Union Parish Jail Mugshots Overview
The official Union Parish Sheriff's Office FAQ answers the booking-photo question directly: arrest booking photos are found on the mobile app. The sheriff's app page at unionsheriff.com/app/ links to the Union Parish Sheriff LA app for Apple and Android. No official public web gallery, daily booking-photo PDF, or web roster with visible mugshots was located in the research source. That means Union Parish jail mugshots should be treated as app-centered unless a custodian provides a record through a public-records process.
Union Parish Detention Center is the local facility connected to these booking records. It is located at 707 Rodeo Circle, Farmerville, LA 71241, and the facility phone listed by DPS&C and local sources is (318) 368-9827. The jail is unusual because UPSO states it does not operate the facility; the Union Parish Detention Center Commission and Union Parish Police Jury are the operating structure. For facility-level custody context, use Union Parish Detention Center. For filed charges after an arrest, use court records after jail arrest rather than treating a booking photo as a court outcome.
Where to Find Union Parish Booking Photos
The first official access point is the Union Parish Sheriff LA mobile app. Apple describes an Inmates feature for current inmates booked at Union Parish Detention Center and alert creation based on name and/or date of birth so users can receive app notifications when someone is booked or released. Google Play lists the app under package id com.ocv.a1557. Both app listings warn that the app is not intended for emergencies and that users should call 911 in an emergency. Because the public web site did not show a current inmate photo gallery, the app is the practical starting point for Union Parish jail mugshots.
- Open the UPSO app page at unionsheriff.com/app/ and choose the Apple or Android store link for Union Parish Sheriff LA.
- Use the Inmates or current-bookings feature to search or browse people booked at Union Parish Detention Center.
- Use the name and date-of-birth alert tools carefully when the goal is custody notification rather than a one-time photo lookup.
- If the photo is not available in the app, request the booking record or photo through UPSO Records instead of using commercial mugshot sites.
UPSO also lists public-records channels at unionsheriff.com/records/. Records requests may be made by USPS mail, email, phone, or in person. UPSO identifies Dy. Holli Finklea as records custodian and lists the records contact as 710 Holder Rd., Attn: Records, Farmerville, LA 71241, phone (318) 608-3017, fax (318) 368-7817, and records@unionsheriff.com. Required request details include the requester's name, contact phone number, date, location, and type of report, such as crash or arrest.
What a Union Parish Booking Photo Shows
A booking photo is an identification image made after arrest or while a person is in custody. The Union Parish research did not locate a public sample profile showing every field, so the inventory below separates known official app functions from items that require a phone call or records request. Avoid filling gaps with assumptions. The absence of a public web roster means angle, number of images, release-date retention, and historical photo access were not confirmed in official Union Parish sources.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking Photo | UPSO FAQ says arrest booking photos are online in the app; the exact angle and number of images were not documented. |
| Name | The app alert function uses name, but exact public display format was not visible in a web sample. |
| Date of Birth | The app can use date of birth for alerts, which helps separate people with similar names. |
| Current Inmate Status | The app advertises current inmates booked at Union Parish Detention Center. |
| Booking / Release Notification | The app can notify users when a person is booked or released. |
| Charges and Bond | UPSO directs callers to UPDC at (318) 368-9827 for bond and charges before bonding. |
Are Union Parish Mugshots Public?
Louisiana treats booking records and booking photographs through several overlapping rules. C.Cr.P. art. 228 requires a booking entry after arrest and says the booking book and summaries are open for public inspection. C.Cr.P. art. 234 defines a booking photograph as a still, nonvideo image generated by a law-enforcement agency for identification after arrest or while a person is in custody. Public access may still be affected by pending investigations, juvenile protections, victim information, expungement, and other exceptions.
Key Statutes:
Louisiana C.Cr.P. art. 228 - requires booking entries and summaries and makes the booking book and summaries open for public inspection.
Louisiana C.Cr.P. art. 234 - defines booking photographs and sets removal rules for remove-for-pay publications after qualifying outcomes.
Louisiana R.S. 44:3 - protects pending investigative or prosecutive records while leaving specific initial records public.
