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Alabama Jails & Prisons
Every jail, prison and detention facility in Alabama — addresses, phone numbers, visiting rules, and the official inmate search for each one.
Alabama has 14 state prisons operated by Alabama Department of Corrections, plus 74 county and local jails. This directory lists 35 because it still carries institutions the agency is closing. How we count.
- ArrestedTaken to the county jail for the county where the arrest happened — not where they live.
- County jailHeld here while the case runs. 74 local jail facilities in Alabama. Bail is set and posted here.
- Court and sentencingMost people leave from here. Only a sentence to state time moves someone into the prison system.
- Released, fined, or a county sentence — the path ends here for most people
- Reception centreWeeks, not days. They are scored, assessed and assigned. Expect little contact during this stage — this is the part families are least warned about.
- InstitutionPlaced at one of 14 institutions, at a security level set by their score — not by the worst thing the prison is allowed to hold.
- Release and supervisionThey report to a parole or probation office, which is rarely the city they were held in.
Browse Alabama records by system.
Jails, state prisons, federal facilities, and ICE detention are run by different agencies under different rules. These groups are how we file the records — not official counts of what the state operates.
What do you need to do in Alabama?
Each link goes to the agency that actually handles it. Individual facilities can still add their own rules, so confirm with the one holding the person.
All Alabama facility records.
Open a group to see its records. Type in the box to narrow the list by facility, city, or county.
State prisons in Alabama35 records
Federal facilities in Alabama4 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| FCI Aliceville | Aliceville | Pickens |
| FCI Talladega | Talladega | Talladega |
| FPC Montgomery | Montgomery | Montgomery |
| Rrm Montgomery | Montgomery | Montgomery |
County and city jails in Alabama74 records
Juvenile facilities in Alabama15 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Department Of Youth Services - Autauga | Prattville | Autauga |
| Alabama Department Of Youth Services - Mt. Meigs | Montgomery | Montgomery |
| Baldwin County Regional Juvenile Detention Center | Bay Minette | Baldwin |
| Coosa Valley Youth Services | Anniston | Calhoun |
| Coosa Valley Youth Services - Attention Home | Anniston | Calhoun |
| Department Of Youth Services-Chalkville Campus | Pinson | Jefferson |
| Department Of Youth Services-Vacca Campus | Birmingham | Jefferson |
| Eufaula Youth Center | Clayton | Barbour |
| James T. Strickland Youth Center | Mobile | Mobile |
| Jefferson County Youth Detention Center | Birmingham | Jefferson |
| Lee County Youth Development Center | Opelika | Lee |
| Montgomery County Youth Facility | Montgomery | Montgomery |
| Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center | Columbiana | Shelby |
| Tennessee Valley Juvenile Detention Center | Tuscumbia | Colbert |
| Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Detention Center | Tuscaloosa | Tuscaloosa |
Community corrections and work release in Alabama3 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| Houston County Work Release Facility | Dothan | Houston |
| Lauderdale County Work Release Center | Florence | Lauderdale |
| Mobile County Community Corrections Center | Mobile | Mobile |
Other facilities in Alabama32 records
Where in Alabama?
Most people know the county or the city, not the name of the facility. Start there. Bail is set and posted at the county jail, so the county page is also where the sheriff, the custody search and the court contacts live.
