St. James Parish Jail Overview
The St. James Parish Correctional Center is also described in official sources as the St. James Parish Detention Center, the Corrections Division, or the correctional facility. Those names point to the same local jail function. The operator is the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office, and the jail sits with the sheriff and courthouse government complex in Convent. The sheriff's Corrections Division says it manages custody, transport, feeding, care, medical needs, and recordkeeping for the correctional facility.
The St. James Parish Correctional Center population is local adult custody. That includes people booked after arrest, people held before trial, local sentenced inmates, parish jail inmates, and people whose custody data is tracked through LAVNS or VINE. No juvenile detention population was located in the official materials reviewed for this facility. No separate state prison, federal prison, ICE detention center, regional jail, municipal jail, or work-release annex was found inside St. James Parish. The Westbank sub-office in Vacherie is a sheriff service office, not a jail.
Official local custody starts with the parish roster. After a person is sentenced to Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections custody, the lookup path may shift to Louisiana VINELink and LAVNS. Federal sentenced custody is searched through BOP, and immigration custody is searched through ICE ODLS. A hold or detainer can affect release from the parish jail, but the public roster may not show every legal reason a person is still in custody.
St. James Correctional Center Population
Official sheriff and DPS&C pages checked for St. James Parish did not publish a current rated capacity, average daily population, or annual booking total for the St. James Parish Correctional Center. The official MyOCV inmate feed used by the sheriff roster showed 63 current entries when inspected on June 16, 2026. That figure is a point-in-time roster count, not a bed capacity and not an annual population measure.
Some non-official sources have reported capacity figures for the jail, but the research did not locate a current official sheriff or DPS&C capacity page to confirm them. For that reason, the facility population should be described from official material only: one local parish jail, a current public custody feed, and no official aggregate demographics table. Individual roster records can show age, race, gender, height, weight, eye color, and hair color, but the feed did not publish a parish-wide demographic summary.
Search St. James Jail Inmates
The official current-custody tool is the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office inmate search. It is a searchable and sortable MyOCV feed, not a multi-field jail database. The data source behind it is the official inmate JSON feed, and the public route is built for current jail custody records. For a wider explanation of the roster fields, the St. James Parish jail inmate records page covers the local feed and related custody channels.
The inmate search is strongest when the person is still in St. James Parish Correctional Center custody. If the person has been released, transferred, sentenced to DPS&C custody, or held under another agency's authority, the next step is to use LAVNS/VINELink, the DPS&C phone locator, the sheriff phone lines, or a written records request.
- Open the sheriff inmate search route and use the search box to look for the person by name.
- Use the sort control if the feed shows many recent custody entries.
- Confirm that the record names the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office and shows current custody details.
- If the roster does not answer the question, call the jail or use the written public-records path.
| Search control | How it works | St. James detail |
|---|---|---|
| Search | Text search within the feed | The manifest shows search enabled, but no advanced first-name, last-name, or DOB fields were located. |
| Sort | Optional feed sorting | The default sort order is date descending. |
| Date handling | Feed date format | The configured format is MMM DD, YYYY. |
| List limit | Automatic feed load | The manifest lists 10 entries per feed page or load. |
The official inmate search route shows the jail roster interface used for current St. James Parish Correctional Center custody records.
The screenshot matters because the St. James roster is a feed search and sort tool, so callers should not expect an advanced court-style search form.
St. James Jail Address
Use the Convent sheriff and courthouse complex for the St. James Parish Correctional Center address. The sheriff's general information page lists weekday administrative office hours, while the jail and corrections phone lines should be used to confirm custody, records routing, entry rules, and any lobby issue before travel. The sheriff's general line is also the fallback when a person is unsure whether to ask for corrections, records, warrants, or bond routing.
