Ascension Parish Jail Inmate Search

Ascension Parish Jail Overview

Ascension Parish Jail is operated by the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office and is located at 2384 Lemanville Cut Off Road in Donaldsonville. Louisiana DPS&C also lists the jail in its Ascension Parish local jail and justice-office directory, which is useful because Ascension Parish has both local jail custody and state prison facilities within the parish. The jail is not the sheriff's Gonzales headquarters, the Donaldsonville courthouse, or either St. Gabriel state prison. It is the local adult jail where APSO, Gonzales Police, and other arresting agencies can route a person after an arrest or warrant pickup.

The jail holds a mixed local population. Public profiles observed in the New World roster include prisoner types such as Awaiting Arraignment and Sentenced Parish, plus booking entries marked In For Court. The roster also allows a Housing Facility filter for Ascension Parish Jail and Off Site Housing, so a public result may not always mean the person is physically inside the Donaldsonville jail building. That distinction matters for visits, release timing, court transport, and records questions.

The DPS&C Ascension Parish directory confirms the local jail address and official agency contacts. The directory screenshot below shows how the state separates local jail listings from state prison listings. After checking that source, use the sheriff's jail page and roster for daily local custody details.

Because the state directory is a contact source rather than a live roster, it should be paired with the APSO New World inmate inquiry when the question is whether a particular person is in custody right now.

Ascension Parish Jail Capacity and Population

APSO describes the Ascension Parish Jail as a full-service jail rated at over 500 beds. On June 16, 2026, an official New World Inmate Inquiry search with In Custody selected and the booking date fields cleared returned a public roster snapshot showing 542 in-custody records. That count is a live roster result from the search page, not an audited average daily population report. It may include off-site housing records and can change as people are booked, released, transferred, or moved to court.

The capacity comparison should be read carefully. The sheriff's capacity statement is broad, and the roster count is a public search result captured on a specific date. Without an audited local average daily population or a precise bed rating, the public data does not support a formal overcrowding claim. It does show that the official roster is the best public starting point for understanding the current Ascension Parish Jail population.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Ascension Parish Jail

Use the Ascension Parish New World Inmate Inquiry for people in APSO local custody. It is the county jail roster, not the Louisiana state prison locator. The search page includes name, subject number, booking number, current-custody, booking-date, and housing-facility fields. If the form opens with today's booking dates already filled in, clear those dates before running a broad current-custody search.

1. Open the official New World Inmate Inquiry linked from the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office inmate search route.
2. For a current roster search, check In Custody and clear Booking From Date and Booking To Date unless searching a known booking date.
3. Search by name, subject number, or booking number. A booking number may follow the year-number format shown in public profiles.
4. Use the Housing Facility filter to separate Ascension Parish Jail from Off Site Housing when that distinction matters.
5. Click the linked name to open the profile and review charges, booking origin, bond totals, court grid, housing, and release fields.

APSO warns that the roster only shows results from the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office and that the information can change quickly. The jail profile is a booking and custody record. Court charges, case disposition, warrants, and bond changes should be verified with the court, clerk, or the appropriate records office.

Ascension Parish Jail Address and Contact

The jail's formal street address appears as Lemanville Cut Off Road in the DPS&C directory, while the sheriff's mail card uses the spelling Lemannville Cutoff Rd. Use the directory address for mapping and the sheriff's mail format when sending approved inmate mail. APSO publishes more than one corrections-related phone number, so the purpose of the call should guide which number is used.

Formal public-records requests to APSO must be mailed by USPS to Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office Headquarters, 828 S. Irma Blvd., Gonzales, LA 70737, Attn: Deputy Kyle Gautreau, Legal Affairs. APSO says requests sent another way are not deemed received for public-records processing. Routine booking sheets may be available in person at APSO-listed locations, including the Donaldsonville Courthouse and sheriff office locations.

Visiting Someone at Ascension Parish Jail

APSO publishes a unit-based on-site visitation schedule. Visitors must have valid photo identification with the correct address. Out-of-state visitors need valid out-of-state photo ID, and students under 17 may use school ID or another picture ID. Electronic devices are not allowed in the main lobby or visitation areas. Children cannot be left unattended in a lobby or vehicle unless supervised by someone 17 or older with valid state ID or a driver's license. Only one on-site visit per week is allowed.

The dress code bars see-through clothing, halter tops, spaghetti straps, short outfits, pants that do not cover the knees, high slits, inappropriate language on clothing, swimsuits, hats, sunglasses, watches, and other items of value. Because the schedule is tied to housing units, confirm the person's current housing through the roster or jail before traveling.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Ascension Parish Jail

The APSO jail mail format is facility name, inmate name, and the Donaldsonville jail mailing address. Do not rely on the street spelling from a mapping app when copying the sheriff's mail card. For commissary or trust deposits, APSO links to commissarydeposit.com. That service allows public users to purchase a commissary order or deposit money to an inmate trust account when the institution participates. The depositor needs the inmate ID or name, and deposits may be subject to normal collections for inmate debts.

The APSO Corrections Division page is the direct local source for jail rules, visitation, deposits, release procedures, and jail contacts. The screenshot below captures the sheriff's corrections page used for those jail-specific instructions.

That corrections page should be checked before a visit, deposit, or bond trip because unit schedules, accepted services, and release procedures can change faster than a public summary.

Booking and Intake at Ascension Parish Jail

Ascension Parish does not publish a full booking workflow, but the roster shows the local process output. After arrest or warrant pickup by APSO, Gonzales Police, or another agency, a person may be entered with a subject number, booking number, booking date and time, booking origin, prisoner type, charges, bond or bail totals, and housing facility. Profiles also show demographics, aliases, booking photos, charge lines, bond grids, and sometimes court grids. Some court fields show no data, which means a separate clerk or court check may still be needed.

Bond and release questions also require confirmation. APSO states that release from Ascension Parish Jail requires posting bond through the 23rd Judicial Court system through the sheriff's office. The sheriff's release procedure identifies cash, surety, and property bonds. Public profiles may show ROR, combo, no-data, or active bond lines, but a single listed amount does not always mean the person can be released immediately. Holds, court-only matters, off-site housing, and updated court orders can affect release.

About Ascension Parish Jail

Ascension Parish Jail sits within a parish-wide justice system split between Donaldsonville, Gonzales, and state prison facilities in St. Gabriel. Sheriff Robert "Bobby" Webre's official biography notes that he served for 16 years as warden of the jail before becoming sheriff, and the research record ties that period to jail accreditation, expanded housing, and job-development and educational programming. APSO's 2023 Special Report describes corrections programming around rehabilitation, including parenting and GED classes.

For a person who has moved beyond parish custody, the lookup route changes. Sentenced state prisoners should be checked through Louisiana DPS&C and VINE. Federal prisoners should be searched through BOP after federal sentencing, and immigration detainees should be searched through ICE ODLS. Ascension Parish Jail remains the local roster source for APSO custody, Gonzales Police bookings routed to parish jail, parish-sentenced people, court holds, and people awaiting first appearance or arraignment.