Union Parish Mugshot Retention
The exact Union Parish retention period for app-visible booking photos was not located in official sources. The research did not confirm whether released inmates remain visible, whether prior booking photos can be retrieved by the public, or whether a photo drops from the app immediately after release. Because the official public web site did not provide a photo gallery or daily booking report, current app visibility should not be treated as a complete historical mugshot archive.
What is and isn't public: The official source located for current booking photos is the Union Parish Sheriff LA app, and booking records may also be requested through UPSO Records. A public web gallery, historical photo archive, multiple-angle photo set, and guaranteed release retention period were not found in official Union Parish sources.
Request Union Parish Booking Photos
When a booking photo is not available in the app, use UPSO Records rather than a commercial mugshot site. UPSO accepts records requests by mail, email, phone, and in person. Include the requester's name and phone number, plus the date, location, and report type. For an arrest or booking photo request, include enough identifying detail for the custodian to locate the record, such as the person's full name, approximate booking date, and the Union Parish Detention Center connection when known.
UPSO publishes a five-business-day processing note once all required information is received. The posted fee schedule includes $10 for other reports, $1 per page after five pages, $1 per page for paper photos or copies, and $10 each for CDs or digital media. Release may still depend on Louisiana public-record exceptions, pending investigative or prosecutive status, juvenile or victim protections, and booking-photo law. Public records access is not the same as proof that an image may be reused for screening, harassment, or a commercial purpose.
Mugshot Removal and Sealed Records
Current Louisiana C.Cr.P. art. 234 focuses heavily on remove-for-pay publications. A remove-for-pay publication must remove and destroy a booking photo within seven calendar days when the person requests removal and shows that the criminal charge was acquitted, not prosecuted, expunged, vacated, or pardoned. The publication may not require payment for the removal, and seeking a fee can trigger prosecution under R.S. 14:66. This rule is about remove-for-pay publication behavior, not a promise that every official record disappears from all government systems.
For official criminal records, the relevant route is court disposition and expungement. Louisiana C.Cr.P. art. 971 defines expungement as removal from public access, not destruction, and records may remain available to law-enforcement and criminal justice agencies. The Union Parish Clerk provides expungement information at the Clerk expungements page. For the difference between arrest allegations, formal charges, convictions, and public-access limits, use sealing and expunging an arrest record in the court-record context.
Booking Photos Are Not Court Dispositions
A Union Parish booking photo identifies a person at or after jail intake. It does not prove guilt, and it does not show whether a prosecutor later filed, amended, reduced, dismissed, or declined charges. The Third Judicial District Attorney controls formal prosecution decisions after reviewing arrest and investigation reports. The Union Parish Clerk Criminal Department files formal charges from the 3rd JDA, and the Clerk Connect Union criminal inquiry at clerkconnect.com/criminalinquiry/unioncc is the relevant route for court case lookup.
When a photo and a charge listing appear together, read them as intake information unless the court record confirms the filed case and status. A person can be booked and later not prosecuted, charged differently, acquitted, pardoned, or eligible for expungement. For bond and immediate custody, call UPDC. For formal charges and dispositions, use the court and clerk sources. For booking-photo access, start with the app and UPSO Records.
Federal and State Booking Photos
Federal and state custody systems are separate from Union Parish jail mugshots. The BOP inmate locator at bop.gov/inmateloc covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to present and updates daily, but its public profile fields do not include a mugshot field. The U.S. Marshals Service does not operate a public federal mugshot gallery for ordinary federal detainees. No BOP facility is physically in Union Parish.
Louisiana state custody also has a separate lookup path. DPS&C links public custody lookup through VINELink, and LCLE describes LAVINE as a custody-status and notification system for adult inmates in parish jails and state prisons. No state-operated DPS&C prison is physically in Union Parish, though Union Parish Detention Center houses state/DOC prisoners locally and operates a Transitional Work Program. Federal pretrial custody, ICE custody, state-sentenced custody, and local pretrial custody should not be collapsed into a single mugshot search.