St. Tammany Parish Jail Roster
The official local custody path is the STPSO inmate roster. Research found that the roster endpoint is official but blocked automated inspection through Cloudflare, so the page should not promise exact fields that were not verified in a normal browser session. The roster is still the correct first place to check for people booked into St. Tammany Parish jail custody.
For custody records not shown on the roster, STPSO provides a jail or prison phone line at 985-898-2320 and a written public-record request route through GovQA. State-sentenced people may move to Louisiana Department of Corrections custody, and federal prisoners are not tracked by the parish jail roster. Booking records can also lead to court charges later, but the full case outcome belongs in the court file, not the jail profile.
The manifest image from the STPSO jail visitation page reflects the sheriff's official jail access rules for St. Tammany Parish inmate records.
Use the roster for custody status, then use court records when charges, pleas, or disposition must be confirmed.
Use St. Tammany Parish Inmate Search
A practical St. Tammany Parish inmate search checks the local roster first, then uses phone or statewide sources when the person is not listed. The absence of a roster hit does not prove release. It can mean the person was transferred, the name was entered differently, the person is in state or federal custody, or the roster is temporarily unavailable.
- Open the official STPSO inmate roster in a standard browser session.
- Search by name if the roster exposes a name field, and compare spelling, initials, and date of birth when shown.
- Open the inmate profile only if the result clearly matches the person.
- Check booking date, charge summary, bond, and custody status if the profile displays those fields.
- Call the jail or use the STPSO public-record request route if the roster is blocked, incomplete, or unclear.
- Use VINELink, Louisiana DOC, or BOP when the person may be outside parish jail custody.
St. Tammany Parish Roster Fields
The official roster could not be fully captured during research, so the search-field table preserves what was verified and marks the rest as requiring manual confirmation. That is safer than inventing search controls. The same rule applies to fields such as housing, court date, and release date unless they are visible in a live profile.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name or inmate search field | Text | Unspecified | Official endpoint blocked automated inspection; verify field labels in browser. |
| Search | Button | Unspecified | Runs roster search if the public interface loads normally. |
| Result profile | Record detail | Not applicable | Expected custody fields require manual browser confirmation. |
What St. Tammany Parish Inmate Records Show
A St. Tammany Parish inmate profile is a custody snapshot. It may help confirm booking status, but it should not be treated as a final court record. The District Attorney reviews or prosecutes charges, and the Clerk Criminal Department maintains filed criminal, traffic, non-support, and juvenile case records once the case reaches court.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Manual verification required; do not assume display unless the live roster shows it. |
| Name | The listed person in sheriff custody or recent booking records. |
| Booking number, date, or time | May identify when the person entered parish jail custody. |
| Charges | Booking or held charges, not always the final charges filed in court. |
| Bond amount or type | May show release terms if public and current. |
| Housing or bed location | Unknown from research; do not invent unit or pod details. |
| Court date | May require re:SearchLA, the Clerk, or the court calendar. |
| Release status | May need phone confirmation if not visible or recently changed. |
St. Tammany Parish Jail Contacts
The research identifies STPSO as the sheriff and jail contact source. It does not provide a separate verified capacity table for multiple jail buildings, so the page uses official contact cards rather than inventing facility counts or bed totals. The same Justice Center address also appears across sheriff and court resources.
STPSO contact routing is useful because inmate status can change faster than a public page refreshes. The Sheriff's Office lists non-emergency dispatch numbers, the jail or prison phone line, the direct warrant line, tickets and fines, Commissioner Burke, Probation and Parole, TouchPay, and related contacts on its public resources page. Those numbers serve different purposes. The jail line is the better fit for custody questions, the warrant line is for active warrant status, and the Clerk Criminal Department is for filed case records after charges reach court.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office
701 N Columbia Street
Covington, LA 70433
985-809-8200
Jail or prison line: 985-898-2320
Clerk Criminal Department
701 N Columbia Street
Covington, LA 70433
985-809-8700
For filed criminal, traffic, juvenile, and non-support case records.
Slidell Annex Office
520 Old Spanish Trail, 5th Floor
Slidell, LA 70458
985-643-6969
Weekdays 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Booking and Court Charges
An arrest in St. Tammany Parish may appear first as a sheriff booking record. That record can show custody status, booking information, charges, and bond if those fields are public. It does not prove a conviction. Formal charges may later be reviewed or prosecuted by the District Attorney, then maintained by the Clerk Criminal Department when a court case is filed.
