Grant Parish County Inmate Population
The Grant Parish County inmate population is centered on the Grant Parish Detention Facility in Colfax, which the Grant Parish Sheriff's Office corrections page identifies as the parish jail. The jail serves local arrests from Grant Parish and from Colfax, Montgomery, Dry Prong, Creola, Georgetown, and Pollock. It also can receive people arrested in the parish by Louisiana State Police, Probation and Parole, Wildlife and Fisheries, and federal law enforcement. That detail matters because a person may be held in the Grant Parish jail even when the arresting agency was not the sheriff's office.
The Grant Parish County inmate population is not one single roster. Local jail custody is different from state DPS&C custody and from BOP custody at the federal prisons in Pollock. Research found no Louisiana state prison physically inside Grant Parish, but the local jail can hold DOC offenders. Federal custody is separate again: FCI Pollock, USP Pollock, and the Pollock federal prison camp are Bureau of Prisons facilities and do not use the sheriff app, parish bond rules, or parish visitation rules.
Grant Parish County Inmate Statistics
Grant Parish has a small local jail but a much larger federal prison footprint. The sheriff's official corrections page lists the Grant Parish Detention Facility capacity as 106 inmates and says the corrections division has 41 deputies, clerical staff, and medical personnel. Vera's 2021 parish facility data lists 79 people in the Grant Parish local jail population, split between pretrial custody and DOC/DPS&C holds. Vera also lists the federal facility capacities for the Pollock units, which are counted under federal custody rather than the parish jail roster.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Local jail capacity | 106 inmates | GPSO Corrections page, current fetched 2026; Vera facilities data |
| Corrections staffing | 41 deputies, clerical, and medical staff | GPSO Corrections page |
| Total local jail population | 79 | Vera parish facilities data, 2021 |
| Pretrial population | 41 | Vera parish incarceration data, 2021 |
| Held for DOC/DPS&C | 38 | Vera parish facilities data, 2021 |
| Prison admissions from Grant Parish | 130 | Vera parish prison admission trends, 2021 |
| Federal facility capacities | FCI 1,640; USP 1,290; camp 270 | Vera facilities data |
The sheriff's corrections page is also the source for video arraignment and video visitation at the local jail. The screenshot below shows the official corrections page that publishes the jail capacity and describes the jail's video infrastructure.
That capacity figure should not be read as a live daily headcount. For current custody, the app and jail phone remain the practical lookup path.
Grant Parish County Jail Trends
Vera's long-term pretrial trend data shows that Grant Parish's local pretrial count rose from single digits in the 1970s to the 40s by the late 2010s and early 2020s. The 2021 pretrial count was lower than the 2019 value, while the total local jail population was also below the jail's stated capacity. That does not mean the jail is never strained. Daily counts can shift quickly after arrests, court dates, bond decisions, and transfers.
| Year | Grant Parish pretrial/local jail count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 6 | Vera pretrial trends |
| 1983 | 13 | Vera pretrial trends |
| 1999 | 16 | Vera pretrial trends |
| 2006 | 37 | Vera pretrial trends |
| 2013 | 43 | Vera pretrial trends |
| 2019 | 47 | Vera pretrial trends |
| 2021 | 41 | Vera pretrial trends and parish facilities data |
Vera also reports prison admissions from Grant Parish: 201 in 2019, 129 in 2020, and 130 in 2021. Those admission figures point to the state-prison side of the Grant Parish County inmate population rather than the local roster alone. A person can move from arrest and booking to local jail custody, then to DPS&C custody after sentencing, or to BOP custody if the case is federal.
Grant Parish County Custody Makeup
The clearest local split in the research is not race or age. It is custody type. Vera's 2021 local jail table split the 79-person Grant Parish local jail population into 41 pretrial people and 38 people held for DOC/DPS&C. No federal or ICE holds were listed in that 2021 parish table. That split fits the sheriff's visitation rules, which separate parish offenders from DOC offenders on different visiting days.
- Pretrial custody: Vera counted 41 people in 2021 before final case disposition.
- DOC/DPS&C holds: Vera counted 38 people in 2021 held for state corrections in the local jail.
- Federal and ICE holds: Vera listed 0 federal and 0 ICE holds in the 2021 parish facility table.
- Published demographics: no current official GPSO demographic dashboard by sex, race, or age was located.
Incarceration Transparency identifies the Grant Parish Detention Facility as the sole local jail for its Grant Parish deaths-behind-bars collection and notes a parish population of about 22,000 in 2022. That source is useful for context, but it is not a live roster or daily jail dashboard.
Grant Parish County Inmate Laws
Louisiana law shapes what the public can see and what may be withheld. Live custody can be confirmed through the sheriff app or jail phone, but older booking records, mugshots, and incident records often move through the public-records process. GPSO states that public-records requests must be written and mailed to the Custodian of Records. A request sent another way is not deemed received by the sheriff's published rule.
Key Statutes:
La. R.S. 44:1 defines public records broadly, including photographs and electronic records used in public business unless another law applies.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 234 governs booking photographs and removal duties for certain publication websites after qualifying case outcomes.
La. R.S. 15:824 addresses commitment to DPS&C and parish jail coordination for state-sentenced people.
La. R.S. 15:574.12 limits many prison records while allowing some general offender information and statistical information.
Louisiana death-in-custody reporting covers people detained, under arrest, being transported, or incarcerated in local and state facilities.
Grant Parish County State Custody
No DPS&C state prison was found physically in Grant Parish. Even so, state custody is part of the Grant Parish County inmate population story because the local jail can hold DOC offenders and Vera counted 38 DOC/DPS&C holds in 2021. A person sentenced to state custody may remain in a parish jail for a time or may move to a state facility after classification. The sheriff's visitation schedule reflects that local distinction by assigning parish offenders and DOC offenders to separate days.
