Jackson County Jail Overview
Jackson County Jail is the primary county detention facility for Jackson County, Alabama. It is operated by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and houses people arrested by the sheriff's office as well as municipal police departments in Scottsboro, Hollywood, Bridgeport, Section, Pisgah, Woodville, Owens Cross Roads, Gurley, New Hope, and Skyline. The jail holds a mixed local population: people awaiting trial, people serving sentences under one year, and people waiting for transfer to the Alabama Department of Corrections after sentencing.
The public roster connects the jail to the records users usually need first. The official Jackson County inmate roster is free, does not require a login, and uses a disclaimer modal before access. It is the county jail lookup, not a statewide prison database. A person sentenced to ADOC custody may be listed locally while awaiting transfer, then move to the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search once received by the state system.
Jackson County Jail Population
The sheriff's jail-staff information identifies a 208-person capacity and an average daily population of 155. On May 27, 2026, the public roster heading showed 180 current roster entries. The released roster displayed six recent releases on that date, and the sheriff homepage describes a 48 Hour Release option. These figures are snapshots from different sources and should not be merged into one fixed count. Capacity is a facility figure, average daily population is a working jail-management measure, and the online roster count is a public roster snapshot.
Staffing details also help explain how the jail operates. The sheriff's Jail Staff page identifies 38 full-time employees, four 12-hour shifts, and Southern Health Partners as the medical contractor. Sheriff Rocky Harnen Jr. leads the sheriff's office. Chief Corrections Deputy Angie Miller, Captain Wyatt Lee, Office Manager Dawn Terrell, and Jail Clerk Shari Edmonds were identified in the jail-staff source set.
Look Up Jackson County Jail Inmates
The county roster is the right first search for people currently held at Jackson County Jail. The public page showed Name, Date, Current, and Released controls, sorting from Newest to Oldest or Oldest to Newest, Search By Name, Search, Show All, and pagination. If a person was just arrested, the newest sort and current roster are the best starting points. If the arrest was earlier and release is possible, check the released filter before assuming no jail record exists.
- Open the Jackson County Sheriff's Office roster search and accept the disclaimer.
- Use Search By Name, then compare the result to age, city or state, arresting agency, and booking time.
- Switch between Current and Released if the person may have bonded out or transferred.
- Open the profile for booking number, charges, mugshot, and custody details when available.
- Call the Detention Center at ext. 824 or 823 for correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers.
The sample public profile showed a mugshot, full name, first and last name, booking number, booking time, arresting agency, gender, race, age, city and state on list entries, charges, and release time on released entries. DOB, address, height, weight, housing unit, court date, warrant number, bond amount, and projected release date were not visible in the inspected public sample. More detail about roster fields is available in the Jackson County inmate records page.
Jackson County Jail Address
The jail phone line is the best fallback when the roster is down, a name search is inconclusive, a release is recent, or bond information must be verified. The Detention Center warning on the sample profile specifically directs users to call for the correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers. The sheriff contact page also lists the office address, jail line, non-emergency line, and weekday office hours. That warning matters because bond can change after a first appearance, a warrant can add a hold, and court filings may not match the first jail list entry.
Jackson County Jail
102 East Laurel St
Scottsboro, AL 35768
Jail: 256-574-1884
Bond, charge, and case questions: Detention Center ext. 824 or 823
Sheriff non-emergency: 256-574-2610
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Jackson County Jail Visits
Official public details for Jackson County Jail visitation were not located in the inspected research. No verified visit schedule, video visit provider, registration rule, dress code, or visit-length table was available from the supplied source facts. Because those rules affect travel and access, the schedule should be confirmed directly with the jail before anyone goes to the facility. A person can also lose visit eligibility because of classification, discipline, medical status, court transport, or release.
| Topic | Verified Public Detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Not located in inspected official material. | Call 256-574-1884 before travel. |
| Video visits | No official provider confirmed. | Ask the jail whether video visits are available. |
| Required ID | Not located in inspected official material. | Confirm ID and age rules with jail staff. |
| Visit schedule | No verified day or hour table located. | Use the jail phone line for current scheduling. |
Jackson County Mail Money
Mail, phone, and commissary facts should be handled the same way as visits. The research did not locate an official inmate-mail format, approved phone provider, commissary vendor, money-deposit fee, kiosk rule, or online deposit service for Jackson County Jail. A third-party service may claim to serve the jail, but the official research did not confirm a vendor. Do not send funds or mail based only on a commercial search result.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Best Action |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Not located as a verified inmate-mail format. | Call for the required name, booking number, and address format. |
| Phone account | No official provider confirmed. | Ask the jail before creating or funding an account. |
| Money deposit | No official vendor or fee schedule confirmed. | Verify accepted deposit methods with jail staff. |
| Commissary | No public commissary schedule or limits located. | Confirm eligibility and limits before sending funds. |
Note: Confirm custody, visit eligibility, and payment rules with Jackson County Jail before travel or money deposits.
Jackson County Jail Booking
Booking begins when a person is delivered to the jail by the sheriff's office or a municipal police department. Jail staff create the booking record, identify the person, record the arresting agency, add charges as supplied, and begin custody processing. The public roster may then show the booking number, booking time, mugshot, charges, age, city or state, and other limited public fields. Classification is the jail process that sorts people for housing and supervision needs. It is not the same as guilt or sentence.
Bond and case information can shift after booking. A listed charge may be amended, a bond may be set or changed, a hold can be added, or a person may be released before all public systems update. For that reason, the Detention Center extensions are important for bail amount, charges, and case numbers. Court filings and future hearings are separate from the jail roster, even when the arrest and booking start the case.
Jackson County Jail Transfers
Jackson County Jail is not an Alabama state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility. It can hold people who are awaiting ADOC transfer after sentencing, but the long-term state-prison search belongs to ADOC after intake. The ADOC locator covers current inmates only, does not provide historical online data, accepts AIS, first name, and last name fields, limits broad searches to 50 results, and omits youthful offenders. The Jackson County Circuit Clerk remains the local court-record source after the jail booking moves into a filed case. No ADOC prison was identified as physically located in Jackson County.
Federal and immigration custody use different tools. The BOP inmate locator is for federal custody, and the ICE Online Detainee Locator System is for immigration detention. VINELink at VINELink may provide custody-status notification where available. No official Jackson County Sheriff mobile app was found, so the web roster, phone numbers, and alert tools are the supported access chain.
About Jackson County Jail
The jail is a county-level detention operation tied to local law enforcement and court movement. It serves the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and municipal police agencies in the county, which is why a roster record may list an arresting agency other than the sheriff. The same facility can hold a new felony arrest, a misdemeanor sentence under one year, a person waiting for court, or a sentenced person waiting for state transfer. Those differences affect where the next record appears.
Alabama's broad public-record access rule appears in Ala. Code section 36-12-40, but public access has limits. Juvenile confidentiality under Ala. Code section 12-15-133, sealed matters, security concerns, and active investigative needs can restrict what appears online or what can be released. The roster is useful, but the originating office should verify custody and record details.