Specialty programs such as Court Intervention Services, Drug Court, Sobriety Court, Veterans Court, and Re-Entry Court can affect what happens after arrest and charging. They do not replace the court file. For disposition, plea, sentence, or expungement status, use the criminal case record rather than only the inmate roster. St. Tammany Parish inmate records answer custody questions; St. Tammany Parish criminal court records answer filed case questions.
St. Tammany Parish Visitation Rules
STPSO states that the jail currently does not conduct contact or non-contact visits. It conducts on-site video visits, remote video visits, and professional visits. Video visits other than professional visits are recorded and monitored. The official page also lists dress, search, prohibited item, cancellation, device, and conduct rules.
The visit rules are strict enough to affect anyone using an inmate record to plan contact. Visitors can be denied for clothing that resembles inmate or correctional officer clothing, exposed underwear, low-cut clothing, spandex or Lycra athletic pants, gang or club insignia, obscene images, hats other than approved religious or medical headwear, and improper footwear. Cell phones, tablets, recording devices, weapons, chemical spray, and more than three diapers are listed as prohibited items. Visitors are subject to search by correctional personnel.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Length or Limits | Scheduling Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-site video | Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-11 a.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. | 15 minutes; maximum two per week | Schedule 48 hours ahead, up to two weeks ahead; cancel 24 hours ahead. |
| Remote video | Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m.; 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.; 6 p.m.-9:30 p.m. | 15 minutes; remote visits unlimited if scheduling permits | Primary visitor must remain on camera. |
| Professional | Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. | Two clients per appointment per hour | Request on letterhead by email; telephone requests are no longer received. |
| Weekend or after-hour attorney | Allowed for offenders with court in the upcoming week | Documentation required | No offender seen before 8 a.m. or after 4 p.m. except trial-related requests. |
Professional visit requests have their own record trail. STPSO requires the request on office letterhead, with the attorney or representative name, supervising attorney bar number, offender name and bed number if available, exact requested date and time, reason for the visit, estimated time needed, agency credentials for non-attorney professionals, and a confirmation contact. Telephone requests are no longer received.
Note: Professional visit requests use visitrequest@stpso.com, while Zoom court requests use videocourt@stpso.com.
Louisiana and Federal Inmate Search
When a person is not in the St. Tammany Parish jail roster, the next search depends on custody type. Louisiana VINELink is a custody notification source. The Louisiana DOC offender locator is for state-prison custody, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is for federal custody. These are separate from STPSO records.
Custody transfers are a common reason a local search fails. A person booked by STPSO may later post bond, be released, move to state custody after sentencing, be held on a probation or parole issue, or be transferred on a federal matter. The record path follows that custody change. STPSO remains the local booking and jail source, VINELink can help with custody notifications, Louisiana DOC covers state imprisonment, and BOP covers federal imprisonment. Court dates and disposition still require court records.
The manifest image from Louisiana VINELink shows the statewide notification path used when local jail roster information is not enough.
VINELink should be used as a notification and custody-status aid, not as the official court case record.
The manifest source for the Federal BOP inmate locator applies when the person may be in federal custody instead of St. Tammany Parish custody.
Federal locator results should be matched with federal court records, not parish jail booking assumptions.
St. Tammany Parish Inmate Funds
STPSO links GTL online pay for inmate deposits and lists TouchPay at 1-866-232-1899 with facility locator number 270433. Deposit fees, limits, and pricing are vendor controlled, and the research does not provide official dollar amounts. Do not treat a deposit account as proof of release eligibility or bond payment.
Money channels should be separated from court-cost and bond questions. A commissary or inmate-account deposit supports jail account use. A bond question may require the jail, court, bondsman, or Clerk depending on the case. A traffic fine or court fine uses the STPSO tickets and fines channel or court payment instructions. Mixing these channels can delay release planning or send payment to the wrong place.
The manifest source for GTL inmate deposits shows the account-payment channel used for St. Tammany Parish inmate funds.
Use GTL or TouchPay only for inmate account deposits unless the official court or sheriff payment instructions say otherwise.