Marion County Jail Inmate Lookup

Marion County Jail Overview

Marion County Jail is operated by the Marion County Sheriff's Office. The public address used in the Sheriff site's footer is 842 Industrial Dr., Hamilton, AL 35570, and the Sheriff contact page also gives a department mailing and contact address of P.O. Box 1387 and 280 Winchester Dr., Hamilton, AL 35570. The public jail and Sheriff phone number is 205-921-7433, with fax listed as 205-921-7598. Administrative office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, while the same phone is described as a 24-hour dispatch and jail contact line.

The facility holds people maintained by the Sheriff's Office after arrests by Marion County and local law-enforcement agencies. It is a county jail, not a state prison. That distinction matters because the county roster covers recent bookings, pretrial custody, and county jail status, while sentenced Alabama Department of Corrections prisoners in Hamilton are searched through ADOC. The Sheriff site names Dawn Dodd as Jail Administrator and describes the Corrections Division as the part of the office responsible for inmates housed and maintained in the Marion County Jail.

The official jail page says the building was constructed in 1979 by Robertson Brothers Inc. A 2005 office addition houses the Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Investigations, Dispatch, and Marion County Emergency Management Agency. Those shared law-enforcement functions explain why jail, Sheriff, and emergency-management details appear together across several Marion County official pages.

The official Marion County Jail page also identifies operational vendors. Quality Correctional Healthcare is linked for medical care, NCIC Inmate Communications is linked for phone service, and NCIC Video Visitation is linked for video visits. The same jail page says no outside clothing may be brought to the Marion County Jail, a rule revised January 20, 2022.

The Sheriff site's jail page shows the Marion County Jail details and staff listing. The source page can be reviewed at the Sheriff's jail information page.

The screenshot reflects why the jail page is the best source for facility history, administrator name, NCIC links, medical vendor information, and the outside-clothing rule.

Marion County Jail Capacity and Population

The reviewed official sources did not publish a rated capacity for Marion County Jail. The research file specifically preserves that gap, and no unofficial capacity number should be substituted for the official record. The live roster count on the Sheriff site can rise or fall as bookings, releases, bond postings, transfers, court orders, and state-prison commitments occur. That count is useful for understanding the current roster, but it is not the same thing as a rated bed capacity or an average daily population.

The Sheriff homepage says Marion County covers about 743 square miles in northwest Alabama and that the Sheriff's Department serves more than 31,000 residents. Those county facts help frame the jail's local role, but they do not answer how many beds the jail has. For capacity, average population, or jail-operation totals not shown online, the practical official channels are the jail phone, Sheriff's Office contact options, county records channels, and any later Marion County Commission or audit records that publish jail figures.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Marion County Jail

Use the official Marion County jail roster for people held in local county custody. The roster is free to view and no login was observed during research. It includes a name search, current and released filters, date and name sorting, pagination, inmate cards, and profile links. A roster card can show the inmate's name, booking number, age, booking date and time, charges, and a mugshot or image area when available.

The roster is a public convenience record, not a certified court or jail record. The Sheriff site's sample inmate profile warns that charges and bail amounts can change after court appearances and may not be current. For correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers, detention staff should be contacted at 205-921-7433. Court filings after arrest are separate from the roster and are handled through the Marion County Circuit Clerk and Alacourt access channels.

1. Open the official Marion County Sheriff's Office roster at marionsoal.com/inmate-roster/search/.
2. Use Search By Name with a first name, last name, or part of the name when the exact spelling is uncertain.
3. Use Current to focus on people still listed in custody, or use Released when trying to confirm a recent release if entries are available.
4. Open View Profile to review the booking number, arresting agency, booking date, listed charges, and other visible fields.
5. If the person is not listed and may have been sentenced or transferred, check the ADOC inmate search by AIS number or name.

VINELink Alabama is another notification path where available, but it should not replace the county roster, the jail phone, or the originating court record. For federal defendants or immigration detainees, the BOP and ICE tools are separate systems and no BOP or ICE detention facility was located in Marion County from the official sources reviewed.

