St. Martin Parish Correctional Center Lookup

St. Martin Parish Jail Overview

The St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office operates the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center at the same Saint Martinville complex used for the sheriff's main office. The sheriff's About the Office page describes the jail as the parish correctional center, says it is located on the second floor of the Sheriff's Office, and explains that parish government owns and maintains the building while the Sheriff's Office supplies the staff and runs custody operations. Louisiana DPS&C also lists the center on its St. Martin Parish local jails and programs page.

Adult custody at this facility can include recent arrests, pretrial detainees waiting for court, local sentenced inmates, and some state custody inmates held locally when Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections rules allow parish jail housing. That mix matters for search. A person may start on the St. Martin Parish adult jail roster, then later appear in LAVNS/VINELink or another custody system if transferred, released, or committed to state custody. The jail roster is a current-custody tool, not the final court record and not a statewide prison database.

The sheriff's official location page for Main Offices & Corrections - Parish Jail places the facility at 400 Saint Martin Street in Saint Martinville. Public office hours are separate from custody operations. Booking and jail control can continue outside lobby hours, while visitor access, administrative questions, and in-person requests should be checked against posted office times and jail instructions.

St. Martin Parish Jail Capacity

The cleanest official capacity figure located for the adult jail is the sheriff's 186-bed statement on the About the Office page. The Vera Louisiana Locked Up St. Martin Parish page reports a 274-person combined capacity for parish facilities, which should not be treated as the adult jail bed count without context because the parish facility map also includes the juvenile training center. The TBS roster showed 105 public results when inspected on June 16, 2026. That count is a point-in-time roster count, not an average daily population.

The local capacity picture is also changing. KATC reported in November 2024 that St. Martin Parish planned a new jail using rededicated millage funding, with the existing jail described as built in 1983 and aging. The same report said the plan would raise detention capacity from about 186 people to 350. Treat that as a news-reported plan unless a later official source confirms a completed opening or new operating capacity.

The sheriff's 186-bed jail statement is visible in the captured source page.

That source is the best local official capacity reference for the adult St. Martin Parish Correctional Center.

Look Up St. Martin Parish Inmates

Current adult jail custody is searched through the TBS-hosted St. Martin Parish Jail Roster. The sheriff site also points users through a publiclogs address that routes to the same roster environment. The roster has a disclaimer before entry. It warns that information is offered for public safety and convenience, that names can come from arrestees or arresting agencies, and that identity checks may not be complete when the report is generated. That is why a roster hit should be confirmed before posting bond, traveling for a visit, or relying on a charge list.

1. Open the TBS roster or the sheriff-linked publiclogs inmate-search channel and read the disclaimer.
2. Select Agree to enter the adult jail roster. Decline returns the browser to the sheriff site.
3. Search by name. Add date of birth in MM-DD-YYYY format when a common name returns several results.
4. Sort by last name for a known person or by booking date for recent arrests.
5. Use the View link to open the public profile, then compare the name, inmate ID, DOB, booking date, arresting agency, charges, bond, and any fugitive hold field.

The roster search screen documented in the research uses broad text search, date of birth, sort controls, and pagination. The inspected list showed name, local inmate number, DOB, race and gender code, booking date, and a View link. A profile can show charges and bond by line item, but it did not show exact housing, release date, victim data, or private medical information in the inspected sample.

The TBS roster screen is the adult lookup starting point for this facility.

Use the roster for adult parish jail custody, then use phone or notification channels if the result is unclear.

St. Martin Parish Custody Verification

If a person does not appear on the adult roster, the next step is not to assume release. The jail may not have completed booking, a name may be misspelled, the person may have been released, or custody may have shifted to state, federal, or immigration authorities. Call the Correctional Center at (337) 394-2500 or the booking main phone listed by the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association as (337) 394-2566 for current adult jail questions. For lobby business or records help, the sheriff's public office hours are Monday through Thursday 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM and Friday 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.

LAVNS and VINELink add a status and notification layer. Louisiana's LAVINE program describes custody-status inquiry and notification for parish jails and state prisons, and the Louisiana VINELink state portal is the online route for registration and custody searches. VINELink is not a full court-file system. It is useful when a family member, witness, or victim needs notice of release, transfer, or custody change.

