Caldwell Parish Jail Roster Overview
Caldwell Parish inmate records are reached through several channels because jail custody, state custody, and court case records are separate. The local sheriff is the Caldwell Parish Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Clay Bennett, with public phone 318-649-2345. The official sheriff site is sparse and did not publish a jail policy page, app link, visitation rules, or public records form in the inspected pages. The roster path instead runs through the Caldwell Parish LAVNS landing page and Kologik jail roster interface.
The key local roster sources are Caldwell Parish LAVNS and the Kologik Caldwell Parish roster interface. Statewide custody and notification sources include Louisiana VINE, Louisiana DPS&C offender information, and the LA VINE phone line. For a court outcome, use the Caldwell Parish Clerk of Court instead of the jail roster, since custody records are not the final case record.
The manifest source for the roster interface is the Caldwell Parish Kologik jail roster.
The roster interface is the closest public online tool found for current Caldwell Parish inmate lookup, but static inspection did not confirm every possible profile field.
Use the Caldwell Parish Roster
The roster can help confirm whether a person appears in current or recent custody. The research snapshot showed a result group labeled "Incarcerated - Results" and a status line reading "Searching RECENT." Result rows showed names, booking date and time, and race/sex. If the roster does not load, use VINE, the sheriff, or the facility phones. If the question concerns final charges or sentences, switch to the court record.
- Open the Caldwell Parish LAVNS landing page or the Kologik roster interface.
- Review the current or recent result group and search by the name details the tool accepts.
- Compare the name, booking date and time, and race/sex fields carefully before assuming a match.
- Use Louisiana VINE or the LA VINE phone line if the person may have moved to another parish or state custody.
- Call the facility or sheriff if the public roster is down, unclear, or does not show a recent booking.
- Use Caldwell Parish court records for filed charges, pleas, dispositions, and sentencing.
Note: A roster entry can change after release, transfer, bond, or data update, so urgent custody questions should be verified by phone.
Caldwell Parish Inmate Search Fields
The public roster shell did not expose a complete traditional search form in static inspection. It did show a Caldwell routing parameter and current results. The research also documents statewide VINE search concepts from DPS&C, including search by location, name, and ID or case number. That difference should be kept clear: Kologik is the local roster interface, while VINE is a broader custody and notification tool.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search state/agency | URL parameter or app state | Unspecified | Kologik URL includes _LA0600000, apparently routing to Caldwell Parish. |
| Recent/current results | Tab or filter | Unspecified | Search capture showed "Searching RECENT." |
| Name | Result field | No | Result rows show surname and given name. |
| Booking date/time | Result field | No | Snippet showed dates and times such as 06/27/2026 02:45. |
| Race/Sex | Result field | No | Snippet showed values such as W/M. |
| Result count | Display | No | Snippet showed "Incarcerated - Results: 13." |
| Location | Statewide VINE field | Optional | DPS&C says LAVNS searches can use location. |
| ID/case number | Statewide VINE field | Optional | DPS&C says LAVNS searches can use ID or case number. |
Caldwell Parish Inmate Field Inventory
The sample inmate roster capture was limited. It confirms only the fields visible in static or search-result output and should not be expanded into a promise that mugshots, charges, bond, housing, court dates, or release dates always appear. If a field is not confirmed, the facility, sheriff, VINE, or clerk may be the better source depending on the question.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Roster status/result group | "Incarcerated - Results" with a count in the observed capture. |
| Filter/status text | "Searching RECENT" in the observed roster shell. |
| Inmate name | Name visible in result rows. |
| Booking date/time | Booking date and time visible in result rows. |
| Race/sex | Race and sex abbreviation visible in result rows. |
| Mugshot | Not confirmed in static capture. |
| Booking number | Not confirmed in static capture. |
| Charges or statutes | Not confirmed in static capture; verify with court or facility. |
| Bond amount/type | Not confirmed in static capture. |
| Holding facility or pod | Not confirmed in static capture. |
| Release date | Not confirmed in static capture. |
Caldwell Parish Jail Facilities
Louisiana DPS&C lists two Caldwell Parish local jail or detention facilities in Grayson, plus the sheriff contact. The research did not locate official capacity, pod layout, medical unit details, program lists, or accreditation status in official sources. Use the facility that actually houses the person, because rules and phone handling can differ between locations.
