The Vermilion Parish Inmate Population
The local Vermilion Parish inmate population is housed at Vermilion Parish Correctional Center, operated by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office Corrections Division. Official sheriff material describes the jail as a local facility for pre-trial detainees and sentenced inmates. It holds men and women in separate areas and uses minimum, medium, and maximum classification levels. That means the parish inmate count is not one simple number. It changes when a person is booked after arrest, released on bond, sentenced locally, committed to Louisiana DPS&C custody, or moved to another system.
Sheriff Eddie Langlinais' office publishes the current prisoner search for people at the correctional center, but the public roster is a lookup tool, not a full population report. The strongest local volume figure found in official sheriff material is the VPSO Community Report count of people booked into the facility during the first reporting period of the current administration. The strongest capacity figure found for Vermilion Parish comes from Vera's parish profile, which reports combined prisons and jails capacity. No official current daily population or average daily population was located on the sheriff or DPS&C pages reviewed.
Vermilion Parish Inmate Population Statistics
The Vermilion Parish inmate population data that can be used with confidence is limited but useful. The 2025 VPSO Community Report gives a booking-volume figure for the correctional center during the sheriff's reporting period. Vera's Louisiana Locked Up profile gives the only located capacity figure for Vermilion Parish prisons and jails, but the research did not locate an official sheriff bed count or a current daily head count on VPSO or DPS&C pages. That gap matters because bookings over a period are not the same as the number of people in custody on any one day.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Total inmates booked into VPCC | 1,588 | VPSO Community Report, July 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2025 |
| Arrests reported by VPSO | 1,105 | VPSO Community Report, July 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2025 |
| Population served | 57,000+ | VPSO Community Report, July 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2025 |
| Combined Vermilion prisons and jails capacity | 155 | Vera Louisiana Locked Up parish profile |
| Current VPCC daily population | Not published in located official pages | VPSO roster shows current people, not aggregate count |
Vermilion Parish Inmate Population Trends
Local trend data is thinner than many readers expect. The sheriff's public report supplies one strong local booking-volume period, while the jail roster gives a current-person search. It does not publish a multi-year average daily population table. Because of that, the Vermilion Parish inmate population should not be described as rising, falling, or overcrowded without a later official source. The available trend table separates local numbers from national jail context so that local facts are not stretched past the research.
| Period | Figure | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2025 | 1,588 bookings | Local VPCC booking volume, not a daily population count |
| Vera parish profile | 155 combined capacity | Capacity figure for Vermilion Parish prisons and jails, not a current head count |
| 2023 national local jail ADP | 664,800 | BJS national context only, not a Vermilion Parish number |
| 2023 national jail bed occupancy | 73% of 915,800 beds | BJS national context only |
The practical trend point is custody movement. New arrests enter VPCC through booking. Some people leave after bond, release orders, dismissal, or sentence completion. Others stay listed only until they are transferred to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections or another custody system. That is why a person can disappear from the local roster without the court case being over.
Vermilion Parish Inmate Makeup
VPSO confirms the correctional center houses male and female inmates, pre-trial detainees, and sentenced inmates. It also confirms separate housing areas and classification levels. The official pages reviewed did not publish a Vermilion Parish breakdown by sex, race, ethnicity, age, felony level, misdemeanor level, pre-trial status, or sentenced status. Those missing categories should stay missing in public copy unless a later sheriff, DPS&C, or court source publishes them.
- Pre-trial detainee
- A person held after arrest while the criminal case is still pending.
- Sentenced inmate
- A person serving a sentence ordered by a court.
- Classification
- The jail's housing and security decision based on risk, needs, and facility rules.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency that can block release even when local bond is posted.
Laws Governing Vermilion Parish Jail Records
Louisiana law gives the public a path to inspect many sheriff and jail records, while other rules limit release of sensitive records, juvenile records, active investigative material, and some booking photographs. The key local point is that a current roster entry is only one access channel. A records request to VPSO may be the right route for past booking records, incident reports, or records that are not posted online.
Key Statutes:
Louisiana R.S. 44:1 defines public records, public bodies, and custodians.
Louisiana R.S. 44:31 gives adults the right to inspect, copy, or reproduce public records unless an exception applies.
Louisiana R.S. 44:32 covers custodian duties, reasonable copy fees, and written determinations when access is questioned.
Louisiana R.S. 15:704 makes the sheriff keeper of the parish public jail.
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 234 governs booking photographs and removal duties for remove-for-pay publications.
Search the Vermilion Parish Inmate Roster
The VPSO Prisoner Search is the starting point for current local custody. It searches current inmates at Vermilion Parish Correctional Center and includes tabs for Last 24 Hours, Search by Name, and Search by Letter. The roster warns that it is updated regularly but may not reflect the most current status. For time-sensitive custody, release, or transfer questions, booking is the direct fallback.
- Open the current VPSO prisoner search when the person may be held locally at VPCC.
- Use Last 24 Hours for a new arrest or Search by Name when a full or partial name is known.
- Use Search by Letter when spelling is uncertain or the name may have variants.
- Check the older VPSO roster if a CCN or partial-name search is useful.
- Call booking at (337) 898-4430 when the roster may lag behind a recent arrest, release, or transfer.
- Move to LAVNS, DPS&C, BOP, or ICE when the person is no longer a parish jail inmate.
The current VPSO prisoner-search page is shown in the captured official roster screenshot.
The roster image matches the local access path: online search first, then the booking phone when the status must be confirmed.
