Releases from Pickens County Detention Center
Pickens County Detention Center, also presented by the Sheriff's Office as Pickens County Jail, is the county jail at 188 Cemetery Street in Carrollton. A person released from this facility may be leaving pretrial detention after bond, leaving after a court order, finishing a local sentence, being transferred to another county or agency, or moving into state or federal custody. The public jail release record begins with the Pickens County Sheriff's roster system. The Sheriff's roster chooser separates the current-inmate list from the 48 Hour Release view, which is the official recent-release feed for people released from the Pickens County Detention Center within the last 48 hours.
That 48-hour release feed is narrow but useful. It can show a mugshot thumbnail, name, booking number, release date and time, booking date and time, charges, bond, and a profile link. The release date and time are the fields that answer the immediate question of whether the person left Pickens County jail custody during the public window. The charges and bond fields help identify the booking, but they do not prove the final court result. A bond release, dismissal, transfer, time-served release, or court-ordered release can all appear as a release from the jail while the legal case continues somewhere else.
Released people usually drop off the live current roster. That is why the current roster should not be treated as the main way to locate a released Pickens County inmate. If a person is on the current roster, the public jail data is still presenting them as in custody. If the person is gone from the current roster and absent from the 48-hour released view, the event may be older than the public release window, the spelling may differ, the booking may have been corrected, or the person may have been transferred. At that point, the better sources are the jail records custodian, the Pickens County Circuit Clerk, Alacourt, or the receiving agency locator.
The Sheriff's jail page is the source to capture for the facility itself:
The image supports the local contact details below, but release confirmation still depends on the roster, records office, court file, or downstream custodian for the specific person.
Confirm a Pickens Jail Release
The fastest recent-release route is the Sheriff's released roster at pcsoal.org/roster.php?released=1. Use it only for the time period it covers. Pickens County did not publish separate official 24-hour or 72-hour release feeds in the research sweep. The 24-hour page on this site explains how to read the same 48-hour feed for same-day releases, and the 72-hour page explains why a release older than 48 hours usually needs a records or court fallback.
- Open the Sheriff's roster chooser at pcsoal.org/roster-choose and choose the 48 Hour Release option.
- Search by name, then compare the release date and time to the expected release window.
- Write down the booking number, booking date, charges, bond field, and profile link if the entry is available.
- If the person does not appear, check the current roster at pcsoal.org/roster.php to see whether the public jail data still shows current custody.
- If neither roster answers the question, contact the jail or Sheriff's Office with the booking number or full identifying details.
- For the case outcome, use Alacourt or the Pickens County Circuit Clerk because the court record explains dismissal, sentencing, probation, bond status, and other case actions.
The Sheriff's roster disclaimer matters. The Detention Center says roster information is provided for convenience and that it cannot certify accuracy or authenticity. For a certified record or an older release, the public list is only a pointer. The custodian record, court file, or receiving agency record is the source to use when the public roster rolls off or conflicts with another official record.
Pickens County Jail Records and Contact
For jail release records, use the Sheriff's Office and jail contact path. The Sheriff's site lists phone 205-367-2000 as a 24-hour number, the physical address as 188 Cemetery Street, Carrollton, AL 35447, and the mailing address as P.O. Box 226, Carrollton, AL 35447. Administrative office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. The jail page lists the jail phone as (205) 367-2000, visitation telephone number 205-367-2006, and jail administrator email pcollardpcsoal@outlook.com.
Request Details to Include
Ask for the booking record and release record for the named person. Include the booking number if known, date of birth if appropriate, booking date, release date or estimated release date, charges, bond information, and the specific record requested. If you need a booking photo, identify the booking date or booking number tied to that photo. If the issue is the court outcome rather than the jail-door timestamp, ask the Circuit Clerk or use Alacourt.
Alabama public-records law supports access to public writings subject to statutory limits and reasonable fees, but it does not make every jail, medical, juvenile, sealed, expunged, security, or investigative record public. A precise request helps the custodian distinguish a jail release timestamp from a court disposition or a later supervision record.
About Pickens County Detention Center
This is a county jail, not a state prison. It is operated through the Pickens County Alabama Sheriff's Office and holds people connected to local criminal process, pretrial detention, local sentences, holds, and transfers. The public release path is therefore the Sheriff's 48-hour release list and local records, not the ADOC inmate search. ADOC becomes relevant only when a Pickens County case later results in a state-prison sentence or when a person is transferred to state custody.
| Facility point | Pickens County detail |
|---|---|
| Facility type | County jail and local detention center |
| Operating agency | Pickens County Alabama Sheriff's Office |
| Recent-release source | Sheriff's 48 Hour Release roster |
| Older release fallback | Jail records, Sheriff's Office, Pickens County court record, or receiving agency locator |
Transfers Are Still Jail Releases
A person can be released from the Pickens County jail without being released into the community. The local release event can be a transfer to ADOC after sentencing, a move to another county, a federal pickup, or an ICE-related transfer. That distinction is central in Pickens County because FCI Aliceville is physically in the county and because ICE/detainer materials are part of the research record. The jail release timestamp answers when the person left local jail custody. It does not, by itself, prove that all custody or supervision ended.
Use the receiving system when the jail record points beyond the county. For state-prison custody, search ADOC while the person is currently incarcerated and use ADOC records, Alabama VNS, ABPP, or court records after discharge. For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator by A-number or by name, country of birth, and birth date, then contact ICE ERO or the known facility if the locator does not resolve the question.
Jail Release vs Court Result
The jail and the court answer different questions. The jail record gives the booking and release event from 188 Cemetery Street. The court record explains what happened in the case: court actions, case status, settings, party information, financial history, case action summary, sentence, dismissal, probation, or other disposition. The Pickens County Circuit Clerk is at 20 Phoenix Ave., P.O. Box 418, Carrollton, AL 35447, phone (205) 367-2050. Office hours are 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, with lunch closure from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Alacourt ACCESS provides Alabama trial court records online, including criminal case detail. The sweep found $9.99 pricing for name searches and $9.99 for case-number searches, with document-image fees listed separately. Fees can change, so rely on the portal's current checkout page before ordering. Use the court path when the question is why a person was released, whether a charge remains pending, whether probation was ordered, or whether a sentence was imposed.