Pickens County Jail Roster
The Pickens County Detention Center roster is the official county custody starting point. Its landing page separates people currently held from people released during the prior 48 hours. The live current-inmate list can be searched by name, sorted by booking date, paged from first to last, or restored with Show All. No update interval is published, so an entry should be treated as a snapshot rather than a real-time custody guarantee.
The county roster does not replace a state-prison search. A person sentenced and transferred to an Alabama correctional institution may instead appear in the Alabama Department of Corrections system. The research did not document a federal custody locator or immigration detention tool on the Pickens sheriff site. A missing county result can mean release, transfer, spelling variation, delayed entry, or custody in another system.
Important: The detention center states that it cannot certify the online roster's accuracy or authenticity, so verify urgent custody facts by phone.
Search Pickens County Inmates
Start at the roster choice page rather than a copied booking list. The official route offers Current Inmates and 48 Hour Release. The current list is free and provides both broad browsing and a name box. Keep name spelling simple at first, then use the sort and profile links to narrow a possible match.
- Open the Pickens County Detention Center roster and choose Current Inmates or 48 Hour Release.
- Use Search By Name for a known person, or choose Show All to browse the full active list.
- Sort newest to oldest or oldest to newest when the likely booking period is known.
- Compare the displayed name, booking number, booking time, charges, and bond before selecting View Profile.
- Call the detention center if the person or status is missing, unclear, or needed for an immediate decision.
A profile link was present during research, but the profile page timed out. Do not assume that it provides a housing unit, projected release date, arresting agency, court date, physical description, or warrant number. Only the fields visible in the roster list are confirmed below.
Pickens County Inmate Search Fields
The Pickens County roster uses a mix of tabs, links, text entry, and paging controls. None requires a booking number. A blank name search is not needed because Show All restores the list.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Tab or sort link | No | Supports name-based roster organization. |
| Date | Tab or sort link | No | Sorts booking dates. |
| Current | Tab | No | Limits the view to people currently detained. |
| Released | Tab | No | Routes to recent release information. |
| Search By Name | Text | No | Accepts a free-text name query. |
| Show All | Button or link | No | Restores the full roster. |
| Pagination | Links | No | First, previous, numbered, next, and last controls. |
Booking date also supports newest-to-oldest and oldest-to-newest sorting. That is useful when several people share a surname or when the arrest date is known but the booking number is not.
What Pickens County Inmate Records Show
The public list exposes a focused booking inventory. It shows custody-related allegations, not a full court history. Charges on the roster are booking charges and may later be amended, reduced, dismissed, or replaced by formal prosecutor filings.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | A thumbnail photo displayed in the public roster list. |
| Name | The person's displayed booking name. |
| Booking Number | The identifier tied to that detention booking. |
| Booking Date and Time | The intake date and time in month-day-year format with time. |
| Charges | Plain-language allegation names recorded with the booking. |
| Bond | A public dollar amount shown with the roster entry. |
| View Profile | A link to more detail, though additional fields were not verified during research. |
Arresting agency, warrant number, court date, holding location, physical descriptors, and projected release were not visible in the captured list. For formal charges and the later case result, use the court file rather than treating the jail roster as proof of a conviction.
Pickens County Detention Center
The official sheriff material identifies one local detention-center contact at the Sheriff's Office address. No capacity figure or second county jail was documented. The phone line operates 24 hours, while administrative office hours are narrower.
Pickens County Detention Center
188 Cemetery Street
Carrollton, AL 35447
P.O. Box 226, Carrollton, AL 35447
(205) 367-2000
Phone: 24 hours. Administration: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sheriff Jordan Powell is identified through the Alabama Secretary of State county-official lookup. Use 911 for emergencies and the detention-center line for non-emergency custody, visit, mail, or deposit questions.
Pickens County Inmate Booking Charges
The documented roster begins after a person has been booked. It confirms a booking number, date and time, current charge names, bond, and photo thumbnail. The research did not publish a county intake timetable, classification process, first-appearance schedule, or housing assignment method. Those details should be confirmed with staff rather than inferred from general jail practice.
A jail charge is an initial custody field. The 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney prosecutes felonies and many misdemeanors, and prosecutor filings or grand-jury action determine the formal court charges. The Circuit Clerk then maintains the case file. A person may therefore appear on the roster before a complete court record is available.
The public defender phone listed by the court directory is (205) 660-6377. Appointment and eligibility are handled through the criminal court process for qualifying defendants. The sheriff, detention staff, Circuit Clerk, and public defender serve different roles.
