Pickens County Jail Overview
Pickens County Detention Center is the primary county jail for Pickens County and is operated by the Pickens County Alabama Sheriff's Office. The jail serves the local arrest, booking, pretrial, short-sentence, and hold population for the county. Its official roster landing page uses the name "Pickens County Detention Center Inmate Roster," which makes that roster the first public search path for people believed to be in local custody.
The jail also appears in federal immigration materials. ICE has a dated inspection disclosure for the Pickens County Detention Center and a separate IGSA contract disclosure. That does not turn the jail into a federal prison, but it does mean immigration custody should be checked through ICE channels when the sheriff roster does not resolve the search. A person held under an ICE matter may overlap with the same physical address while still needing a different locator.
The sheriff roster is useful, but it is not a certified court record. The roster landing page says the information is collected and maintained for convenience and cannot be certified for accuracy or authenticity. The profile warning is even more direct for bond and case details: charges and bail can change after court, and users who need correct bail amount, charges, or case numbers should call detention center staff.
Pickens County Jail Population
The live roster count changes as people are booked, released, moved to court, or transferred to another agency. When the official current roster was inspected on May 27, 2026, it showed "Inmate Roster (71)." That is a point-in-time roster count, not an average daily population and not the same as bed capacity.
A June 27, 2024 WBRC report said the Pickens County Jail had a capacity of 200 beds while discussing a planned transfer of up to 20 inmates from Tuscaloosa County. An official sheriff capacity specifications page was not located in the research, so the number should be treated as reported capacity rather than an official rated-capacity publication. Exact ICE population at the jail was not extracted from official ICE records.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Caveat |
|---|---|---|
| Current roster count | 71 | Pickens sheriff roster inspected May 27, 2026 |
| Reported jail capacity | 200 beds | WBRC report, June 27, 2024; official sheriff capacity page not located |
| Average daily population | Not located | Do not derive it from the roster count |
| ICE detainee count | Not extracted | ICE records confirm the facility relationship, not a current public count here |
Search Pickens County Jail Inmates
County detainees are searched through the sheriff's Pickens County Detention Center roster landing page. That page offers two official choices: current inmates and 48-hour releases. Use current inmates for a person believed to be in custody now. Use the release view when a person may have bonded, finished a hold, or left the jail within the last two days.
The current roster has Name, Date, Current, and Released views, A-Z letter filters, a first-or-last-name search box, pagination, a Search button, and a Show All button. The public search form does not expose date of birth, booking-number, charge, agency, facility, or date-range fields. If spelling is uncertain, try a shorter first or last name and then clear the search to scan the full list.
- Open the roster landing page and choose Current Inmates for present jail custody.
- Use the A-Z filter or enter either a first name or last name in the name field.
- Review the summary for booking number, booking date, visible charges, bond, and mugshot.
- Open the profile to see age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date, charges, bond, and the jail warning.
- Call 205-367-2000 before relying on bond, charges, case numbers, or release eligibility.
The current roster source shows the public filters, count, and result summaries used for the Pickens County Detention Center inmate search.
The roster screenshot shows why the county jail search is the right starting point for local custody, while still requiring phone verification for active bail and charge details.
Pickens County Jail Contact
Use the jail phone line for custody status, bond verification, charge questions, and case-number checks tied to a current booking. The sheriff site lists the main phone as a 24-hour and non-emergency line. Administrative office hours are listed separately, so records, visit scheduling, and in-person business should be planned during posted weekday hours unless jail staff gives different instructions.
Pickens County Detention Center
188 Cemetery Street
Carrollton, AL 35447
205-367-2000
Administrative office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Visitation appointments: 205-367-2006, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
The sheriff contact page warns that email is not monitored around the clock and that plain-text email is not secure for confidential information. For records that need identity details, bond questions, or urgent custody facts, call first instead of sending Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, bank details, or medical information through a web form.
Pickens County Jail Visits
Family visitation is appointment based. The official visitation PDF says appointments must be made at least 24 hours in advance by calling 205-367-2006, and if no appointment has been made there is no visit. Visits run Monday through Friday except holidays and court days, with morning and afternoon windows. Each inmate is allowed two visits per month at 30 minutes each.
