West Feliciana VINELink Coverage
Louisiana's custody service was once called LAVNS. Today it goes by LA VINE. The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement LA VINE page invites the public to search custody status online or call 866-528-6748. Everything is free. You may stay anonymous, too.
West Feliciana sits on LCLE's parish roster. Participating jail rosters refresh every 30 minutes from each jail-management system, so parish participation is confirmed. A new booking still won't land at an exact minute, and the sheriff's older lavns.org roster link can misbehave while branding and vendor paths shift.
LA VINE covers adult inmates in parish jails and state prisons. Those records are not the same. A Detention Center entry means local custody. A DPS&C entry means state custody or supervision. They may share one search surface anyway.
Check a West Feliciana Arrest
Start at the VINELink Louisiana person search. The vendor can change the controls. Trust only the fields on the screen, and never force a match off a common name.
- Select Louisiana and choose the person search if the landing page asks for a state or search type.
- Enter the legal name or other identifier accepted by the live form. Use the narrowest accurate information available.
- Compare all displayed identifiers when several people share a name. Do not assume the first result is correct.
- Open the matching custody record and read the listed status, agency, facility, and identifier fields.
- For a newly arrested person who is absent, check WFPSO’s live roster and booking page, then call the detention center.
The official Louisiana person-search screen is captured below.
The VINELink search screen appears with its standard fields blank.
West Feliciana VINELink Result Fields
A VINELink result names one custody record and its current status. Labels may shift. The vendor interface changes over time, so read each value in context whenever a search returns more than one possible person.
| Result element | What it can establish | What it cannot establish |
|---|---|---|
| Name and identifiers | Whether the record may match the person sought | Identity from a shared name alone |
| Custody status | The status last sent to VINE | Minute-by-minute physical location |
| Facility or agency | The reported custodian or location | The place where the arrest occurred |
| Custody or offender ID | A useful reference for follow-up | A complete court case number |
| Release or transfer event | A custody-system change | A dismissal, acquittal, or conviction |
| Photograph | No photo is promised by the official Louisiana material | A public mugshot source |
For anything after booking, court records are the source. The West Feliciana Clerk of Court and 20th Judicial District Court hold those case files.
Register West Feliciana Custody Alerts
Found the right person? Tap the notification or registration control on that result. Louisiana's official material calls registration confidential. It's free, too. Because the live screen changes, follow its current contact and confirmation prompts rather than an old list of form fields.
- Confirm the selected record belongs to the intended person before registering.
- Choose an offered notice method and enter only contact details controlled by the registrant.
- Create or enter any PIN, account credential, or verification code required by the live screen.
- Review which custody changes are covered, then complete the confirmation step.
- Keep the registration details needed to update or stop notices later.
Alerts cover releases, transfers, and custody changes. That is all they promise. The service is no safety guarantee, so with immediate risk call 911 instead of waiting on a single automated notice. The VINELink landing page shows the current gateway to state searches.
Vendor redirects happen as paths update. The stable landing page stays a solid start.
Confirm West Feliciana Custody Status
A brand-new parish booking may lag while intake data syncs. No result? Turn to the West Feliciana roster. Review the WFPSO Jail Bookings page too. For a current booking or charge question, call the detention center at 225-784-3158. Court dates are another matter, since WFPSO does not release them through the jail; that inquiry belongs with the clerk.
Need the near-current roster in full? The parish's 24 Hour Arrests page explains it and the booking fallbacks in detail. Formal record? WFPSO accepts public-record requests in person, by mail, email, and fax.
Louisiana VINE and Victim Outreach
LA VINE and Louisiana Victim Outreach are separate programs. The state side works differently. The DPS&C victim-services page explains it: eligible registered victims can receive prison-specific notices, including projected release or parole events. Local LA VINE alerts never auto-enroll you.
For a parish arrest, start local. The detention center and LA VINE roster come first. State channels matter only after DPS&C takes custody. The state locator refreshes every 24 hours and searches by location, name, and ID or case number. It also covers probation and parole supervision.
The official DPS&C victim-services explanation spells those enrollment paths out.
Local custody alerts and state-prison victim notices take different enrollment paths.
West Feliciana Custody Boundaries
West Feliciana Parish holds both a parish detention center and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Angola is a state prison. It never appears on the parish booking roster. A DPS&C record alone doesn't prove a fresh arrest in West Feliciana. A parish booking doesn't mean state prison, either.
Federal custody runs through the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. That tool excludes state and local jail records. Immigration custody uses the ICE Online Detainee Locator. DHS VINE is separate as well. Missing from LA VINE doesn't rule those systems out.
- Parish custody
- West Feliciana Parish Detention Center and its LA VINE roster.
- State custody
- Louisiana DPS&C facilities, assignments, probation, or parole.
- Federal custody
- BOP records for federal inmates, searched in a separate locator.
- Immigration custody
- ICE and DHS systems with their own search limits and notices.
Note: Select the locator by custodian, then verify the result with that agency before treating a status as current.
West Feliciana VINE Update Timing
The best timing detail comes from LCLE's roster directory. It says participating parish rosters update every 30 minutes from jail-management data. West Feliciana appears in that directory, though the entry carries a small parish-name typo. A 30-minute cadence beats any unofficial site's refresh label. Still, it describes the system, not a promise about one person's arrest record.
Intake comes first. Identity checks, classification, bond processing, and transfers can all delay the public record. That delay affects what the public sees after an arrest in West Feliciana Parish. The WFPSO dated booking page may follow its own unpublished schedule too. Note the time of each check. A missing result never proves no booking happened.
A VINE notification reports a custody event the network received. Write down the agency and timestamp attached to it. A release or transfer must sometimes be confirmed. Then call the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center directly. Do not rely on the alert alone.
A broken roster link is a technical error, not proof the parish sits out VINE. LCLE lists West Feliciana in its official directory. WFPSO still points to the legacy LAVNS domain. Start over from VINELink's stable landing page. Pick Louisiana, and use the jail phone if the vendor route stays down.
The phone works well for anyone who cannot use the website. Louisiana publishes 866-528-6748, also written 866-LAVNS-4-U, for custody questions and notification sign-up. Have identifying details ready. Listen closely to the recorded status. Note when you called. A later alert may reflect a transfer between custodians. Confirm the named facility before dialing the wrong office.