St. Charles Parish Jail Mugshots Overview
The documented public source for St. Charles Parish booking photos is the Zuercher roster linked from the sheriff's Jail Roster page. The public roster at stcharles-so-la.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates displays current Nelson Coleman Correctional Center rows and can show a mugshot column when an image is available. Nelson Coleman is operated by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Gregory C. "Greg" Champagne.
No separate sheriff mugshot gallery, daily booking-photo gallery, or downloadable photo feed was found in the official sources reviewed. The sheriff's Arrest Reports page says booking information is public record and that requests for booking information on St. Charles arrests are available through the Correctional Center. Copies of a booking photo that are not visible online should be handled through the jail or the sheriff's records process rather than through third-party photo sites.
For broader custody context, the St. Charles Parish inmate records page explains how the same roster can include local bookings and other-agency holds, including DOC, USMS, BOP, ICE, FBI, and fugitive entries. A person housed for another agency may still have a parish roster photo while physically at Nelson Coleman, but federal and immigration locators are not mugshot galleries.
How to Find or Request a St. Charles Parish Booking Photo
Start with the roster if the person may be in current custody. If the photo is missing, the person has been released, or the roster is unavailable, move to the jail phone line and then the sheriff public-records channel.
- Open the public Zuercher roster at https://stcharles-so-la.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates.
- Search by name first. Add race, sex, arrest date, or held-for agency only if needed to narrow common names.
- Review the current roster row. If a mugshot is available, it appears in the roster's Mugshot column beside the identity and custody fields.
- If the person is not listed or the photo is not shown, call Nelson Coleman Correctional Center at (985) 783-1164 for booking-information access.
- For a copy request, use the sheriff public-records process by mail or in person through Public Records and Legal Affairs.
- Ask for the specific booking photo or booking-information summary and include the person's full name, approximate arrest date, and any known charge or agency hold.
- Confirm the current fee before requesting copies. The sheriff records page lists photos at $10.
Do not use a commercial mugshot-publishing site as the official source for St. Charles Parish jail photos. The sheriff roster, jail phone line, and public-records request process are the documented access channels.
Roster Sample-Record Field Inventory
The St. Charles roster sample rows inspected on June 16, 2026 returned public custody fields in the roster table. The photo is one field in a larger custody record; the surrounding data helps distinguish a local booking from a DOC, USMS, ICE, or other-agency hold.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Base64 JPEG booking image in the public row when available; if absent, the template uses a generic user icon. The captured public view did not show a separate image download URL. |
| Name | Last, first, middle or suffix format, matching the roster identity row. |
| Race | Plain-language race value such as Black or African American, White, Not Specified, or another roster option. |
| Sex | Male, Female, Unknown, or Not Specified. |
| Age | The DOB column is configured as age. The public row is not a full date-of-birth display. |
| Arrest Date | Displayed when populated; some USMS-related samples had no public arrest date. |
| Release Date | Blank for many current custody rows; supported by the roster template. |
| Cell Block | Field exists in the template and dropdown model, but sample rows returned it blank. |
| Held For Agency | Field exists, but inspected samples often placed the agency in hold reasons instead. |
| Hold Reasons | Can show "Housed for" agency text, arrest date, bond type, amount, no-bond status, DOC custody, or United States Marshal Service housing. |
Roster Photo Screenshot
The public roster source at stcharles-so-la.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates is the matching manifest image for the mugshot page because it shows the roster interface used to search current Nelson Coleman records.
The screenshot should be read as an interface example, not a promise that every row will display every field. Public samples showed that blank fields can occur even when custody exists, and the roster can place agency or bond context inside hold reasons.
Are St. Charles Parish Jail Mugshots Public Record?
Louisiana treats booking information differently from an unrestricted photo archive. Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure art. 228 makes the booking book and booking information summaries open for public inspection. The sheriff's arrest-report page applies that principle locally by stating that booking information is public record and available through the Correctional Center. Booking photographs are addressed separately by Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure art. 234.
Key Statutes:
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure art. 228 covers booking records and public inspection of booking information summaries.
Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure art. 234 defines booking photographs and now focuses on remove-for-pay publication removal and destruction rules after qualifying case outcomes.