Vermilion Parish Inmate Search Fields
The newer VPSO page exposes three visible search tabs. The older official prisoner page adds more detail about acceptable searches, including partial first names, partial last names, both names, or CCN. Because the sample records load dynamically, the research did not confirm a full public profile layout for charges, bond, housing, or mugshots. The table below sticks to fields and controls documented by official pages.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last 24 Hours | Tab/button | No | Shows inmates arrested within the last 24 hours on the current page. |
| Search by Name | Tab/button | No | Current page control for name search; field details were not rendered in text capture. |
| Search by Letter | Tab/button | No | Current page control for alphabetic browsing. |
| Recent Arrest | Button | No | Older roster button for recent-arrest lookup. |
| Search text box | Text | Unspecified | Older page accepts first name, last name, both, or CCN. All name searches are partial. |
| By Last Name | Dropdown | No | Older page includes blank, ALL, and A through Z choices. |
Vermilion Parish Inmate Record Fields
The research did not capture a full inmate profile from the VPSO roster, so public copy should not promise a booking number, bond amount, housing unit, charge list, or photo on every result. The older official page confirms that basic booking information will still display when a photograph is withheld under Act 494. The current page confirms it is for current inmates and directs users to booking for the most current status.
| Confirmed item | What It Shows or Does |
|---|---|
| Name search | Older VPSO page accepts first name, last name, both names, or partial names. |
| CCN | Older page accepts CCN, but the official format was not published. |
| Recent arrest / last 24 hours | Current and older pages both support recent booking review. |
| Basic booking information | Older page says basic booking information can display even when a photo is withheld. |
| Booking photo | Older page says Act 494 may prevent some photos from being displayed. |
| Custody status | Current roster covers current inmates but warns that users should call booking for the latest status. |
| LAVNS notification | Older page prompts users to register for custody-status notifications. |
County Jail vs State Prison Lookup
Vermilion Parish readers often search the wrong system after sentencing. VPCC is the local jail for pre-trial detainees and local sentenced inmates. Louisiana DPS&C is the state custody system after commitment to state corrections. Federal and immigration custody are separate again. A person can pass through the parish jail first, then stop appearing on the sheriff roster once custody changes.
| Custody system | Who it covers | Where to look |
|---|---|---|
| Vermilion Parish jail | Pre-trial detainees and local sentenced inmates at VPCC | VPSO Prisoner Search or booking at (337) 898-4430 |
| Louisiana DPS&C | People committed to state correctional custody | LAVNS/VINELink or 225-383-4580 |
| Federal Bureau of Prisons | Federal inmates from 1982 to present | BOP Inmate Locator |
| Immigration detention | ICE detainees | ICE Online Detainee Locator System |
State and Federal Inmate Search
No state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or separate county work-release building was confirmed inside Vermilion Parish from the official sources reviewed. That does not mean a Vermilion Parish arrest stays local. After sentencing, Louisiana DPS&C says LAVNS can search by location, name, and ID or case number, and the phone locator can return housing assignment, facility address, facility phone, and projected release date if applicable. Recently sentenced people may not have release-date information right away because sentencing paperwork must reach DPS&C before time computation is complete.
Federal and immigration tools should be used only for those systems. BOP results include name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. ICE ODLS is separate from the sheriff roster and the state prison locator. These tools are not substitutes for the Vermilion Parish jail roster when the person is still at VPCC.
Vermilion Parish Detention Facilities
Official sources confirmed one parish detention facility for the Vermilion Parish inmate population. Municipal courts and police departments may issue warrants or make arrests, but no separate city jail holding people beyond short-term police custody was identified in the official research. The correctional center is the local jail page readers should use for current Vermilion Parish custody.
- Vermilion Parish Correctional Center - the parish jail operated by VPSO for pre-trial detainees, sentenced inmates, men, women, and multiple classification levels.
Vermilion Parish Jail Visits and Money
Visitation and commissary details matter because a roster match does not tell a family member how to act next. VPSO lists on-site visitation on Tuesday afternoons and online visitation every day. Visitors need a valid government photo ID, must be on the approved visitation list, must follow dress code, may be searched, and cannot bring cell phones, cameras, electronics, outside food, or outside drinks into visitation. VPSO also links deposits to CommissaryDeposit.com, but no fee schedule was captured before facility or inmate selection.
| Channel | Published Vermilion Parish detail |
|---|---|
| On-site visitation | Tuesday, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Online visitation | Seven days a week, 6:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. |
| Deposit link | CommissaryDeposit.com/Deposit through VPSO's prisoner page |
| Mail and phone | VPSO confirms written correspondence and telephone privileges, but no full public vendor or rate sheet was located. |
Note: Confirm custody and visit rules with jail administration before traveling or sending funds.
Vermilion Parish Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Vermilion Parish inmate population? The official pages reviewed did not publish a current daily head count. VPSO reported 1,588 inmates booked into VPCC from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, and Vera reported 155 combined prisons and jails capacity for Vermilion Parish.
How do I search the Vermilion Parish inmate population? Start with the VPSO Prisoner Search for current VPCC inmates. Use Last 24 Hours, Search by Name, or Search by Letter, then call booking at (337) 898-4430 when timing matters.
Where do sentenced prisoners go? People committed to Louisiana DPS&C custody are searched through LAVNS/VINELink or the DPS&C phone locator. They may stop appearing on the VPSO jail roster after transfer or commitment.
Are booking photos always shown? No. VPSO's older official prisoner page says Act 494 may prevent some booking photographs from displaying, while basic booking information may still display.
Can past jail records be requested? Yes, use VPSO Records in person, by email at records@vermilionsheriff.gov, or by mail to Attn: Records, PO Box 307, Abbeville, LA 70511-0309. Louisiana public-records exceptions may apply.