This website is a private reference guide, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, pull official booking records, or change a jail or court record. Use the official contacts below for those requests.
Where to Look for Official Help
For current jail custody, start with the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. For written sheriff records, use the public-records email or mailing address. Court filings and criminal case records are handled separately by the Lincoln Parish Clerk of Court, and prosecutions are handled by the Third Judicial District Attorney.
Lincoln Parish Detention Center170 Road Camp Road
Ruston, LA 71270
Jail phone: (318) 255-4440 Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Stephen Williams
Public Safety Complex
161 Road Camp Road
Ruston, LA 71270
Non-emergency: (318) 251-5111 Sheriff Records Requests
Email: records@lpsheriff.org
Mail: Records Request, P.O. Box 2070, Ruston, LA 71273 Lincoln Parish Clerk of Court
100 West Texas Avenue
Ruston, LA 71270
Phone: (318) 251-5130 Third Judicial District Attorney
100 West Texas Ave., 2nd Floor
Ruston, LA 71270
Phone: (318) 513-6350
Official pages reviewed for this project did not publish general jail lobby hours or a fixed records-office processing schedule. Confirm timing before visiting, mailing payment, or relying on same-day service.
- For someone held at the parish jail, use jail inmate records and the Lincoln Parish Detention Center phone line.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and Louisiana booking-photo rules under La. C.Cr.P. art. 234.
- For charges filed after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Clerk Connect, or the clerk's criminal department.
- For facility details, use the Lincoln Parish Detention Center page listed in the footer.
- For sentenced Louisiana prisoners or custody notifications, use Louisiana DPS&C resources and LAVINE/VINELink.
- For federal prisoners or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.