Caldwell Correctional Center
671 Highway 845
Grayson, LA 71435
318-649-5600
Fax: 318-649-5652
LCS Caldwell Detention Center
701 Highway 845
Grayson, LA 71418
318-649-2100
Fax: 318-649-5652
Caldwell Parish Sheriff's Office
P.O. Box 60
Columbia, LA 71418
318-649-2345
Fax: 318-649-5226
The Louisiana DPS&C Caldwell Parish facility listing is the official source for the Grayson facility contact blocks used here.
Caldwell Parish VINE Custody Search
Louisiana DPS&C says friends and family of people assigned to DPS&C custody can locate a person through LAVNS. The DPS&C offender information page says its data is updated every 24 hours and supports searches by location, name, and ID or case number. The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement source says LA VINE monitors adult inmates in parish jails and state prisons and can provide custody-status changes such as release or transfer. The LA VINE phone number from the research is 866-LAVNS-4-U, also written as 866-528-6748.
The Louisiana VINE search page is the statewide custody and notification route.
VINE is especially useful when a person may have moved from a local Caldwell Parish roster entry to another jail, state custody, release, or transfer status.
Caldwell Parish Booking Records
After arrest, a person is typically taken to the appropriate jail or detention facility for intake. Booking can record identity, booking time, arresting agency, property, fingerprints, photo, custody status, and the offense named at intake. That booking record is useful, but it is not the final court file. Once a criminal case is filed, the clerk's case record tracks pleadings, pleas, motions, minutes, dispositions, sentencing, and expungement or sealing orders.
For a person arrested in Caldwell Parish, the practical split is simple. Use roster, sheriff, facility, VINE, and DPS&C channels for custody. Use the Caldwell Parish Clerk of Court for filed case records. Use the District Attorney or defense counsel for questions about how an arrest became a formal charge. Use the federal Bureau of Prisons locator only for sentenced federal custody, not parish jail custody.
Caldwell Parish Visitation and Mail
The official Caldwell Parish sources inspected did not publish local visitation schedules, mail rules, commissary vendors, money-deposit vendors, phone providers, video visitation vendors, dress code, visitor ID rules, or attorney-visitation schedules. That gap should not be filled with national jail assumptions. Call the facility before travel or before sending mail, money, books, photos, cards, or legal papers.
The confirmed local detail is the gap itself. Visitation schedules, visitor ID rules, dress code, video vendors, mail format, deposit vendors, and attorney-visit procedures were not published in the inspected Caldwell Parish sources. DPS&C does provide state-level context that visitation may be restricted, denied, or suspended if rules are not followed, so current facility instructions control.
Visitation Mail Fallback Table
When the official local rules are missing online, ask specific questions and write down the staff answer, date, and facility name. Caldwell Parish has two listed Grayson facilities, so verify where the person is housed first. Use the person's full legal name and booking or DOC number if the facility gives one.
| Need | Question to Ask | Who to Call |
|---|---|---|
| Visit date | What days and times are visits allowed for this housing location? | Housing facility. |
| Approval | Does the visitor need prior approval or an ID check? | Housing facility. |
| What exact address and format should be used for inmate mail? | Housing facility. | |
| Legal mail | Are attorney or court papers handled through a separate process? | Facility administration. |
| Money | Which vendor or in-person process accepts deposits? | Facility or sheriff. |
| Transfer | Has the person moved to another parish, state, or federal custody? | Facility, VINE, DPS&C, or BOP. |
Important: Do not send money, books, photos, or cards until the current facility confirms what it accepts.
State and Federal Inmate Records
Caldwell Parish inmate records do not cover every possible custody status. A person sentenced to state custody may appear through DPS&C and VINE rather than a parish roster. A person in federal custody after a federal case should be checked through the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. Caldwell Parish is in the Western District of Louisiana for federal court matters, so federal custody and federal court records are not maintained by the parish jail roster or the Caldwell Parish Clerk of Court.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is the source for sentenced federal custody.
The BOP locator should be used only when the person is believed to be in federal custody, not for a new Caldwell Parish arrest or local jail booking.
Caldwell Parish Inmate Record Requests
For jail booking records not shown online, use the sheriff or facility contact channels. For the court case outcome, use the clerk. For state custody or probation and parole, use DPS&C and VINE. For sex-offender registry records, use Louisiana State Police rather than the jail roster. No official Caldwell Parish Sheriff's Office mobile app was found in official or app-store sources during the research, so no app-only inmate lookup should be used.
Louisiana public-records access still has limits. Juvenile matters, sealed records, expunged records, medical details, protected identifiers, and some law-enforcement or prosecutive records can be restricted. A custody result may be public while parts of the related case or investigation are not. When a record is needed for court, housing, employment, licensing, or legal use, request the official custodian's certified or written record rather than relying on a screen capture.