St. John Parish Jail Roster
The official local jail lookup begins with the St. John Zuercher inmate portal, which is linked from the Sheriff's Office as the parish prison inmate tool. The portal is a dynamic JavaScript app, so the static research could not capture all visible fields or sample profiles. It should still be treated as the sheriff-linked online roster for parish custody searches.
Sheriff Michael "Mike" Tregre leads the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office. The sheriff homepage lists the main office at 1801 West Airline Hwy., LaPlace, LA 70068, phone 985-652-9513, and emergency 911. The Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility is named in the sheriff commissary material as the local correctional facility where inmates use personal funds for commissary purchases.
The Zuercher portal source is the sheriff-linked public inmate roster for St. John the Baptist Parish inmate records.
Use a current browser for the roster because the public page loads roster functions through the portal interface rather than plain static text.
Use the St. John Inmate Roster
The roster is one channel, not the only channel. If a person was released, transferred, moved to state custody, or listed under a different name, LAVNS, VINELink, DPS&C, phone help, or a sheriff records request may be needed. For charges after arrest, use the court charge and criminal case records rather than treating the jail roster as the final outcome.
- Open the St. John Zuercher inmate portal from the sheriff-linked parish prison inmate route.
- Use the browser-rendered roster fields available in the portal, since static field labels were not exposed in the research.
- Review any custody status, booking, release, or location information shown by the portal.
- If no local result appears, check LAVNS/VINELink for custody notifications and statewide transaction data.
- If the person may be in state prison or on probation/parole supervision, use Louisiana DPS&C inmate information.
- Call the sheriff main line or submit a written public-records request when online tools do not answer the custody question.
St. John Inmate Search Fields
The Zuercher jail roster fields were not visible in static official text. The research did document the route and the limits of the static capture, plus LAVNS and DPS&C search details. The table keeps those limits clear while giving the user the fields official sources support.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inmates route | Portal tab/path | N/A | The Zuercher URL uses the `#/inmates` route. |
| Name or inmate fields | Dynamic portal fields | Unspecified | Field labels were not exposed in the static portal shell. |
| Search or reset buttons | Dynamic buttons | Unspecified | Use the rendered browser portal. |
| Location, name, ID, or case number | LAVNS/DPS&C search fields | Varies by system | DPS&C describes search by location, name, and ID or case number. |
| DPS&C number or name/date of birth | Phone locator identifiers | Needed for phone lookup | The DPS&C phone locator requires one of these identifiers. |
St. John Inmate Profile Fields
No sample St. John inmate profile could be captured from static official text. The safe field inventory comes from the sheriff LAVNS page and the Louisiana DPS&C inmate information source. Do not assume that mugshots, housing pod, bond, charge code, or court-date fields appear unless the live portal shows them.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Custody status | Whether the person is in custody, released, transferred, escaped, deceased, or otherwise updated when the system reports it. |
| Booking or intake event | Entry into parish custody when that transaction is supplied. |
| Transfer or release event | Movement out of parish custody or release from custody. |
| Location | Parish jail, state facility, or supervision location when available through LAVNS or DPS&C. |
| Name and ID or case number | Identifiers used to search or distinguish similar names. |
| Housing assignment | DPS&C phone locator may provide a housing assignment for state custody when available. |
| Projected release date | DPS&C phone locator may provide this for state custody when applicable. |
St. John LAVNS Notifications
The sheriff's LAVNS page states that St. John Parish is online with LAVNS and supplies booking information to VineLink. LAVNS collects offender transaction data from all 64 parish jail systems, DOC, and the Louisiana District Attorneys Association 24 hours a day. Transactions include intakes, bookings, transfers, releases, escapes, and deaths.
LAVNS is helpful when a family member, victim, or witness needs notice of a custody change instead of a one-time roster snapshot. It can also explain why a person who was booked in St. John the Baptist Parish no longer appears in the local jail roster. A release, transfer, state-custody move, escape, or death transaction may be the event that changed the public custody status.
VINELink is the public notification search site named in the research.
VINELink is useful when a person has moved or when notification, rather than a one-time roster check, is the goal.
The VINELink app portal provides another official route for custody notifications.
For LAVNS assistance tied to St. John Parish, the sheriff research lists 985-652-9513 ext. 8702.
Parish Jail vs State Prison
A St. John the Baptist Parish inmate record can fall out of the parish roster when the person moves to state custody. The Louisiana DPS&C inmate information page says family and friends can search LAVNS, updated every 24 hours, by location, name, and ID or case number. It covers people in state prison and people under probation or parole supervision.
This distinction matters after sentencing. The parish jail lookup is built around local custody and booking activity, while DPS&C information covers imprisoned people and supervision status in the state system. If a case moved from arrest to conviction and sentence, check the court file for the judgment and the state locator for current prison or supervision information.