St. James Parish Correctional Center
5800 Louisiana Highway 44
Convent, LA 70723
225-562-2505 / 225-562-2504
Administrative office hours: 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday
Mailing and Records Routing
P.O. Box 83
Convent, LA 70723
Non-emergency: 225-562-2200
Fax listed by DPS&C: 225-562-2225
The sheriff general information page publishes the Convent headquarters, mailing address, office hours, and public phone numbers used for St. James Parish jail routing.
The same government complex also serves court and administrative functions, so visitors should confirm where to enter before leaving for the jail.
St. James Jail Records
Roster records from the St. James Parish Correctional Center feed can include name fields, inmate ID, booking photo links, height, weight, gender, race, age, eye color, hair color, custody status, custody status date, booked date, sex-offender flag, reporting agency, siteID LASWVINE, agencyID LASTJAMESSO, and time zone. The sample record did not show public charge values, bond amounts, court dates, housing unit, warrant number, or release date. ChargeArray metadata existed, but the sampled values were not populated.
For a booking report, photo copy, incident record, or other sheriff record not visible in the roster, St. James Parish uses a written public-records request path. Requests are accepted by U.S. mail, email, or personal delivery to Public Information Officer Amanda Pertuis, P.O. Box 83, Convent, LA 70723, or pio@stjamessheriff.com. Louisiana public-records law includes broad record definitions in La. R.S. 44:1 and request duties in La. R.S. 44:32, but law-enforcement records can be limited under La. R.S. 44:3.
| Record path | Use it for | St. James contact |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff inmate search | Current local custody and public roster fields | Online roster route |
| Jail phone | Custody confirmation and jail routing | 225-562-2505 or 225-562-2504 |
| Records or warden secretary | Records and corrections routing | 225-562-2506 |
| Public Information Officer | Written public-records requests | pio@stjamessheriff.com |
| LAVNS hotline | Custody notification | 1-866-528-6748 |
| DPS&C phone locator | State custody location after sentencing | 225-383-4580 |
Note: A jail roster entry is a custody record, not a final court record or proof of conviction.
St. James Jail Visits
St. James-specific visitation schedules, visitor ID rules, dress code, visit length, child rules, video visitation details, and attorney-visit rules were not located in the official sheriff materials reviewed. That means the safe local rule is to call the jail before travel. Do not rely on state prison visitation rules for this parish jail unless the jail confirms that the same rule applies to a person housed there under DPS&C authority.
| Topic | Official detail located | Gap or action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not published in located sheriff pages | Confirm with 225-562-2505, 225-562-2504, or 225-562-2200. |
| Visitor ID and dress code | Not published locally | Ask the jail what identification and clothing rules apply before arrival. |
| Video visitation | Not located | Do not assume video visits are available. |
| Attorney visits | Not located | Attorneys should call the jail or court directly for current procedure. |
| Parking and entry | No official visitor-entry detail found | Confirm parking and entrance instructions because the complex has several public offices. |
St. James Parish geography also matters. The sheriff maintains a Westbank sub-office in Vacherie, but that office is not the jail. Visitors from west-bank communities should confirm river crossing and route details before travel to the Convent facility.
St. James Jail Mail and Money
St. James-specific inmate mail format, phone-call vendor, video vendor, and deposit fee schedule were not published in the located sheriff pages. The sheriff contact data does list commissary staff, and Tiger Commissary has a St. James County Jail service page for Convent, Louisiana. Before mailing anything or adding funds, confirm the person's custody status and ask whether the facility has current rules for envelopes, photos, books, money orders, or vendor deposits.
| Service | Provider or detail | St. James action |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Public mail format not located | Call the jail before sending inmate mail. |
| Phone calls | Local phone vendor not located | Ask the jail for current provider and rates. |
| Commissary | Sheriff lists commissary contacts | Call Sgt. Jarita Long at 225-562-2850 or Cpl. Erica Anderson at 225-562-2228. |
| Money deposits | Tiger Commissary service page found | Fees were not located; confirm with the vendor and facility. |
The Tiger Commissary St. James service page is the located vendor page tied to the Convent jail.