The important nuance is the 2024 change. Earlier Louisiana changes, including Act 494 of 2022, limited law-enforcement release of booking photos before conviction except for listed circumstances. Act 281 of 2024 is described in official amendment history as repealing prohibitions that limited release of booking photographs by law-enforcement officers and agencies. The current official art. 234 page no longer contains the earlier broad preconviction law-enforcement release prohibition. It keeps rules aimed at remove-for-pay publications and websites, including removal and destruction after acquittal, non-prosecution, expungement, vacatur, or pardon when evidence is submitted.
How Long a Mugshot Stays on the Roster
The research did not locate a St. Charles Parish rule that promises a fixed public display period for a mugshot after release. The Zuercher configuration was set for current inmates, and release-date fields existed in the template, but the documented public route is a current-custody roster. If a person is released, transferred, or removed from the public current-inmate view, the photo may no longer be visible even though a booking record may still exist with the sheriff or court-related offices.
What is and is not public: The public roster may show a current booking photo, name, race, sex, age, arrest date, release date if any, and hold reasons. It does not publish juvenile rows generally, a full criminal history, investigative reports, confidential-source material, sexual-offense victim identifiers, or pending prosecution work product. Older or non-roster photo copies must be requested through the jail or records office and may be subject to fees and exemptions.
Requesting a Booking Photo From the Sheriff
When a photo is not on the current roster, use the sheriff's documented records path. The public-records page directs written requests by mail to Captain Maurice Bostick, St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office, P.O. Box 426, Hahnville, LA 70057. It also accepts in-person requests to Captain Maurice Bostick or Administrative Assistant Rhonda Walker at 260 Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway, Luling, LA 70070. Public Records and Legal Affairs hours are listed as Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The records page states that a request is not deemed received if sent by methods other than those listed, so do not assume email or a parish government web form reaches the sheriff for jail booking photos. Include a narrow description such as the person's full name, arrest date or approximate date, and that the request is for a booking photograph or booking information from Nelson Coleman Correctional Center. The sheriff records fee schedule lists photos at $10. Documents are listed at $1 per page, audio/video at $1 per minute plus $10 per computer disk, and certified-mail postage varies by quantity.
The St. Charles Parish government public-records page routes sheriff and police records back to the Sheriff's Office rather than the parish JustFOIA portal. Court and vital records are routed to the Clerk of Court, so use the correct office for the record type. For filed charges, court dates, disposition, dismissal, or expungement context, use the court records after jail arrest page rather than relying on a booking photo.
Mugshot Removal, Expungement, and Article 234
Article 234 is most useful when a booking photo appears on a remove-for-pay publication or website after a favorable case outcome. The current statute requires that kind of publisher to remove and destroy a booking photograph within seven calendar days when the person submits evidence that the person was acquitted, was not prosecuted, or had the charge expunged, vacated, or pardoned. The statute also bars charging a fee for removal and allows legal consequences when the site does not comply.
That removal rule is not the same as erasing every government record. An expungement or qualifying court order may limit public access to court or law-enforcement records, but the correct route is the court and agency process, not a payment to a photo-reposting site. Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure art. 989 supplies expungement motion language in the broader Louisiana expungement framework. For St. Charles Parish, court-record outcomes flow through the 29th Judicial District Court, Clerk of Court, and District Attorney, while jail booking records originate with the sheriff.
State, Federal, ICE, and App Photo Limits
State, federal, and immigration systems do not mirror the St. Charles roster. Louisiana DPS&C points imprisoned-person searches to Louisiana VINELink and the DPS&C phone locator at (225) 383-4580. VINE is a custody-status and notification system, not a local booking-photo gallery. A person sentenced to DPS&C custody may still appear at Nelson Coleman if locally housed, but a transferred state prisoner should be searched through VINE/DPS&C.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator searches federal inmates from 1982 to present and returns fields such as name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. It does not operate as a parish mugshot gallery. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is for current ICE custody and uses A-number or name, country of birth, and date-of-birth search paths. It is not the source for ordinary St. Charles Parish booking photos unless ICE custody is involved.
The public St. Charles Parish Sheriff's mobile app page says the free app provides arrests, reported crimes, crime mapping, tips, emergency alerts, and mobile-format website access. The Apple listing is St. Charles Parish Sheriff on the App Store, and the Android listing is com.ocv.stcharlesparishla on Google Play. Research did not verify that the public app has an app-only inmate roster or mugshot search, so the documented photo source remains the Zuercher roster and the records-request fallback.