65 counties in Alabama with facility records
- Jefferson County 10
- Montgomery County 10
- Elmore County 7
- Baldwin County 6
- Calhoun County 6
- Shelby County 6
- Barbour County 5
- Marshall County 5
- Mobile County 5
- Escambia County 4
- Madison County 4
- Talladega County 4
- Walker County 4
- Bullock County 3
- Colbert County 3
- Franklin County 3
- Houston County 3
- Marion County 3
- Morgan County 3
- Pickens County 3
- St. Clair County 3
- Tuscaloosa County 3
- Autauga County 2
- Bibb County 2
- Coffee County 2
- Coosa County 2
- Dale County 2
- Lauderdale County 2
- Lee County 2
- Limestone County 2
- Macon County 2
- Perry County 2
- Pike County 2
- Wilcox County 2
- Blount County 1
- Butler County 1
- Chambers County 1
- Cherokee County 1
- Chilton County 1
- Clarke County 1
- Clay County 1
- Cleburne County 1
- Conecuh County 1
- Covington County 1
- Cullman County 1
- Dallas County 1
- Dekalb County 1
- Etowah County 1
- Fayette County 1
- Geneva County 1
- Greene County 1
- Hale County 1
- Henry County 1
- Jackson County 1
- Lamar County 1
- Lawrence County 1
- Lowndes County 1
- Marengo County 1
- Monroe County 1
- Randolph County 1
- Russell County 1
- Sumter County 1
- Tallapoosa County 1
- Washington County 1
- Winston County 1
106 cities in Alabama with facility records
- Montgomery 10
- Birmingham 5
- Anniston 4
- Atmore 4
- Huntsville 4
- Clayton 3
- Columbiana 3
- Decatur 3
- Dothan 3
- Elmore 3
- Hamilton 3
- Mobile 3
- Talladega 3
- Tuscaloosa 3
- Tuscumbia 3
- Union Springs 3
- Wetumpka 3
- Albertville 2
- Aliceville 2
- Bay Minette 2
- Bessemer 2
- Brent 2
- Camden 2
- Florence 2
- Greensboro 2
- Marion 2
- Opelika 2
- Prattville 2
- Russellville 2
- Troy 2
- Tuskegee 2
- Abbeville 1
- Alabaster 1
- Alex City 1
- Alpine 1
- Andalusia 1
- Arab 1
- Ashland 1
- Ashville 1
- Athens 1
- Boaz 1
- Brewton 1
- Butler 1
- Carbon Hill 1
- Carrollton 1
- Centre 1
- Chatom 1
- Chickasaw 1
- Clanton 1
- Clio 1
- Cullman 1
- Dadeville 1
- Daleville 1
- Daphne 1
- Deatsville 1
- Double Springs 1
- Elba 1
- Eufaula 1
- Eutaw 1
- Evergreen 1
- Fayette 1
- Fort Payne 1
- Gadsden 1
- Geneva 1
- Greenville 1
- Grove Hill 1
- Guntersville 1
- Harvest 1
- Hayneville 1
- Heflin 1
- Helena 1
- Hoover 1
- Jacksonville 1
- Jasper 1
- Kimberly 1
- Lafayette 1
- Linden 1
- Livingston 1
- Loxley 1
- Luverne 1
- Madison 1
- Monroeville 1
- Moulton 1
- New Brockton 1
- Oneonta 1
- Oxford 1
- Ozark 1
- Parrish 1
- Pell City 1
- Perdido 1
- Phenix City 1
- Pinson 1
- Pritchard 1
- Red Bay 1
- Robertsdale 1
- Rockford 1
- Scottsboro 1
- Selma 1
- Springville 1
- Sumiton 1
- Tallassee 1
- Tarrant 1
- Trussville 1
- Uniontown 1
- Vernon 1
- Wedowee 1
8 closed facilities in Alabama
These have shut. Nobody is held at any of them. They are listed because the names stay in people’s records, letters and memories long after the doors close, and because a directory that simply omits them looks broken to the person searching.
8 more, closing date not yet confirmed
- ATMORE COMMUNITY WORK CENTER Atmore
- CHOCTAW COUNTY JAIL Butler
- CRENSHAW COUNTY JAIL Luverne
- DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES-CHALKVILLE CAMPUS Pinson
- DRAPER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Elmore
- FARQUHAR CATTLE RANCH Greensboro
- PERRY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER Uniontown
- SEQUEL TSI MADISON Madison
Parole and probation
Alabama parole offices — where someone reports after release, which is rarely the city they were held in.