How to Find and Contact Alabama Jail Inmates

The whole concept of jail is to create a place where an offender gets an opportunity to reform oneself. Similar is the case with Alabama Jail Inmates. An offender undergoes various levels of reform so that he can become a law-abiding resident of Alabama.

Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) makes every effort to provide an instructive and educative environment for the people behind bars. As of May 30, 2009, 30,896 inmates were assigned to ADOC out of which, 28,560 are male and 2,336 female.

Alabama Jail Programs and Services

The inmates in Alabama prisons receive heating and air-conditioning systems. However, air-conditioning is limited to the prison hospital and mental health sections only. Televisions are available in the day room with seat arrangements in the typical bench format. Only sports and educational channels are permitted for the inmates.
 
Alabama Department of Corrections is headed by the Commissioner, aided by a Special Assistant, an Executive Assistant, and Chief Deputy Commissioner.

Various plans and programs are there for the jail inmates. For example, religious programs, educational and vocational programs, and victim / constituent services are some of the programs that are in place. There is a separate correctional industry also.

The Administrative Services and Inmate Health Services of Alabama take care of the managerial and medical aspects of the jail. Medical, substance abuse, and mental health are the three areas that fall under the Inmate Health Services.

Alabama Jail Public Information Database

The official website of the department, which is www.doc.alabama.gov, provides the public with all the necessary information available in regards to Alabama jail inmates. Information, such as the location where they are imprisoned, duration of the term, the scheduled release date, and other necessary details, are available. Additionally, you can have access to information on the inmates, the criminals who have escaped, and on the death row inmates.

This is a public information database maintained for public safety only. Criminal prosecution will ensue if the information on inmates is used for purposes, like harassing or threatening the family of the inmates.

The information on Alabama jail inmates, provided on the database, is updated once every week, usually on Friday morning. This information includes things like specific inmate information, receiving data on parole violators, information on death row inmates, execution lists, various statistical reports, the contact lists for community correctional programs, general information on the Department’s Pre-Release and Re-entry Program, and information on the ways to send money to an inmate.

How to Search for an Inmate

Provide the full name of the jail inmate and his/her Alabama Institutional Serial (AIS) number in the search box. Then click on the “Find records” button. Remember, that this database only carries the information of those that are currently incarcerated inmates.

For historical data, visit the prison authorities in person at 301 S. Ripley Street, P.O. Box 301501, Montgomery, Alabama, 36130-1501. The phone number of Alabama Department of Corrections is (334) 353-3883. The jail inmate records are usually provided and managed by the Sheriff of Alabama.
 
There are several companies, which offer services to you by helping you with the inmate search. The service usually can be availed 24 hours a day and over the phone, through email, or via the Internet.
 

How to Contact and/or Send Money to Alabama Jail Inmates

You can visit the inmate if you are on the approved visitation list. The facility of incarceration must be contacted for the most up to date information. Alternatively, you can write to an Alabama inmate through the U.S. postal system only. (Private mail operators are disallowed.) The envelope should have the name of the inmate, the number of the inmate, and the location of the institution written on it. Packages and parcels with food, clothing, and other materials are prohibited from being sent.
 
To receive money, the inmates have to use their PMOD trust fund account. The jail inmates are not allowed to have cash with them, because it is considered contraband. You will have to deposit money into the inmate’s PMOD account via a money transfer agent or send a money order to the inmate. Currently, the supported operators for transferring money are Inmate Banking Internet Deposit Services, Jpay Internet Deposit Services, and Western Union Internet Deposit Services.