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Coosa County AL Jail

County Jail

Last Updated: April 24, 2023
Address
1 School Drive PO Box 279, Rockford, AL 35136
Beds
72
County
Coosa
Phone
256-377-2211
Fax
256-377-2690
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Coosa County AL Jail is for County Jail offenders sentenced up to twenty four months.

All prisons and jails have Security or Custody levels depending on the inmate’s classification, sentence, and criminal history. Please review the rules and regulations for County - medium facility.

The phone carrier is NCIC Inmate Telephone Services, to see their rates and best-calling plans for your inmate to call you.

If you are seeking to send your inmate money for commissary, one recommended for this facility is JailATM. There is a fee for sending money, see their rates and limitations.

If you are unsure of your inmate's location, you can search and locate your inmate by typing in their last name, first name or first initial, and/or the offender ID number to get their accurate information immediately Registered Offenders

Looking for an inmate at this facility? Visitation Information, Times and Rules
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You can support your loved ones at Coosa County AL Jail on InmateAid, if you have any immediate questions contact the facility directly at 256-377-2211, 256-377-4922.

When someone you care about gets locked up, it's tough to figure out all the ins and outs of jail life. From sending mail to visiting, there are a lot of things to sort out. And getting info about the arrest? Not always easy. That's where this webpage comes in handy. It's here to help you get a handle on how things work at Coosa County AL Jail so you can stay connected and support your loved one behind bars.

The Coosa County AL Jail is a detention center located at 1 School Drive
PO Box 279 Rockford, AL which is operated locally by the Coosa County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Coosa County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, Rockford Police Department, and the US Marshal's Service.

New detainees arrive at the jail regularly, with some being released on bail, placed under pretrial services caseloads, supervised by probation agencies, or released on recognizance with a court appearance agreement. Those who are not released await their court appearances at the jail, receiving accommodations including bedding and meals. You can see all the arrest records for Alabama here.

The Coosa County Jail encourages the exchange of correspondence between inmates and families and others for the purpose of maintaining family ties, solving the many problems brought about by confinement, helping maintain contact with friends and the community, and to help facilitate inmates’ needs for legal services, in a safe and secure manner. Further, this policy serves as the guidelines and implemented each time inmate mail or correspondence needs to be processed and distributed.

GENERAL:

  1. All incoming and outgoing inmate correspondence will be inspected, processed and logged. Each incoming piece of mail will be opened to check for contraband and money.
  2. The Day Shift Corrections Officers will inspect and log all incoming mail. The Night Shift Corrections Officers will process and log all outgoing.
  3. Each Corrections Officer will ensure that all mail is processed using the Southern Software CAD System, in and out mail processing. This serves as the tracking system to follow all pieces of mail.
  4. When money is found the jail staff will ensure procedures are followed as directed by this directive pertaining to inmate funds.
  5. When contraband is found jail staff will ensure procedures are followed as directed by this directive pertaining to contraband.

PROCEDURE:

The following procedures will be followed each time a piece of mail is received.

  1. Incoming Mail –
    1. Inspect the contents for contraband
    2. Log into the CAD under inmates name and list its contents
    3. Remove any monies and log the amount in the inmates account fund.
    4. Distribute all incoming mail during your shift.
  2. Outgoing mail –
    1. Collect all outgoing mail from inmates.
    2. Log into the CAD under the inmates name.
    3. Stamp all mail with the “Inmate Mail” stamp.
    4. Place outgoing mail at dispatch window for delivery to the Post Office.
  3. The jail will not accept mail from another correctional facility and will be returned to sender.
  4. Each shift will log in their respective shift logs that mail was processed, when completed.
  5. The additional guidelines are provided to further help each Corrections Officer to better understand inmate correspondence processing.

PACKAGES:

Packages for inmates will not be accepted through the mail by the Coosa County Jail.

We are committed to providing inmates with commissary services that provide superior support, fair prices and offer a wide selection of items that confirm to the jail's standards of safety and security. The Coosa County Jail contracts with Kimble's Commissary Services for commissary items approved for inmate purchase. Family and friend can use their JailATM™ service to send money and communicate with inmates.

Please note the following:

  1. Inmate Commissary is a privilege – not a right
  2. The Coosa County Jail uses a contracted 3rd party Vendor to provide Inmate Commissary Services
  3. The Coosa County Jail holds no responsibility for improper orders, delivery, or content of the commissary purchases other than distribution when delivered to the facility.
  4. THERE WILL BE NO CASH ACCEPTED FOR DEPOSIT INTO INMATE ACCOUNTS – all deposits must either be done at the Kimble Kiosk located in the jail lobby or online with the Commissary Vendor.

