Search Orleans County, LA Inmate Records

Orleans County, LA jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Orleans County holds 1 jails with a total of 272,636 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Orleans County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Orleans County Quick Facts

2,022
Orleans County Population Total
177,568 / 381 / 676
Female Population, Rate & Count
161,386 / 3,482 / 5,619
Male Population, Rate & Count
$37,146
Median Income
8,996.2
Arrest Rate
699.3
Local Jail Rate
1,914
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
2,022
Population Total Confined
454
Pretrial Rate
14,346
Admit Rate
39,266
Admit Count
272,636
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

Violent Crime Total
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
Revised Rape
Legacy Rape
Robbery
Aggravated Assault
Property Crime Total
Burglary
Larceny Theft
Motor Vehicle Theft
Arson

Orleans County Jail Demographics

The county has 389,738 people confined with a jail population density of 1,616 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 142,369 women and 130,267 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 494,294
2006 230,172
2007 268,751
2008 301,842
2009 327,803
2010 347,987
2011 360,877
2012 370,167
2013 379,006
2014 384,320
2015 389,738

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 161,386 177,568
2006 82,315 82,204
2007 94,346 96,506
2008 104,976 109,094
2009 114,311 119,215
2010 121,371 127,300
2011 124,592 132,757
2012 126,680 135,988
2013 129,114 139,236
2014 130,260 140,817
2015 130,267 142,369

A Timeline of Orleans County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 3,482 381
2006 2,034 272
2007 2,409 262
2008 2,033 216
2009 2,732 294
2010 2,660 218
2011 2,426 162
2012 2,052 163
2013 1,557 131
2014 1,563 141
2015 1,199 167

Orleans County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

23.34 %
White
40.38 %
Black
3.94 %
Latino
0.20 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 8,996 and a local jail rate of 699 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 454 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 14,346, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 29,644 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

14,346
Admit Rate
699
Local Jail Rate
454
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Orleans is 1,914 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 5,696 imprisonments a day.

Orleans County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 1,680
2006 870
2007 1,332
2008 1,152
2009 1,141
2010 1,381
2011 1,242
2012 1,139
2013 887
2014 825
2015 699

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 29,644 856
2006 36,036 958
2007 35,326 1,010
2008 30,788 919
2009 37,467 1,046
2010 21,157 876
2011 14,386 661
2012 16,477 586
2013 11,388 615
2014 10,291 487
2015 14,346 454

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 5,696
2006 1,431
2007 2,542
2008 2,466
2009 2,664
2010 3,434
2011 3,196
2012 2,993
2013 2,381
2014 2,238
2015 1,914