Marion County Jail Address and Contact

Marion County official pages use more than one address format, and each should be used for the correct purpose. The public footer address is 842 Industrial Dr., Hamilton, AL 35570. The contact-page department address is P.O. Box 1387, 280 Winchester Dr., Hamilton, AL 35570. The contact-page mail instruction says inmate mail must go to P.O. Box 1387, Hamilton, AL 35570. Before traveling for a visit, records question, bond verification, or property issue, call 205-921-7433 because the official pages do not publish every lobby, entrance, or visitation detail.

Visiting Someone at Marion County Jail

Marion County directs video visitation through NCIC Video Visitation. The official jail page links to the vendor portal, so scheduling and account setup should be handled through NCIC rather than by assuming a walk-in schedule. The reviewed official Sheriff pages did not publish a full in-person visiting schedule, visit-length rule, visitor limit, dress-code list, attorney-visit schedule, or remote-video fee table. Call the jail before arriving for any visit that requires in-person access or special approval.

Because the Sheriff site says no outside clothing may be brought to the jail, visitors and family members should not bring clothing unless jail staff gives current, specific instructions. Identification requirements, security screening, and visit availability can change based on jail operations, discipline status, court movement, or medical needs. The roster can confirm whether a person is listed, but the roster does not replace a call to the facility before travel.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Marion County Jail

The official contact page says all inmate mail must be sent to P.O. Box 1387, Hamilton, AL 35570. The research did not locate a full official mail-content policy, envelope-format rule, photo rule, book-vendor rule, or rejected-mail list. For that reason, mail should be addressed conservatively with the inmate's full name and should avoid anything that jail staff has not approved. The jail can explain current mail screening, inmate property, and whether any special format is required.

Phone service is through NCIC Inmate Communications, and video visitation is also connected to NCIC. NCIC's public information says users add funds for calls, video visits, and messages, but the Marion County research did not capture a facility-specific fee table. The jail page lists commissary staff, including a commissary overseer, but no official county commissary fee or order table was located.

Booking and Intake at Marion County Jail

A person arrested by Marion County or a local agency may be booked into Marion County Jail before the roster entry appears online. The sample roster profile reviewed during research showed booking number, age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date and time, and charges. Many roster cards show charge information and a View Profile link. The Sheriff site did not publish a roster refresh frequency or a guaranteed intake timeline, so a short delay between arrest, processing, and online display should be expected.

Booking information should be read as a custody record, not as the final court record. Charges can change after an initial appearance, prosecutor review, indictment, amendment, dismissal, or court order. The Sheriff roster profile warning specifically tells bond companies and people posting bail to contact detention staff for the correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers. The September 2025 bond-scam warning on the Sheriff site also advised families to verify bond amount, agent name, callback number, and bonding-company legitimacy through jail staff before sending money electronically.

About Marion County Jail

Marion County Jail sits within a broader Sheriff's Office structure led by Sheriff Kevin Williams. The Sheriff message page describes the office as a full-service law-enforcement agency with Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Jail, and Civil Process divisions. The Services page also lists Corrections, Warrant, Civil Paper, Special Operations, and Drug Enforcement functions. For the jail, those divisions matter because custody status, warrants, court papers, and criminal investigations can intersect after an arrest.

Local details on the Sheriff homepage place the jail in a county established December 13, 1818, named for General Francis Marion, and covering about 743 square miles in northwest Alabama. The county seat moved from Pikeville to Hamilton in 1881, and the jail's Hamilton location puts it close to the Sheriff's administration, courthouse functions, and local public-safety agencies. The official jail page also includes memorial notes for former jailors Joe R. Vasquez and Richard "Richy/Duck" Box, which gives the facility page a local staff history beyond basic address and phone information.

For people not found at Marion County Jail, the next search depends on custody type. Sentenced state prisoners at Hamilton Aged and Infirmed or Hamilton Community Based Facility and Community Work Center are searched through ADOC. Federal prisoners are searched through the BOP locator, and immigration detainees through ICE ODLS. Recent local arrests, bond questions, and county jail mail should stay with the Sheriff roster and the jail phone.