Use this page to conduct an Alabama inmate search. The resources below provide information on how to conduct an Alabama inmate search of jails, an Alabama inmate search of state prisons, and an Alabama inmate search of federal prisons.

Alabama Inmate Search

There is a minimum of one jail in each county in Alabama. To conduct an Alabama inmate search, please choose a county from the list below.

Alabama State Prisons / Alabama Inmate Search

Overview

The Alabama Department of Corrections oversees Alabama State Prisons and is headquartered at the RSA Criminal Justice Center (CJC) which also houses the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA). As of 2020, Alabama had the 12th highest incarceration rate per 100,000 population in the U.S. and housed 19,323 inmates as of December 2021. It is possible to locate a state prison inmate by conducting an Alabama inmate search. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of prisons in the state, click here.

The ADOC is led by a commissioner appointed by Alabama’s governor. The ADOC  has 15 adult correctional facilities, ten work release centers, and one community work center. There are two additional facilities being built in Alabama by CoreCivic. These will be the first two private prisons in the state of Alabama. The ADOC employs 3,300 correctional personnel and support staff and has an annual budget of around $600 million. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of prisons in the state, click here.

Alabama Correctional Industries / Alabama Inmate Search

ADOC also oversees Alabama Correctional Industries. Alabama Correctional Industries is a work training program for inmates that provides goods and services to state, county, and city governmental and educational organizations without competitive bidding. Alabama Correctional Industries Manufacturing Programs include Draper Furniture Plant, Kilby Print Plant, and Holman Auto Tag Plant. Products and services include items such as printing services, custom millwork, filing and storage solutions, fleet services, furniture restoration, office relocation services, and modular office systems. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of prisons in the state, click here.

Alabama Department of Corrections Goals and Statistics / Alabama Inmate Search

The goal of the ADOC is to impact lives for a safer Alabama. The ADOC provides dedicated professionals who secure the safety of the public by confining, rehabilitating, and facilitating the successful re-entry of criminal offenders in the state of Alabama. The Department of Corrections Pre Release and Reentry Program supports EOS inmates, probationers, and parole candidates through assistance, guidance, and education to help provide successful reintegration into society. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of prisons in the state, click here.

According to the US Department of Justice, Alabama has some of the most overcrowded and dangerous prisons in the country. In 2018, deaths in Alabama jails had risen by 5% in one year, seeing 4,135 prisoners killed while in custody. This led the Department of Justice to file a lawsuit against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections on December 9, 2020. The state hopes building new prisons will be a solution to these problems and avert a federal takeover of Alabama’s prison system. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of prisons in the state, click here.

Alabama Inmate Search of State Prisons

To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Alabama state prisons, click here. For additional information on conducting an Alabama inmate search of a state prison in Alabama, select a county from the list below.

Facility	Population	Phone	Mailing Address
Bibb Correctional Facility	1694	(205) 926-5252	565 Bibb Lane Brent, AL 35034
Bullock Correctional Facility	1476	(334) 738-5625	P.O. Box 5107 Union Springs, AL 36089-5107
William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility	1324	(205) 436-3681	100 Warrior Lane Bessemer, AL 35023-7299
Easterling Correctional Facility	1241	(334) 397-4471	200 Wallace Drive Clio, AL 36017-2615
Elmore Correctional Facility	1165	(334) 567-1460	3520 Marion Spillway Rd. Elmore, AL 36025
G. K. Fountain Correctional Facility	1238	(251) 368-8122	Fountain 3800 Atmore, AL 36503-3800
Hamilton Correctional Facility	252	(205) 921-7453	223 Sasser Drive Hamilton, AL 35570
William C. Holman Correctional Facility	304	(251) 368-8173	Holman 3700 Atmore, AL 36503-3700
Kilby Correctional Facility	1226	(334) 215-6600	P.O. Box 150 Mt. Meigs, AL 36057
Limestone Correctional Facility	2222	(256) 233-4600	28779 Nick Davis Rd Harvest, AL 35749
St. Clair Correctional Facility	1087	(205) 467-6111	1000 St. Clair Road Springville, AL 35146
Staton Correctional Facility	1275	(334) 567-2221	2690 Marion Spillway Road Elmore, AL 36025
Julia Tutwiler Correctional Facility	716	(334) 567-4369	8966 US Hwy 231 N Wetumpka, AL 36092
Ventress Correctional Facility	1232	(334) 775-3331	P.O. Box 767 Clayton, AL 36016-0767

Alabama Federal Prisons / Alabama Inmate Search

Alabama Inmate Search of Federal Prisons

There are several federal correctional facilities in Alabama. It is possible to conduct an Alabama inmate search of federal prisons in the state. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of federal prisons in Alabama, click here. For additional information on conducting an Alabama inmate search at a specific Alabama federal prison, select an institution from the list below.

