Jefferson County Released Inmates is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, confirm release, post bond, release anyone, pull official booking records, or correct an agency file. For those actions, contact the sheriff, jail, court, corrections department, or records custodian directly.
Where to Ask First
Use the office that matches the custody path. A Jefferson County jail booking is different from a Birmingham city jail booking, an ADOC prison sentence, a parole matter, or a public-record request.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
2200 Rev Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: 205-325-5700
Email: info@jeffcosheriffal.com
Emergency: 911
Jefferson County Jail - Birmingham
809 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N
Birmingham, AL 35203-0122
Main switchboard: 205-325-5670
Administrative office: 205-325-5772
Pre-Trial Release: 205-325-5716
Jefferson County Jail - Bessemer
1822 2nd Ave. N
Bessemer, AL 35020
Main switchboard: 205-481-4160
Administrative office: 205-481-8502
Pre-Trial Release: 205-481-8529
Birmingham City Jail
425 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
Phone: 205-254-6369 or 205-254-6370
Records and State Contacts
Public-record requests and state-prison release questions may need a different custodian than the jail switchboard. Jefferson County uses a NextRequest public-records portal, but the portal notes that the County Commission is not custodian of every record. Route sheriff, court, ADOC, and ABPP matters to the office that created or maintains the record.
ADOC Public Records
Alabama Department of Corrections
301 S. Ripley Street
P.O. Box 301501
Montgomery, AL 36130-1501
Main: 334-353-3883
Toll-free: 1-855-WE-R-ADOC
Central Records: 334-353-9738
Public-records email: public.records@doc.alabama.gov
ABPP Public Records
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles
301 S. Ripley St.
Montgomery, Alabama
Phone: 334-242-8700
General email: questions@paroles.alabama.gov
Public-records email: public.records@paroles.alabama.gov
Court-Date Contacts
Birmingham District Court: 205-325-5309
Birmingham Circuit Court: 205-325-5285
Bessemer District Court: 205-497-8520
Bessemer Circuit Court: 205-497-8510
Use the Right Page
These pages may help narrow which office or system to use before making a call or filing a request.
- For a released person or a release record, start with the Jefferson County released-inmates search path.
- For parole, probation, or a supervision question, use Parole / Probation.
- For same-day release checking, use Released Last 24 Hours.
- For a projected release date or alert, use Inmate Release Date and VINELink Release Check.
- For a specific location, use the facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use ADOC records and the state inmate search path.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal BOP or ICE locator rather than the county jail roster alone.