The vendor page supports the money and commissary channel, but it does not replace a jail call when rules or fees are unclear.
St. James Jail Bond
The St. James Parish Correctional Center uses Electronic Bail Bonds, often shortened to eBonds. The sheriff's fines and bonds page gives examples from the 23rd Judicial District fine and bond table, but the public roster sample did not expose a bond field. A family member or bond agent should first confirm the person is in St. James custody, then ask whether a bond is set, whether eBonds applies, and whether any no-bond hold, warrant, probation or parole hold, DOC hold, federal hold, or ICE detainer blocks release.
| Example offense | Fine or cost shown | Bond shown |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Battery, R.S. 14:35 | $248 | $300 |
| Aggravated Assault, R.S. 14:37 | $248 | $500 |
| Simple Assault, R.S. 14:38 | $223 | $200 |
| DWI first offense | Court | $1,000 |
| DWI second offense | Court | $5,000 |
| Resisting an Officer | Court | $1,000 |
Accepted payment methods, bond lobby hours, and eBond vendor instructions were not located in the official materials. The sheriff Criminal Division and bond routing phone listed in the research is 225-562-2374. Bond amounts can also change after court review, so the posted schedule should be treated as a starting point rather than a final release decision.
St. James Jail Booking
A typical St. James Parish Correctional Center intake path begins with arrest or warrant execution, then transport to the correctional center. Jail staff create the identity and custody record, handle property, complete care or medical screening, take the booking photo, assign custody status, review bond or holds, and place the person in housing or classification. The public roster and LAVNS feed can then reflect the custody record.
No fixed roster timing was published by the sheriff. The official sample data included booked date and custody status date fields, which shows that timing data exists in the feed, but it does not prove a guaranteed public update interval. Booking charges are also not the same thing as the charges later filed in court by the district attorney. For filed charges, hearing dates, court minutes, or disposition, use the 23rd Judicial District Court and the St. James Clerk criminal lines rather than relying only on the jail feed.
- Booking
- The jail intake step where identity, custody status, photo, and basic record fields are entered.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that can delay release even when a local bond appears available.
- DPS&C custody
- Louisiana state corrections custody after a qualifying sentence or commitment, searched through LAVNS or DPS&C channels.
- eBonds
- Electronic Bail Bonds, the bond process the sheriff says the correctional center uses.
St. James Jail Directions
The map pin for St. James Parish Correctional Center should use the sheriff headquarters and correctional center address at 5800 Louisiana Highway 44 in Convent. Drivers on the east bank river-road corridor generally approach through LA-44 toward Convent. Drivers from west-bank communities should verify the Mississippi River crossing and travel route because the sheriff's Westbank sub-office is not a detention facility.
No official public-transit stop, ADA entry detail, visitor parking instruction, or jail-specific entrance rule was located in the sheriff materials. Call the jail before leaving if the trip involves a visit, bond question, property issue, or record pickup.
About St. James Corrections
The sheriff contact data names Capt. Conrad Lewis as Warden, Lt. Stefan Mitchell and Lt. Alton Washington as Assistant Wardens, Capt. Andrika Singleton for Transportation, DOC, and Records, and Cpl. Tamara Guerin for Warden's Secretary and Record Management. Warrants, commissary, records, and transportation roles are listed within the sheriff's contact structure, which is useful because many jail questions are not answered by the roster alone.
The official St. James Parish Sheriff's app is also relevant to this facility. The app and site features include Inmate Search, Crime Reports, Victims Notification, Public Records Request, Contact Us, Annual Reports, and a 23rd Judicial District Court webview. The app is listed as St James Parish Sheriff's, LA on Apple and St. James Parish Sheriff on Google Play. The located manifest shows the same inmateSearch feature powering the public site and app, so an app-only roster was not confirmed.
Note: Confirm custody, visit rules, mail rules, and bond status with the facility before travel or payment.