For written verification, use the sheriff's letter of incarceration request channel. For formal court charges after arrest, use the Clerk of Court or 16th Judicial District Attorney process rather than the jail roster. A roster charge is a booking record. It can differ from the charge later accepted, refused, amended, or filed in court.

St. Martin Parish Jail Contact

The Correctional Center contact points serve different needs. Use the adult jail roster first for routine online lookup. Use booking for current custody and bond questions, the main Correctional Center number for facility questions, and the sheriff administrative number for general office routing. Emergency calls should go to 911, not the jail lobby or app.

St. Martin Parish Jail Visitation

Visitation at the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center starts with the inmate's visitation list. The sheriff's jail visitation page says each inmate fills out a list on arrival. The list may contain up to 10 adult names, age 17 or older. Children under 17 do not have to be listed, but they must be accompanied by an authorized adult visitor and must remain under control. A visitor under 17 who is married to the inmate may visit a spouse if listed and able to show proof of marriage.

Published research did not capture the full day-by-day schedule from the linked schedule page, so the reliable details are the visitor list, arrival, child, and accessibility rules. The visitation area opens no earlier than 15 minutes before the start time. Visitors must stay in their vehicle while waiting for the area to open, or wait in the visitation room after registration. Disabled or handicap visitors who cannot climb stairs may use elevator access to the second floor area if they arrive 15 minutes early for escort and stay until the scheduled block ends.

The official visitation overview also links dress code, rules, and schedule resources.

Confirm the active schedule with the jail before driving to Saint Martinville because rosters, housing, and security status can change.

St. Martin Parish Jail Money

The sheriff's inmate money and commissary page says cash in a person's possession at book-in is placed into that person's trust fund account. Friends and family may add funds for commissary. The same page says medical expenses, including prescriptions, doctor appointments, dental appointments, and incidentals, are deducted first from inmate accounts. Any remaining balance can be used for commissary purchases through the jail's third-party store vendor.

No official general personal-mail format, tablet rate sheet, attorney visit rule, or phone/video vendor rate sheet was located in the research. Use the published money-order address only for trust fund payments unless the jail confirms that it also accepts personal mail at the same address. For commissary support, have the inmate's full roster name and local inmate ID ready before calling or depositing.

The sheriff's trust account page documents the three deposit routes.

The page supports the deposit table above but does not publish a captured fee schedule for online credit card deposits.

St. Martin Parish Booking Intake

Local sources do not publish a full booking manual, but the roster fields and trust account page show the practical flow. After arrest, a person may be transported to the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center for identification, local inmate ID creation, booking date entry, property handling, health screening, and classification before housing. Any cash held at book-in is credited to the trust account. The public roster can then show name, inmate ID, DOB, race and gender code, booking date, arresting agency, charges, bond, and fugitive hold status if those fields apply.

Booking information is not the same as a conviction. The sheriff's roster disclaimer states that nothing on the public feature implies guilt. Bond may show by charge, and one line can show a dollar amount while another says Bond Pending. A fugitive hold, state hold, federal hold, probation or parole matter, or ICE detainer can affect release even if one listed bond is paid. Formal charges, hearing dates, minutes, and dispositions belong in the court record after the prosecutor and court act.

Booking

The jail intake process that creates the local custody record.

Bond Pending

A public bond field that may mean bond has not been set or has not been entered for that charge.

Fugitive Hold

A hold tied to another warrant or jurisdiction that can block ordinary release.

DPS&C Custody

Louisiana state corrections custody, which may use VINELink after commitment or transfer.

About St. Martin Parish Correctional Center

The current jail has local significance because it sits inside the sheriff's main Saint Martinville office complex rather than on a remote jail campus. KATC's 2024 new-jail reporting described the existing facility as built in 1983 and inadequate for modern detention needs, with a planned 350-person jail funded through rededicated millage. Until official sources show a new opening and operating capacity, the adult facility page should continue to treat 400 Saint Martin Street and the 186-bed sheriff statement as the active official adult jail references.

The St. Martin Parish Sheriff (LA) mobile app is an extra public-safety and outreach channel. App store listings describe reporting crimes, submitting tips, and receiving public-safety information; KATC reported features such as social media links, weather, news releases, and most wanted. The app should not replace the adult jail roster or booking phone because no official store text confirmed an app-only jail roster, booking-photo tool, or warrant database.