St. Mary Parish Inmate Roster
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office is the official local source for jail and inmate information. The Sheriff's homepage identifies Sheriff Gary Driskell and links to the public inmate roster. The roster includes current inmates and released inmates, with tabs and sort options that make it useful for checking custody status, recent bookings, and release entries. It is not the same as the District Court criminal case file.
The current inmate roster is the main web starting point for St. Mary Parish inmate records.
The roster is most useful for custody and booking facts, while court disposition still needs the Clerk or court case record.
| Field label | Type | Required | Options or notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Options | Tabs or links | No | Name, Date, Current, Released. |
| Sort | Links | No | Newest to Oldest or Oldest to Newest. |
| Search By Name | Text | No | Public page does not publish a minimum character rule. |
| Search | Button | No | Runs the name search. |
| Show All | Button or link | No | Restores the full list after filtering. |
| Pagination | Links | No | Numbered pages, Next, and Last. |
St. Mary Parish Inmate Profile Fields
A public inmate profile can show a more detailed booking snapshot than the list view. The research sample displayed a mugshot, full name, booking number, age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date, charges, bond, and warnings about bail and presumption of innocence. It did not show date of birth, height, weight, hair or eye color, housing pod, court date, statute number, warrant number, sentence, attorney, judge, or case number.
The sample public inmate profile shows the type of booking detail that may appear after selecting a roster entry.
A profile is a live custody record, so use its charge and bond details as a prompt to verify with jail staff or court records.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot thumbnail or image | Booking image when published in the roster profile. |
| Booking number | Law Enforcement Center booking identifier. |
| Age, gender, race | Basic profile descriptors shown in the public entry. |
| Arresting agency | The agency listed for the booking, such as a police department. |
| Booking date | Date and time of booking into custody. |
| Charges | Booking charges, which may change after court action. |
| Bond | Bond amount displayed at that time, subject to confirmation. |
| Profile notes | Bail-currentness warning and presumption of innocence statement. |
Search St. Mary Parish Inmates
Use the roster as a custody search, not as a case-outcome search. Name, date, current, and released views can lead to different results. A person may be held locally for a St. Mary Parish matter, for another local agency, for DOC housing, or for a tribal or municipal law-enforcement need. Some people may have state or federal records outside the parish system.
- Open the current inmate roster and check the Current tab first for people believed to be in custody.
- Use Search By Name when the list is long or when only a last name is known.
- Check Released if the person was recently in custody but no longer appears on the current list.
- Open the profile link and compare booking number, booking date, charges, bond, and arresting agency.
- Call the jail information number before posting bond or making visitation plans.
Note: Roster charges are not convictions, and the Sheriff's profile warns that charges and bail amounts may change after court appearances.
St. Mary Parish Jail Contacts
The Sheriff's jail page calls the detention facility the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center and says it is centrally located in Centerville. It houses 320 inmates and holds Department of Corrections prisoners while also meeting local municipal and tribal law-enforcement inmate housing needs. The DOC directory also lists local jail, transitional work, and Patterson City Jail information connected to St. Mary Parish.
St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center
Centerville, LA
Jail information: 337-836-9509
Role: main parish jail and inmate information phone system.
St. Mary Parish Correctional Center
9311 Hwy. 90 West South Frontage, P.O. Box 579
Centerville, LA 70522
Phone: (337) 828-6945
Fax: (337) 828-6977
St. Mary Parish Transitional Work Program
9311 Highway 90 West South Frontage
Centerville, LA 70522
Phone: (337) 836-5520
Fax: (337) 836-3374
Patterson City Jail
1314 Main Street
Patterson, LA 70392
Phone: (985) 395-6161
Fax: (985) 395-8324
The Sheriff jail page is the official local jail source for the Law Enforcement Center, information phone line, capacity, and programs.
The jail page is also the source for program notes, including GED and Transitional Work Programs.