Table of Contents for Coosa County AL Jail

Inmate Locator

To utilize the Inmate Search page on InmateAid, begin by selecting the relevant prison facility in Alabama. This allows you to view the current list of inmates housed at Coosa County AL Jail.

The second section features the InmateAid Inmate Search tool, providing a user-generated database of inmates. You can access this resource to utilize any of InmateAid's services. If you require assistance in creating an inmate profile to maintain communication, please contact us at aid@inmateaid.com, and we'll gladly help you locate your loved one.

As a last resort, you might have to pay for that information if we do not have it. The Arrest Record Search will cost you a small amount, but their data is the freshest available and for that reason, they charge to access it.

Visitation Information

Coosa County Jail - Visitation

Inmates will be entitled to visit with family and friends in a manner that will provide appropriate access to the inmates while at the same time provide appropriate security for the jail staff, visitors and inmates in the jail. The following procedures will be used for inmate visitation with the public.

GENERAL:

  1. Visitation is a privilege which may be revoked as a disciplinary measure, or because the rules governing visitation are violated, or because the security of the jail facility requires that it be revoked.
  2. In the event of a jail emergency or some other event that could possibly pose a security threat to the orderly operation of the jail, regular visitation hours may be suspended by order of the Jail Administrator or Lieutenant.
  3. Inmates shall be incarcerated for one week prior to visitation privileges. This weekly period allows new inmates to become familiar with all inmate rules, to include those of visiting.
  4. No physical contact visits will be allowed, with the exception of Attorneys and Law Enforcement and approved clergy and mental health personnel for the purpose of mental evaluations. Special contact visits may be authorized by the Sheriff or Jail Administrator and will take place in an area and time designated by the Jail Administrator.
  5. Inmates must submit a visitor’s list prior to visitation day.
  6. Visits will be 15 minutes with a maximum of 2 visitors per week
  7. Inmates and visitors will wear proper apparel. Inmates must be clean-shaven and dressed in Jail uniforms. All visitors must dress in a conservative manner (No halter tops, short shorts, see-through blouses or any other revealing apparel is permitted). Visitors not dressed properly will not be allowed to visit.
  8. All visitors will sign in with ID verification, and out via the Jail Visitors Roster that’s posted at the dispatch window. Corrections officer will take this list and input the information into Southern Software System under the visitor log.
  9. No person under the age of ten (10) years of age will be permitted inside the jail to visit an inmate unless the Sheriff, Jail Administrator or Lieutenant makes a special provision. Any child (under age 16) must be accompanied by an adult.
  10. All visitors entering the jail will be searched using the hand held wand. All visitor personal items, such as bags or purses will be left in vehicles – not in the Coosa County Law Enforcement Center. Refusal to submit to a search may result in the visitor being denied access to the jail either on temporary or permanent basis.
  11. Visitors attempting to introduce contraband into the jail will be arrested and prosecuted accordingly. Additionally, persons who is intoxicated or seemingly under the influence of alcohol or drugs will not be permitted to visit an inmate and may also be subject to arrest.
  12. Former felony inmates who have been released from jail or an institution during the last three years and/or persons presently under indictment for a crime and/or persons awaiting trial on bond from the Coosa County Jail will not be permitted to visit an inmate.
  13. Packages from visitors will not be accepted. However, the jail staff will accept money from visitors to be placed in an inmate account. A receipt must be completed and given to the visitor for each transaction. Only cash or money orders will be accepted.
  14. Once a visitor has had the opportunity to visit with an inmate, that visitor must leave the jail. Visitors will not be permitted to remain in the jail and visit with jail staff members or other inmates.
  15. The jail staff reserves the right to remove any visitor from the jail and the jail grounds if that visitor creates a disturbance, refuses to abide by verbal orders from the jail staff, refuses to abide by the rules and regulations governing the jail, or in any other manner that jeopardizes the security or orderly operation of the jail.

PROCEDURE:

Following procedures apply on those visits of inmates held in general population. Visitation of inmates in general population will be held in the inmate visitation room.

  1. Visitation for inmates with the general public will be held each Saturday with specific assigned times for each cellblock. The times are as follows:

"A" Block - 7 - 9 AM

"B" Block - 9 - 11 AM

"C" Block - 12 -2 PM

"D" Block - 2 - 3 PM

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