population can include people from a range of law enforcement agencies, not just the sheriff's office. If you are looking for someone and cannot find them under a local arrest, try checking with state police or probation and parole to see if they made the arrest. The detention facility books them all in the same system regardless of which agency brought them in.
Note: The Grant Parish LA VINE page is currently offline, so the mobile app and direct phone calls are the best ways to check inmate status.
Search Grant Parish Inmate Population
The Grant Parish Sheriff's Office offers a free mobile app for inmate lookup. You can download it from the app store on your phone. The app lets you search by name and see current inmates, their charges, and bond amounts. It is the easiest way to check the Grant Parish inmate population since the LA VINE page for this parish is not working right now.
The Grant Parish LA VINE page would normally be at the address shown below, but it is currently offline.
Until the LA VINE system comes back online for Grant Parish, the sheriff's app and phone calls are your best options. The sheriff's website also provides information about the jail and its services.
The website covers patrol, investigations, and detention services. You can also find the link to download the mobile app there.
Louisiana Inmate Population Resources
If someone has been transferred out of the Grant Parish jail and into a state prison, the parish roster will no longer show them. The Louisiana Department of Corrections manages all state-level facilities. Use the DOC offender search tool to find inmates in state custody. It covers every state prison and shows sentence details, projected release dates, and the facility where the person is currently held.
You can also use VINE Link to track inmates across the state. This free service sends alerts when someone's custody status changes. Louisiana's parole procedures are set out in R.S. 15:574.12, which covers how the board decides on early release cases.
Nearby Parishes
These parishes border Grant Parish. If you cannot find someone on the Grant Parish roster, they may have been processed in a neighboring parish. Check their rosters as well.