FCI Aliceville (Aliceville, AL)

FCI Aliceville Camp (Aliceville, AL)

FPC Montgomery (Montgomery, AL)

FCI Talladega (Talladega, AL)

FCI Talladega Camp (Talladega, AL)

Alabama Death Row / Alabama Inmate Search

William C. Holman Correctional Facility is the primary location of Death Row, with housing for 200 inmates, and is the only facility in the state that carries out executions. William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility houses a secondary male death row for inmates who must stay in the Birmingham judicial district. Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women is home to the state’s female death row. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of prisons in the state, click here.

The state of Alabama officially started carrying out the death penalty in 1812 using hanging as the method of execution. They instituted the use of “Yellow Mama”, the state’s electric chair as the primary form of execution in 1927. The state now employs lethal injection as the main form of execution. However, legally, a death row inmate who was sentenced before 2002 in Alabama can still request to be executed by electrocution. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of prisons in the state, click here.

Alabama did not perform executions between the 1976 Supreme Court decision striking down the death penalty until it was federally reinstated in 1976 in Gregg v. Georgia. Since 1812, Alabama has executed 764 people. The first female executed in Alabama was Patsy Gorman on June 10, 1825. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of prisons in the state, click here.

Alabama does not have a state law or statute that provides council for inmates on Death Row. Generally, prisoner’s rights groups attempt to fill this void. One person has been granted clemency and seven people have been exonerated and taken off death row. Alabama has had several landmark death row cases in the modern era including the execution of Cornelius Singleton who had an IQ of 55, Darrell B. Grayson who would likely have been exonerated through DNA evidence, and Dominique Ray who was legally refused his religious advisor during his execution. Alabama remains one of the few states to allow a judge to impose the death penalty without a unanimous jury.

Alabama Sheriffs / Alabama Inmate Search

There are 67 counties in the state of Alabama and each county elects its own sheriff. All Alabama sheriffs take the Oath of office. They swear to uphold both the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. The sheriffs are expected to both follow and uphold the laws of the land. Sheriffs hold office in Alabama for a period of four years before needing to be re-elected.

County sheriff agencies fall just below the Alabama Highway Patrol and other state agencies in the hierarchy managing 417 law enforcement agencies and employing 11,631 sworn police officers.

To conduct an Alabama inmate search of jails in the state, navigate to the table above.

Crime in Alabama

Alabama has the third highest violent crime rate for states reporting data in 2021. That year Alabama had 519 violent crime incidents reported for every 100,000 people. This is far above the 334 average recorded for the United States. Although this number is high it is still a 10% decrease from 2020. Property crimes in Alabama are also on the decline, more than 18% less in 2021 than in 2020. While the rate of property crimes remains higher than the national average it is by far less than that of violent crimes.

One major concern for Alabama is that while its crime rates have been dropping the rate of gun-involved crimes has continued to rise. Reports of gun violence have skyrocketed from 6% to 19% in just one year.

Aggravated assault is the only violent crime that has been on the rise in Alabama and it makes up almost 80% of reported violent crimes. Crimes like rape, robbery, and murder all fall below the national average. Daleville, Enterprise, and Eufaula are considered the safest cities to live in or visit in Alabama.

In hopes of curbing crime Alabama is instituting new laws in 2023 to make wire taping easier, make tobacco sales more difficult, and further litigate firearms.

Select Alabama Crime Rates

The list below contains information on crime rates in Alabama and provides instructions on how to conduct an Alabama inmate search of select jails in the state. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of any of the below county jails, click the link provided.

Fairfield

Fairfield was founded in 1910 and incorporated in 1919. It is located in Birmingham metropolitan area in Jefferson County, Alabama, and has a population of 11,117 people. Fairfield’s crime rate is four times higher than the national average of the United States and higher than more than 99% of other US cities. The most common violent crimes in Fairfield are rape robbery and murder. Residents have a one in 60 chance of being a victim of violent crime. Additionally, the property crime rates are higher than the national average and the rates of all types of crime in Fairfield continue to rise. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Jefferson County, click here.