Pickens County Jail Visitation
Pickens County's captured official pages did not publish an in-person schedule, video platform, dress code, child-visitor rule, attorney schedule, or price list. The required schedule table therefore records the gap and the official phone fallback. It does not insert days or times that the jail has not confirmed.
| Topic | Official Detail | Next Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Schedule not published | Call (205) 367-2000 before traveling. |
| Video visitation | Provider and hours not located | Ask detention-center staff. |
| Attorney visits | Schedule not located | Confirm through the detention center. |
| Weekend visits | No official times found | Do not assume Saturday or Sunday access. |
There is no documented Pickens sheriff app for inmate lookup or visits. The county's CodeRED reference is an emergency-notification service, not a jail tool. Call before arranging travel from Aliceville, Reform, Gordo, Ethelsville, or another community.
Contact Pickens County Inmates
The official sources did not publish the approved inmate-mail format, phone provider, call rates, video vendor, or rules for photos and packages. Do not address mail based only on the street address or assume that the sheriff's post-office box accepts inmate correspondence. Ask staff for the precise name and booking-number format before sending anything.
No Apple App Store or Google Play sheriff-specific application was found. The sheriff website does offer SMS or email alerts, but those notices are not a way to contact a person in custody. The crime-tip form is also unrelated and specifically warns that it is not monitored 24 hours a day.
Pickens County Inmate Funds
No official commissary company, money-deposit vendor, deposit cap, payment method, kiosk, web link, or fee schedule was located. Do not use a vendor merely because it serves another Alabama jail. Call (205) 367-2000 for current instructions before sending money.
The same caution applies to phone accounts and video visits. A third-party payment page should be used only after Pickens County Detention Center staff confirms the vendor and the correct inmate account details. Keep receipts and verify the booking name and number shown on the roster.
Note: Published jail contact information is official, but visitation, phone, mail, commissary, and deposit procedures remain a documented research gap.
Pickens County Jail Versus ADOC
The Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search is the right source for a person currently incarcerated in state prison.
ADOC states that its database covers people currently incarcerated and does not provide historical data online. A recent county detainee may remain on the sheriff roster instead.
The ADOC facilities directory helps identify state correctional institutions after transfer.
Facility assignment and county booking are separate facts. Use the agency currently holding the person for location, visit, mail, and account rules.
Pickens County Inmate Release Checks
The 48 Hour Release view covers people released from the detention center within that window. It can help when a name is absent from Current Inmates, but it is not a complete custody history. Older releases are outside the documented online window, and ADOC says its own historical inmate data is not online.
For a possible match, note the booking number and timestamp before calling. Ask whether the person remains in custody, has been released, or was transferred. Staff may limit what can be disclosed, and the roster disclaimer means a website result should not be the sole basis for a legal, financial, or safety decision.
Sex-offender registration is also separate from custody. The ALEA registry information page and the sheriff's local listing concern registration, not current detention. A registry listing does not show that the person is in jail.
Pickens County Inmate Alerts
The sheriff provides public-information channels beyond the inmate roster. Its alerts signup lets residents receive newly published items by SMS text or email. Standard text-message rates may apply, and a Change Subscription option is available. Alerts can flag new sheriff information, but they do not replace the Current Inmates or 48 Hour Release views.
The crime-tip form accepts a required message, an optional email address, and file uploads totaling up to 20 MB. Photos, video, audio, and other files can be attached. The form requires reCAPTCHA and agreement to its terms. It explicitly states that the channel is not monitored 24 hours a day, so an emergency must go to 911.
The tip page also warns that ordinary email is not secure. It says not to send Social Security numbers, driver's license or state ID numbers, bank-account data, credit or debit card details, or medical information. A custody question should go to the detention-center phone line, not a tip submission. The alert and tip functions are web services, not a Pickens County sheriff mobile app.
Route Pickens County Inmate Questions
Different questions belong to different custodians. Sheriff Jordan Powell's office controls the county roster and detention contact. ADOC controls current state-prison data. Circuit Clerk Keith "Booty" Cox controls the later criminal case file at the Pickens County Courthouse and Judicial Center. The District Attorney decides and prosecutes felony and many misdemeanor charges, while the court handles counsel appointments for qualifying defendants.
Use the booking number for a jail question and the case number for a court question. If neither is known, begin with the exact name and approximate booking date. A bond amount on the roster may help identify the entry, but it does not explain every bond condition or confirm that release has occurred.
Note: Pickens County inmate records show custody facts and allegations; the criminal court record supplies the filed charge, hearings, disposition, and sentence.