This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail services, or pull official booking records. Use the official Franklin Parish contacts below for those requests.
Official Franklin Parish Contacts
For current custody, start with Franklin Parish Detention Center or the Franklin Parish Jail LAVNS roster. For arrest reports, criminal records checks, court records, or court-date questions after release, use the specific office that holds that record.
Franklin Parish Detention Center
388 Natures Acres Road
Winnsboro, LA 71295
Phone: (318) 435-8229
Email: jail@franklinsheriff.net
Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office
6556 Main Street
Winnsboro, LA 71295
Phone: (318) 435-4505
Email: info@franklinsheriff.net
Sheriff's Records Division
Records checks and arrest-report questions route to the Records Division at (318) 435-9735. A written or in-person records check should include the person's full name, date of birth, Social Security number, a copy of photo identification, and the reason for the request.
Franklin Parish Clerk of Court
Anita Wygal, Clerk of Court
6550 Main Street
P.O. Box 1564
Winnsboro, LA 71295
Phone: 318-435-5133
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Fifth Judicial District Attorney
Penny Douciere, District Attorney
6568 Main St., 2nd Floor
Winnsboro, LA 71295
Phone: (318) 435-3386
Use this office for court-date questions after release when directed by the sheriff's office.
Choose the route that matches the question:
- For someone in the parish jail, use the jail inmate records page, the Franklin Parish Jail LAVNS roster at franklin.lavns.org, or call the detention center.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots and contact the sheriff's records staff if a public record request is needed.
- For charges filed after an arrest, start with court records after a jail arrest, then contact the Clerk of Court or District Attorney as appropriate.
- For the local facility page, use Franklin Parish Detention Center.
- For a sentenced Louisiana prisoner, search VINELink for Louisiana or call the DPS&C phone locator at (225) 383-4580.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator; for immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.