For state custody, use the Louisiana VINELink person search or call the DPS&C phone locator at 225-383-4580. DPS&C says phone callers need a DPS&C number or the person's name and date of birth. The phone locator can provide housing assignment, facility address, contact phone, and a projected release date if applicable.
Search Grant Parish County Inmates
The practical search path starts with the official Grant Parish Sheriff's Office app because app-store and local news sources confirm an inmate search feature with a real-time inmate list. The web research environment could not install the app or inspect the live profile fields, and the older SheriffAlerts roster link was blocked by a JavaScript or anti-bot challenge. For that reason, the safest public instructions are channel-based rather than field-based.
- Search the official Grant Parish Sheriff's Office app for a current local jail inmate.
- If the app does not answer, call the Grant Parish Detention Facility at 318-627-3724 with the person's full name and date of birth if known.
- For older booking records, mail a written public-records request to the GPSO Custodian of Records, P.O. Box 187, Colfax, LA 71417.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use Louisiana VINELink or the DPS&C phone locator.
- For FCI Pollock, USP Pollock, or the camp, use the BOP inmate locator.
- For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS rather than the parish jail roster.
The Grant Parish Sheriff's Office homepage promotes the free official app. The App Store image below is from the official app listing, which is useful because the desktop roster itself could not be fully inspected.
The app should be treated as the main current-custody channel, while the jail phone and records request process remain the fallback channels.
Grant Parish County Roster Fields
The verified roster field inventory is limited because the app interface was not viewable from the research environment. KALB reported that the app lists all inmates in real time and shows arrests, transfers, and status changes. That is enough to identify the channel, but not enough to promise fields such as mugshot, booking number, charge list, housing unit, or bond amount.
| Channel | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Parish Sheriff's Office app | Official app inmate list | Unknown | Real-time inmate list confirmed; field labels not viewable in web research. |
| SheriffAlerts legacy roster | Web roster link | Unknown | Blocked by JavaScript or anti-bot challenge; no fields verified. |
| Jail phone line | Phone confirmation | Name and date of birth helpful | Use for custody, bond, transfer, release, and visitation questions. |
| Public-records request | Written U.S. Mail request | Specific record description | Use for older booking records, mugshots, or documents not shown online. |
Grant Parish County Inmate Records
Because the app profile fields were not inspected, the Grant Parish County inmate record should be described by verified status information rather than by assumed database fields. The official sources support custody location, arresting-agency range, bond type categories, visitation custody categories, and state/federal lookup alternatives. For formal court charges after booking, the case record belongs with the court and clerk, not the jail roster.
| Verified item | What it means |
|---|---|
| Facility custody | The person may be held at Grant Parish Detention Facility for a Grant Parish arrest. |
| Arresting agency | GPSO, municipal police, LSP, Probation and Parole, Wildlife and Fisheries, or federal agencies may route arrests to the jail. |
| Bond type | Cash, surety, property, ROR, and fines/costs routes are described by GPSO. |
| Custody group | Parish offenders and DOC offenders have different visitation schedules. |
| Status changes | The official app was reported to show arrests, transfers, and status changes in real time. |
Grant Parish Jail vs Prison
A local jail search and a prison search answer different questions. The county jail covers current local custody, new arrests, bond, visitation, and parish or DOC offenders held in Colfax. The state locator covers people under DPS&C custody, including people who have been sentenced and moved through classification. The BOP locator covers sentenced federal prisoners at the Pollock complex and elsewhere in the federal system.
| Custody type | Where to look | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Local jail | GPSO app or jail phone | Current Grant Parish Detention Facility custody, bond, release, transfer, and visit questions. |
| State corrections | VINELink or DPS&C phone locator | Sentenced state custody, housing assignment, facility address, and projected release date if available. |
| Federal prison | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present, including FCI Pollock, USP Pollock, and the camp. |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS | Immigration detention, separate from sheriff, DPS&C, and BOP custody. |
Note: Pollock is both a Grant Parish town served by the parish jail and the location of a federal prison complex, so the custody system must be checked before assuming where someone is held.
Grant Parish County Detention Facilities
The Grant Parish facility map has one local jail and three federal BOP facilities. The primary jail comes first because it handles local arrests and the parish inmate search. The Pollock facilities come next because they are inside Grant Parish but serve sentenced federal custody.
- Grant Parish Detention Facility - local jail in Colfax for Grant Parish arrests, parish offenders, DOC holds, and agency holds tied to Grant Parish offenses.
- FCI Pollock - medium-security federal correctional institution for sentenced federal male inmates.
- USP Pollock - high-security United States penitentiary for sentenced federal male inmates.
- Pollock Federal Prison Camp - minimum-security federal prison camp at FCC Pollock.
Grant Parish County Inmate FAQ
How big is the Grant Parish County inmate population? Vera's 2021 local jail data counted 79 people in the Grant Parish local jail population. The sheriff's corrections page lists the local jail capacity as 106 inmates.
How do I search the Grant Parish County inmate population? Start with the official Grant Parish Sheriff's Office app for current jail custody, then call the jail if the app does not answer. Use VINELink or DPS&C for state custody and BOP for federal custody.
Does the county roster include FCI Pollock or USP Pollock? No. FCI Pollock, USP Pollock, and the Pollock camp are federal BOP facilities. Use the BOP inmate locator for those inmates.
Can I get an older booking record? GPSO requires written public-records requests by U.S. Mail to the Custodian of Records. Be specific about the person, arrest date, booking date, and record requested.