The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections runs the search for people in Louisiana state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
- Official search
- VINELink (Louisiana)
How to search the Louisiana DOC inmate list
The department's website links to VINELink for custody information. Use VINELink (Louisiana) to see whether someone is in custody and where.
VINELink is a victim notification service, not the department's own records system. It shows custody status and lets you sign up for a call, text or email when that status changes. Read how VINE works.
Louisiana state prisons we list
We do not copy the Louisiana prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our Louisiana directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Allen Correctional Center State prison in Kinder
- B B Rayburn Correctional Center State prison in Angie
- David Wade Correctional Center State prison in Homer
- Dixon Correctional Institute State prison in Jackson
- Elayn Hunt Correctional Center State prison in St. Gabriel
- Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women State prison in Baker
- Louisiana State Penitentiary State prison in Angola
- Raymond Laborde Correctional Center State prison in Cottonport
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections holds people serving state prison sentences. Someone arrested in the last few days is almost always in a county jail instead, and will not show up in the state prison search yet. For a recent arrest, start with the county: open our Louisiana page and pick the county where the arrest happened.
People sentenced for federal crimes are held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which has its own search. See federal inmate search (BOP).
After you find them
- Visits: most prisons require you to be on the person's approved visitor list first. How visiting works.
- Money: how to send money and how commissary works.
- Mail and calls: sending mail, phone calls and video visits.
- Release and transfer alerts: VINE notifications.
Questions
Someone was just arrested in Louisiana. Will they be in the Louisiana DOC search?
Usually not. People who were just arrested are held in a county jail first. They are moved to a state prison only after a sentence to state prison. Check the county jail where the arrest happened.
Is searchinmates.org part of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections or any government agency. The department's own search is the source of record.
Sources
We opened each of these pages on October 14, 2026. Rules and numbers change, so check the source before you act.
- Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections website, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. How the search works and what it covers.
- Correctional Institutions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. How jails (run locally) differ from prisons (run by a state or the federal government).
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