The DPS&C inmate information source explains state-custody searches and the phone locator.
The DPS&C phone locator is 225-383-4580, and callers need a DPS&C number or name and date of birth for housing assignment, facility address, contact phone, and projected release date when available.
St. John Parish Jail Facility
The official local facility named in the research is Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility. The sheriff commissary page identifies it as the facility where inmates can buy personal items, snacks, and sundries through commissary using personal funds. Official capacity was not located in the sources reviewed, so no capacity number is listed here.
The sheriff homepage also identifies the Sheriff's Office as responsible for jail and correctional facility functions. For custody questions that are not answered by the roster, use the sheriff main line, LAVNS extension, or written public-records process. Avoid relying on a capacity figure or housing-unit detail unless the current sheriff source provides it.
Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility
St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office
1801 West Airline Hwy.
LaPlace, LA 70068
985-652-9513
Local visitation schedule not published in accessible official text; call before travel.
St. John Sheriff App Inmates
The St John Sheriff's Office Mobile App is a parallel official lookup path. The app page names features for sheriff office information, crime mapping, inmates, warrants, written/audio/photo/video tips, and push notifications for crime activity, major traffic incidents, and law-enforcement activity. The app-store URLs were displayed as images in the official page and were not exposed in text during research, so the official app page is the proper link.
The app is especially useful when a mobile alert or app-only sheriff feature answers a question that the static website does not expose.
Use the app before a courthouse or jail trip if the question involves current custody or law-enforcement activity. The 40th JDC courthouse rules restrict electronic devices for non-attorneys inside court facilities unless a judge approves specific equipment in advance, so phone-based checks are best done before arrival.
St. John Jail Visits and Mail
Local sheriff sources reviewed did not publish a full visitation schedule, mail rules, video visit provider, phone provider, or tablet rules for Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility in accessible text. That gap should not be filled with generic jail rules. Call the sheriff main line before arranging a visit or mailing items.
Ask for the current visit schedule, approved visitor process, identification rule, dress rule, mail format, and any vendor rules before sending money or property. If the person has moved to state custody, local jail instructions may no longer apply. DPS&C facility rules should then be checked through the state custody path.
| Day or Source | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Local parish jail visits | Not located in accessible official text | Confirm with the sheriff at 985-652-9513. |
| Mail rules | Not located in accessible official text | Confirm the current inmate name, CCN, and mailing rule before sending. |
| State DPS&C custody | Facility-specific | DPS&C rules apply only when the person is in state custody. |
State DPS&C visitation rules are not a substitute for local jail rules. They do show that state visits can be limited, visitors may be searched, adults need photo ID, minors need a parent or legal guardian, and electronic devices are prohibited.
St. John Inmate Commissary
Commissary is the best-documented local jail service in the research. The sheriff page says inmates at Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility may buy personal items, snacks, and other sundries from commissary with their own personal funds. A private vendor handles commissary operations, warehousing, delivery, and accounting for inmate funds.
| Method | Where | Requirements | Posting Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lobby kiosk | Intake Booking lobby | Cash only; must know inmate CCN number; accepts all bills. | Posts immediately and is available 24 hours a day. |
| Internet | Forecomm Solutions linked from sheriff page | Must know inmate CCN number; accepts credit or debit cards. | Posts immediately. |
| Money order by mail | Money order only; use correct incarcerated name and CCN number. | May take 1-3 business days after USPS receipt. |
The sheriff commissary source gives the local kiosk, internet, and money-order deposit rules.
Do not send cash through the mail. Cash can only be received at the kiosk in the Lt. Sherman Walker Correctional Facility lobby.
Booking Records and Court Files
Booking information is not the same as the court record. The sheriff documents arrest and custody events, LAVNS supplies custody notifications, and the Clerk of Court keeps the criminal case file once charges move through court. For charges filed after arrest, the court charge path may show the charging instrument, offense label, bond, court date, and disposition. For the full case file, use criminal court records.
When online custody tools do not show the needed record, submit a written sheriff public-records request to Sheriff Mike Tregre, St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office, P.O. Box 1600, LaPlace, LA 70069, or records.request@stjohnsheriff.org. Public access still has limits for sealed, expunged, juvenile, or investigative material.
Louisiana public-records law also separates some law-enforcement records from the public case file. La. R.S. 44:3 limits access to some criminal investigatory records, while initial reports, bookings, summons or citations, and bills of information remain public. Juvenile records are more restricted under Louisiana Children's Code Article 412, so a juvenile custody or FINS matter should not be treated like an adult jail roster entry.
For St. John the Baptist Parish inmate records tied to expungement, the clerk's criminal page points back to sheriff documents. It says expungement forms must be completed before coming to file, clerk staff cannot help fill them out, and sheriff fingerprints plus an arrest report are needed for the local filing package. That makes the sheriff record and court record separate but connected.