About the Lafourche Parish Detention Center
The Lafourche Parish Detention Center in Thibodaux is one of the larger parish jails in southeast Louisiana. This page reflects the live Zuercher Portal roster with booking dates, charge/hold reasons, and bond amounts when published.
An arrest is not an indication of guilt. Confirm custody status and court details with the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office or the Lafourche Parish District Court.
- Facility
- Lafourche Parish Detention Center
- Operated By
- Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office
- Parish
- Lafourche Parish, Louisiana (Thibodaux)
- Phone
- 985-449-4464
- Roster Source
- Zuercher Portal inmate roster (live JSON API)
How the Lafourche Parish County Inmate Search Works
Search this Lafourche Parish County roster by name or by the words in a listed charge. Spellings vary; try a last name first. When the open feed is thin on charges, the official inmate search for Lafourche Parish Detention Center remains lafourche-so-la.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates.
A booking can lag the street arrest by hours, and a transfer out of Lafourche Parish County will make this list the wrong door. Neighboring names on the Louisiana map include Acadia, Allen, Ascension — those are other parish jails, not extra floors of Lafourche Parish Detention Center. Louisiana parish inmate pages vary from rich vendor searches to thin lists.
This page is not a statewide Louisiana inmate Google. State prison locators are a different agency. Parish sheriffs run the jails.
Posting Bail at Lafourche Parish Detention Center
Louisiana commercial surety is a deep local industry. An Orleans bondsman may not cover Jefferson. Magistrate court sets many first bonds in New Orleans. A bondsman who works a neighboring parish may not walk this window.
Roster bond figures can change after first appearance. Court paperwork often names Lafourche Parish District Court. CurrentPrisonList does not take bail payments and does not recommend a bondsman.
If the person has a hold for another parish or another state, paying the Lafourche Parish County bond may not produce a release. Ask the jail clerk or the lawyer which holds are live.
Sending Money to an Inmate
Deposits at Lafourche Parish Detention Center go through the jail’s commissary or money vendor — never a personal transfer to a cellmate or a social-media “officer.” Inmate phones and tablets follow this jail’s contracted vendor, which is not interchangeable with a neighboring parish.
Use the inmate’s booking number from this roster when the vendor asks for it. The street address on file is 1507 Tiger Drive, Thibodaux, LA 70301. A deposit sent to a similarly named jail in Acadia will not land here.
Inmate Communication
Calls and video from Lafourche Parish Detention Center use the contracted provider for this jail. Inmate phones and tablets follow this jail’s contracted vendor, which is not interchangeable with a neighboring parish. Numbers usually must be approved; a new phone will not ring the housing unit on the first try.
Mail rules (photos, books, legal mail) are Lafourche Parish County’s, not a generic Louisiana blog. If the person moved to a state prison, those accounts do not follow automatically.
Lafourche Parish County Court Information
Court paperwork often names Lafourche Parish District Court. Criminal District Court in Orleans is not 24th Judicial District Court in Jefferson. Parish courthouses sit in the parish seat (Gretna for Jefferson, not Metairie).
First appearance, plea settings and trial dates are court business. The roster tells you who is in custody at Lafourche Parish Detention Center; the clerk tells you when the case is called. A municipal court in Thibodaux may not be the felony court for this parish.
- Court
- Lafourche Parish District Court