Visitors must be on the inmate's list. Each inmate's list may include three family members and one minister, and only two family members may visit in one session. The detention center conducts background checks and requests a Social Security number before a visit. Adult visitors need valid state or federal photo identification or a driver's license with a current address. A visitor who has ever been incarcerated in a prison or detention facility is not eligible under the posted rules.
| Visit Rule | Pickens County Detention Center Detail | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Monday-Friday | 9 a.m.-11 a.m. and 1 p.m.-3 p.m., except holidays and court days | In-person appointment |
| Appointment call window | Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; call 205-367-2006 | Scheduling |
| Per-inmate limit | Two visits per month, 30 minutes each | Family visitation |
| Long-distance exception | One-hour non-contact visit may be approved for visitors traveling more than 300 miles | Ask when scheduling |
| Attorney visits | Attorneys can visit without appointment, but time regulations still apply | Professional visit |
No purses, bags, mobile phones, recording devices, keys, writing instruments, weapons, food, drink, tobacco, packages, mail, or photos may be brought into visitation. Items must be secured in the visitor's vehicle, and keys may be left with the front-office secretaries. Clothing rules also ban revealing clothing, halter tops, swimwear, short skirts or shorts, sleepwear, and clothing with obscene or gang-related content.
Pickens County Jail Mail and Money
The research did not locate an official Pickens County sheriff page for inmate mail format, commissary deposits, a phone vendor, video visits, tablets, or a jail money-deposit fee schedule. Do not use third-party directory claims as if they were official Pickens County Detention Center rules. The safest path is to call the jail at 205-367-2000 before sending mail, attempting a deposit, or buying phone time.
| Service | Documented Local Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail address format | Official inmate-mail format not located; call the jail before mailing |
| Commissary deposit | Official vendor and fee table not located in sheriff sources |
| Phone or video | Official provider not located in sheriff sources |
| Visitation drop-offs | No packages, mail, photographs, or other items may be left for an inmate during visitation |
If the person has moved to an Alabama state prison, use ADOC mail and money rules instead of county jail rules. If the person is in BOP or ICE custody, use the federal or immigration systems. A local jail booking record does not carry those later custody instructions after transfer.
Pickens County Custody Caveats
Several custody systems can touch Pickens County. The county jail roster covers local jail custody and recent releases. The Alabama Department of Corrections locator covers sentenced state prisoners, and ADOC's facility list does not show a state prison in Pickens County. Federal prisoners at FCI Aliceville use the BOP locator, not the county roster. Immigration detainees may require the ICE Online Detainee Locator or ICE detention reporting at 1-888-351-4024 because ICE records document a Pickens County detention relationship.
- Hold
- A custody reason from another agency or case that may block release even if a local bond exists.
- Detainer
- A notice or request from another agency, including ICE or another jurisdiction, asking the jail to hold or notify.
- Booking charge
- The charge shown during jail intake. It may differ from the formal court charge filed later.
- No bond
- A roster value showing no payable bond amount in the public view. Call the jail or court before acting.
Alabama public-records law supports access to many public writings, but not every jail file field is public online. Juvenile records, sealed or expunged records, medical details, cell assignments, internal classification, and active-investigation material can be restricted. The sheriff roster itself publishes a limited field set and tells users to verify key facts before relying on it.
The Alabama Victim Notification System is a notification channel, not a full jail roster or court docket. It can be useful for victims and concerned citizens who need custody-event notices, while roster searches, court records, and facility phone calls still remain separate verification steps.
About Pickens County Detention
The Pickens County Detention Center sits in Carrollton, the county seat, while the county's other major custody facility is the federal prison in Aliceville. That local map is unusual for a rural county because it combines county jail custody, federal prison custody, and documented ICE detention records within one county. The systems should not be merged in a single search.
Recent source material also points to the jail's operational role beyond new local arrests. The WBRC report about Tuscaloosa County inmates used Pickens County's reported jail capacity as context and quoted Sheriff Jordan Powell on staffing impact. ICE's 2024 inspection disclosure and IGSA contract disclosure are separate federal oversight sources for the same local detention address. Those documents are not inmate lookup tools, but they support the need to check ICE when an immigration hold or civil detention issue is possible.
Note: Confirm custody, visit approval, bond, and case-number details with jail staff before travel or payment.