Anniston

Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains is Anniston, Alabama, which is the county seat of Calhoun County with a population of 23,106 people. Although Anniston is a beautiful tree lined city it has a high crime rate. There were 573 violent crimes and 1,854 total crimes in Anniston in 2020. This means that residents had a 1 in 38 chance of being a victim of violent crime and a 1 in 17 chance of becoming a victim of property crime in Anniston, Alabama in 2020. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Calhoun County, click here.

Lanett

Lanett sits on the shore of the Chattahoochee River at the Alabama-Georgia state line in Chambers County. The population there is 6,970 people according to the 2020 census. Residents of Lanett have more than twice the chance of other Alabama residents of being a victim of violent crime and more than three times the chance of other Alabama Residents of being the victim of property crime. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Chambers County, click here.

Birmingham

Known as “The Magic City” Birmingham is the first major city to find its way onto the list of cities with high crime rates in Alabama. Statistically, Birmingham is considered the fourth most dangerous city to live in Alabama because it had 3,334 violent crimes and 10,011 property crimes with a population of just under 200,000 people. Your odds of being robbed in Birmingham are better than 1 in 16. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Jefferson County, click here.

Tarrant

Tarrant is located in Jefferson County not far from Fairfield or Birmingham. It has a population of just over 6,000 people. Tarrant is known for its coal mining and is considered to be the largest single producer of foundry coke in the U.S. However, residents of Tarrant have a reason for concern. In 2020, a resident had a chance barely better than 1 in 50 of being physically attacked, raped, or murdered. Even if you could avoid the violent crime in Tarrant, property crime is very common with an incidence of about 1 in every 17 people. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Jefferson County, click here.

Gadsden

Etowah County seat Gadsden has a population of 103,931 and sits nestled along the banks of the Coosa River northeast of Birmingham. Once a center of heavy industry Gadsden started to decline after the 1980s. Gadsden has a violent crime rate of 9.34% per 1,000 residents with an even higher property crime rate. Although violent crime is up in Gadsden, their murder rate has come down in recent years. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Etowah County, click here.

Troy

Troy is the county seat of Pike County and is best known as the home of the Troy University Trojans who play in the Sun Belt Conference. While Troy has several historical Civil War sites to visit, its crime rates aren’t enticing at all. With a population of 17,609, Troy had 253 violent crimes and 927 total crimes in 2021. This means that you have a 1 in 26 chance of being a victim of crime in Troy. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Pike County, click here.

Andalusia

This is the county seat of Covington County is near the Conecuh River and is located in the southern part of the state. Andalusia is known for its Christmas in Candyland event held every winter and featuring Christmas lights, decorations, and even train rides. Unfortunately, Andalusia is also known for having a high property crime rate. 1 in 18 people are victims of property crime here, although the violent crime rate is a little lower than the national average. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Covington County, click here.

Greenville

Butler County’s Greenville used to be a safe place to live and raise a family but the dynamics have changed in recent years seeing a dramatic increase in the city’s crime rates. Once known for its charm, now residents have to worry about property crime, with one in every 22 people becoming a victim. Even violent crime is on the rise in Greenville. Currently, you can expect about 16 crimes per square mile in Greenville. To conduct an Alabama inmate search in Butler County, click here.

Lincoln

Located in Talladega County, Lincoln is known for its beauty and waterfront recreation. Incorporated in 1911, Lincoln now has a population of 7,082 people. Although Lincoln is a beautiful place, residents have to be on the lookout for crime. It is the 16th worst city in the state for property crime and has seen a recent increase in violent crime as well. To conduct an Alabama inmate search in Talladega County, click here.

Bessemer

Bessemer is another suburb of Birmingham located in Jefferson County. The area was a steel city for many years because of its rich ore deposits. As with many industrial cities in the south, it has seen a decline over the recent decades which has led to a rise in crime rates. With a population of 25,615, the city had 679 reports of violent crime and 1,846 reports of property crime, both much higher than the national average. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Jefferson County, click here.

Selma

Selma, Alabama is famous for its 1965 march of hundreds of people in support of African Americans’ right to vote. Although Selma has many tourist attractions and a very famous history, it is also plagued with crime. Selma’s crime rate stands at 72 per one thousand people. It is one of the highest crime rates in the country. You have a 1 in 65 chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Selma. To conduct an Alabama inmate search of Dallas County, click here.

Talladega

Best known for The Talladega Superspeedway, the  Talladega County seat has a population of 15,861. Talladega has 47 crimes for every 1,000 residents. Your chances of becoming a victim of some type of crime while living in or visiting the city is one in 21. To conduct an Alabama inmate search in Talladega County, click here.