Basile City Release Destinations
Basile City Jail is a municipal jail operated by the Basile Police Department. A completed city release can mean that a person returned to the community after a court-authorized event, but municipal departure can also precede transfer to the parish jail, Louisiana DOC custody, another jurisdiction, or a federal authority. The research found no public Basile city release list that resolves these outcomes. The municipal booking record and the correct court record form the first confirmation pair.
Ask the jail whether the named municipal booking ended, when the person departed, and whether a receiving agency was recorded. If the city says a transfer occurred, move to that agency's locator. Search the EPSO roster only for an actual Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office booking. Search Louisiana DOC when state legal custody is possible. A city release should not be inferred just because the person does not appear on the parish roster.
Verify Basile City Releases
A name alone is not enough. Gather the full legal name, approximate booking date, date of birth if known, and the arresting or booking agency shown on paperwork. Then call the municipal jail. State that the question concerns a Basile Police Department booking rather than an EPSO or ICE detention record. Ask whether that booking was released, transferred, or remains active under another record.
- Confirm that Basile Police Department was the booking agency.
- Call Basile City Jail with the name and approximate booking date.
- Request the release date and time, release authority, and receiving agency if transferred.
- Identify the court from the citation, bond paper, or case document.
- Obtain the court minute or order when the judicial outcome matters.
- Use the receiving agency's locator if city staff confirms a transfer.
The court record and custody record answer different questions. A court minute can show bond, dismissal, time served, or another judicial action. The jail entry supplies the physical release or transfer event. If a name later appears in the EPSO system, keep that parish booking separate from the earlier municipal episode. The Evangeline Parish release search provides the wider routing path when the custodian is uncertain.
If city staff cannot locate the booking at first, check spelling, aliases, the date range, and the agency named on the arrest paperwork. A record may be indexed under a formal name that differs from the name used by family. Do not switch to the South Louisiana ICE facility merely because both are in Basile. Agency identity and the booking number should drive the next call.
Note: Record the date, staff office, and exact words used when a municipal release is confirmed by telephone.
Basile City Release Contacts
The Louisiana DOC parish directory lists Basile City Jail at P.O. Box 308, Basile, Louisiana 70515. Its telephone number is 337-432-5493 and its fax number is 337-432-6622. The research does not provide public lobby hours or identify a separate records-unit line. Call before sending a request or visiting. Ask which office maintains the booking-and-release log and what form or delivery method it accepts.
P.O. Box 308
Basile, LA 70515
Telephone: 337-432-5493
Fax: 337-432-6622
Call for current records and visit instructions
A narrow request is easier to route. Specify the person, an approximate arrest or booking date, the municipal agency, and any case number. Ask for the releasable booking entry, release date and time, release disposition or authority, and receiving agency if the person was transferred. If a requested field is withheld, ask the custodian to identify the legal basis. Do not seek protected medical, juvenile, victim-identifying, sealed, or expunged information without lawful entitlement.
Basile Release Court Records
The court handling the municipal charge supplies the durable judicial history. Identify it from the citation, bond form, charging paper, or case number rather than assuming that every Basile matter appears in one parish portal. Request the docket or minute entry, charging document, disposition, sentencing minute, and any later order showing satisfaction or termination when those records apply. The court action may outlast a short custody record, but it may not show the exact time staff completed release.
The Louisiana Clerks of Court information source shown below can help locate court access, while availability and subscription terms vary by clerk.
The statewide clerks resource helps with routing, but the identified case court remains the authority for the outcome of a specific Basile charge.
Evangeline Parish district criminal matters are handled through the 13th Judicial District Court. The clerk's linked portal requires an account and paid access. It must not be described as an open free docket or assumed to contain every municipal case. Direct clerk or court contact is the safer fallback when the case papers identify that court and online access does not answer the question.
Note: A court dismissal establishes judicial action, while the city release log establishes when physical custody ended.
Basile City and ICE Releases
“Basile jail” can refer to two very different places. Basile City Jail is the municipal facility operated by local police. South Louisiana ICE Processing Center is a federal immigration detention facility in the same community. Their records, operators, locators, and meanings of release are different. Ask for the operating agency and exact facility name before making a call or search.
For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator with an A-number and country of birth or exact biographical facts. An absent result can reflect release, transfer, removal, a delay, an identity mismatch, or another agency's custody. ICE's process is not the Basile municipal booking record. Conversely, Basile City Jail cannot establish the outcome of federal immigration custody.
| Question | Correct source |
|---|---|
| Did the municipal booking end? | Basile City Jail / Basile Police Department |
| What did the city court order? | The court named on the city case papers |
| Is the person in parish custody? | EPSO Current roster and detention staff |
| Is the person in ICE custody? | ICE ODLS, facility, or ERO |
| Is Louisiana state custody active? | Louisiana DOC offender information and locator |
This distinction matters after a handoff. An ICE detainer can ask another agency to give advance notice and maintain custody for up to 48 hours so ICE can assume custody. Leaving a municipal or parish booking may therefore lead straight to ICE rather than home. Confirm both sides of a transfer.
Basile Release and Parish Project
EPSO announced a new-jail construction project at the Ward 1 police-jury yard in 2024. That announcement concerns the parish jail system. It does not state that Basile City Jail moved, changed its release entrance, or became part of the EPSO facility project. No municipal Basile construction claim should be drawn from it.
The parish project can still matter after a documented transfer from Basile City Jail to EPSO because pickup directions and the active parish location should be confirmed directly. It has no role when the person remained solely in city custody. Call the agency holding the relevant booking, name that booking, and ask for the present release or records location before travel.
Read Basile Release Records
A municipal release record is an event record, not a complete case history. Useful fields include the person's identity, municipal booking number, booking time, release time, release authority, and destination or receiving agency. A fuller entry may include bond data, property receipt, or the employee completing the transaction. The court record supplies the final judicial disposition. A later EPSO, DOC, or ICE record supplies continuing custody in that system.
- Bond release
- Departure after court bond conditions are met. The case is not thereby dismissed.
- Time served
- Completion of the custodial term calculated for that case, subject to other holds.
- Transfer
- Movement to a new custodian without return to the community.
- Discharge
- End of a stated custody or supervision obligation, which must be read in the source's exact context.
When sources differ, preserve their terms. Do not convert “not found” into “released,” or a municipal release into dismissal. Pair the city transaction with the court result, and check a receiving system when the record shows a handoff. That method keeps Basile City Jail distinct from the parish and federal facilities serving Evangeline Parish.
For a past event, ask whether the city can supply the result in writing. A written release or transfer entry is easier to pair with a court minute than a general telephone recollection. Keep the request limited to the identified booking. If the custodian redirects it, note the office and delivery method before resubmitting.