Shelby County AL Jail

County Jail

Last Updated: August 21, 2023
Address
380 McDow Rd, Columbiana, AL 35051
Beds
500
County
Shelby
Phone
205-669-3938
Fax
205-669-3868
Email
schapman@shelbyso.com

Shelby Co 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 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

Satellite View of Shelby County AL Jail

You can support your loved ones at Shelby Co Jail on InmateAid, if you have any immediate questions contact the facility directly at 205-669-3938.

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 Shelby County AL Jail so you can stay connected and support your loved one behind bars.

The Shelby Co Jail is a detention center located at 380 McDow Rd Columbiana, AL which is operated locally by the Shelby 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. Shelby County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, Columbiana 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.

Shelby County Corrections Facility - Inmate Handbook

The Corrections Division of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is commanded by Captain Jay Fondren and is responsible for the Care, Custody and Control of the inmates housed in the Shelby County Correctional Facility. The Facility is a 500-bed facility that houses local, county, state, and federal inmates of both pre-trial and convicted status. The jail is staffed by 65 highly trained correctional professionals.

Line Officers and First-line Supervisors work 12-hour shifts for 24-hour coverage. Jail staff utilizes state-of-the-art video surveillance systems, court teleconferencing, telephones, intercoms, radios, computerized jail management and fingerprint systems, as well as digital imaging to manage inmate populations in one of the most sophisticated corrections facilities in the region. The podular design of the facility is often copied and is one of the most efficient in the state and nation.

Inmates are received and released 24 hours a day 365 days per year from the facility, located at 380 McDow Road in Columbiana, AL. Inmate care provided includes on-site medical, dental, and mental health services. For information on how to visit an inmate, click on the "Inmate Visitation" tab. Disciplinary action or classification may affect visitation and/or telephone privileges. The inmate Commissary and telephone systems are provided by outside vendors.

Below you will find reports with the jail information set out as public by Alabama law. Sheriff to maintain record book as to prisoners received into county jail; contents thereof. The sheriff must keep, in his office and subject to the inspection of the public during office hours, a well-bound book, to be procured at the expense of the county, in which he must enter a description of each prisoner received into the county jail, showing the name, age, sex, color and any other distinguishing marks, together with the charge for which such prisoner is held, the order and date of commitment and the order and date of release.

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 Shelby 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

Shelby County AL Jail - Visitation

ON-SITE INMATE VISITATION
Inmates at the Shelby County Jail are allowed one scheduled visit per week. However, there are certain circumstances in which an inmate’s privilege to have a personal visit can be limited.

The available visitation times will be as follows.
*No previously scheduled visits will be cancelled*

Available Visit Times
Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday
7:20pm – 7:50pm
7:55pm – 8:25pm
8:30pm – 9:00pm
9:05pm – 9:35pm
Saturday
8:00am – 8:30am
8:35am – 9:05am
9:10am – 9:40am
9:45am – 10:15am
9:45am – 10:15am
10:20am – 10:50am
10:55am – 11:25am
Sunday
8:00am – 8:30am
8:35am – 9:05am
9:10am – 9:40am
9:45am – 10:15am
9:45am – 10:15am
10:20am – 10:50am
10:55am – 11:25am
1:00pm – 1:30pm
1:35pm – 2:05pm
2:10pm – 2:40pm
2:45pm – 3:15pm
3:20pm – 3:50pm
3:55pm – 4:25pm
7:20 pm – 7:50 pm
7:55pm – 8:25pm
8:30pm – 9:00pm
9:05pm – 9:35pm

The following information applies to friends and family who want to come to the lobby of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and have a video visit with an inmate. This visit is provided at no cost to the inmate or visitor. If an inmate is currently on privilege restriction, or already has a visit scheduled for a week’s time, the system will not allow you to schedule another visit which would exceed the inmate’s allowance of one visit per week.

Visitation can be scheduled by a friend or family member by logging onto www.jailvisitor.com, or by coming to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and using the VendEngine kiosk provided in the visitation area.

Visitors must be approved before they are allowed to visit with an inmate and must show a valid government issued ID prior to the start of the visit. All visits must be scheduled at least 24hrs in advance prior to the scheduled visitation time. The allotted time periods for video visitation are listed below. Please note that the system automatically allows each inmate only one visit per week and the system is also limited by the number of visitation monitors in each housing area.


BASIC VISITATION RULES:

1. No loud, foul or offensive language can be used during a visit

2. No nudity allowed

3. Children are allowed to visit as long as they do not disturb other ongoing visits

4. Visitors can only visit with two separate inmates per week

5. Visits that are scheduled on the lobby kiosk will not begin any sooner than 15 minutes after the scheduling is completed.

6. Visits can be scheduled as far out as two weeks away

7. Visitors are not allowed to participate in “inmate swapping” of visits

8. Visitors are not allowed to use cell phones or tablet devices during a visit

9. Visitors must be respectful of others who are also visiting in the lobby

10. Visitors who are subject to a protection from abuse order with an inmate may not visit

11. Juvenile (under 18) visitors may only visit when accompanied by an adult unless approved by a supervisor

12. Visits may be terminated at an officer’s discretion

13. Visitors can not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs

14. Adult visitors must have a state or government issued identification in their possession when visiting

15. Visitors must use their correct and current identifying information when scheduling a visit

16. ALL visits except privileged attorney visits are subject to recording and monitoring

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