St. Mary Parish Inmate Visitation
Official web text did not publish a fixed St. Mary Parish visiting day schedule, remote video provider, mail format, commissary vendor, money-deposit vendor, phone-call provider, or pricing table. The Sheriff's jail page states that the Inmate Information System at 337-836-9509 provides information on inmates, visitation policy, directions to the jail, victim notifications, and more. That phone line is the supported channel for current visitation details.
The absence of a static schedule should not be filled with guessed visiting days. St. Mary Parish jail access can depend on custody status, housing, court movement, discipline, staffing, and facility policy. The official phone system is also the only researched source for directions and victim-notification information tied to the jail. That makes a same-day call the best practice before driving to Centerville or before telling a family member to appear for a visit.
| Topic | Confirmed official detail |
|---|---|
| Jail information system | 337-836-9509 provides inmate information, visitation policy, directions, victim notifications, and more. |
| Jail capacity | Law Enforcement Center houses 320 inmates. |
| Programs | GED and Transitional Work Programs. |
| Transitional work contact | 337-836-5520. |
| Facility role | Holds DOC prisoners and supports local municipal and tribal law-enforcement housing needs. |
Call before travel. Courthouse rules found in Clerk jury instructions ban cell phones, iPads, recording devices, electronic communication devices, and cameras on the courtroom floor, but those are courthouse courtroom rules and not a jail visitation schedule.
Current and Released Inmates
Current and released roster views answer different questions. Current inmates are people shown in custody at the time the roster is viewed. Released entries help when a person was booked but no longer appears in current custody. The Sheriff's inmate roster disclaimer is important because current and recent release data can change and should be checked against the jail phone line when bond, charge, or case-number accuracy matters.
Bond is especially time sensitive. A public profile may list an amount, but the Sheriff's sample warning says charges and bail may change after court appearances and may not be current. A bonding company, family member, or person posting bail should call 337-836-9509 before acting on a roster amount. That call can also confirm the charge list and case numbers when the public profile does not show a court case number or judge.
The inmate roster disclaimer gives the caution language that should guide use of St. Mary Parish inmate records.
The disclaimer supports the practical rule to verify current jail facts before posting bond or relying on charges in a court setting.
Parish DOC and BOP Custody
Not every person connected to St. Mary Parish will remain in the parish jail roster. The Law Enforcement Center houses DOC prisoners, and state-sentenced custody can involve Louisiana Department of Corrections systems. Federal custody is separate and uses federal systems. For a person moved to federal custody, the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator is the correct search path, not the parish jail roster.
This split also explains why an inmate search may need more than one source. A pretrial arrest, municipal hold, tribal-law-enforcement housing need, or local sentence may still appear through the Sheriff's jail tools. A state prisoner can be tied to St. Mary Parish but tracked through DOC channels after transfer. A federal defendant or sentenced federal inmate belongs in PACER, federal court, probation, Marshals, or BOP systems depending on the stage of the case.
The Louisiana DOC St. Mary local jail directory identifies local jail and program facilities tied to the parish.
DOC local directory entries help explain why the parish jail may house people whose custody status does not map neatly to one local case.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is the federal custody search route after a person enters BOP custody.
BOP results are separate from Louisiana parish jail records and should be used only for federal custody searches.
Sheriff App Reports and Alerts
The Sheriff's website provides a Download Our App page and "GET APP" links. The official web text reviewed did not list store names, developer information, or a full app feature inventory, and it did not support claiming an app-only inmate lookup. The Sheriff's mobile navigation and site areas point to alerts, contact, crime tip, inmate roster, most wanted, sex offenders, reports, and public notices.
Criminal and traffic report copies are a separate records channel. The Sheriff's reports page says criminal and traffic reports are available 7 to 10 days after the incident and can be obtained in person or by mail. Requesters should have involved names, incident date, and/or report number. Copies are listed at $5 each, payable by cash, check, or money order.
Reports can support a St. Mary Parish inmate search when the roster entry alone is too thin. A report request may help identify the incident date, agency, involved people, and report number connected to the arrest. It still does not provide the final court disposition. For that, the Clerk's criminal docket history or certified court record is the better source after charges are filed in District Court.