Search the Lawrence County Inmate Population

The Lawrence County Inmate Population

The Lawrence County inmate population is held through one active local detention facility found in the research: Lawrence County Jail, operated by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff describes the corrections division as housing people awaiting trial or transfer to the Alabama Department of Corrections. That means the local count is not the same as the statewide prison count. People may begin in Lawrence County Jail after arrest, but a prison sentence later moves the lookup to ADOC. Federal and immigration custody use separate systems.

The Lawrence County inmate population changes with arrests, bond decisions, court hearings, transfers, and program placement. A person may be booked at the jail, released on bond, held for court, sent to work release, or transferred after sentencing. Because no official public roster was located on the sheriff's reviewed pages, current custody questions depend on the jail phone, the sheriff counter, VINE, and records requests. Court charges follow a different path through the Circuit Clerk and Alacourt.

Lawrence County Inmate Population Statistics

The strongest local figures are the sheriff-published average population and the 2024 Alabama Law Enforcement Directory capacity. The sheriff's jail-info page states that the Lawrence County Corrections Division maintains an average population of 130 inmates. The 2024 directory lists the Lawrence County Jail capacity as 140 beds. Those two numbers show a compact county jail operating near its rated size, but they do not prove daily overcrowding because no daily census or monthly dashboard was found.

Lawrence County Inmate Population Trends

No official Lawrence County daily population feed, monthly jail census, or multi-year admission table was found. The available trend picture is narrower: the sheriff publishes a current average population, the law-enforcement directory publishes bed capacity, and recent public reports show ordinary bookings, a jail death investigation, a transfer to another county for safety reasons, and a federal sentence that later belongs in BOP custody. These sources support careful local context, not a made-up year-by-year trend line.

Who Makes Up Lawrence County Inmates

The sheriff's published description identifies the main groups in the Lawrence County inmate population: people awaiting trial, people awaiting transfer to ADOC, and eligible sentenced inmates in local programs. The jail also runs work release for vetted male and female inmates and a roadside trash cleanup detail for non-violent convicted people. No official local demographic table was found for sex, race, age, charge level, or pretrial share.

• Pretrial custody: People held after arrest while charges, bond, and court dates are pending.
• Transfer custody: People waiting to move from Lawrence County Jail to ADOC after state sentencing.
• Local sentenced programs: Eligible inmates may be assigned to work release or roadside cleanup.
• State prison custody: Sentenced ADOC prisoners are searched through the statewide ADOC locator.

For page accuracy, the absence of a local demographic table matters. County-specific population claims should stay tied to the published average, bed capacity, and facility function unless a later official source publishes more detail.

Lawrence County Jail Capacity

The Lawrence County Jail capacity figure is 140 beds in the 2024 Alabama Law Enforcement Directory. The sheriff's average population figure is 130 inmates. That gap is small, so custody status can change quickly when arrests, releases, transfers, or court orders occur. The research did not locate a new-jail project, closure notice, expansion plan, consent decree, or official overcrowding finding for Lawrence County Jail.

The jail-info page adds local program detail that shapes the population. On-site medical services, law libraries, adult education, work release, and roadside cleanup all operate through the corrections division. Work-release income may help pay court costs, fines, restitution, and child support. Program eligibility still depends on jail classification, sentence status, safety rules, and the sheriff's policies.

The sheriff's jail-info page is a useful source for local capacity context because it describes the corrections division and its programs. The screenshot below captures the official jail information page used for those facts.

The page ties custody, visitation, work release, and bond instructions to the same Lawrence County Jail operation, which is why the inmate population and lookup sections should not be separated from jail procedures.

Laws for Lawrence County Inmate Records

Alabama law supports access to many jail and court records, but it does not make every custody detail public online. Alabama public-records law gives residents a right to inspect and copy public records subject to exceptions. The sheriff prisoner-record statute requires a prisoner record book for people received into the county jail. Criminal-history rules, juvenile limits, active-investigation limits, safety concerns, and expungement orders may affect what is released.

These laws support records requests, but they do not prove that Lawrence County posts a public roster, mugshot gallery, or booking archive. The safer path is to contact the originating office when a record is not visible online.

Lawrence County and ADOC Inmates

The Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search covers current ADOC prisoners, not pretrial Lawrence County Jail detainees. ADOC's inspected search page listed statewide counts, including 27,601 total inmates, but those figures describe Alabama prison custody as a whole. No ADOC major prison or community work center was found in Lawrence County. ADOC does list Lawrence County Community Corrections as a local diversion or supervision program, not as a jail or prison facility.

The handoff matters for families trying to find someone. If the jail no longer confirms custody after sentencing, the person may have moved into state custody. ADOC searches use AIS number, first name, or last name, and the database is limited to currently incarcerated ADOC inmates. Youthful Offender Act inmates are excluded from the public search.

Search Lawrence County Inmate Population

A Lawrence County inmate population search starts with the local jail because the county does not publish a confirmed online roster in the reviewed official pages. The sheriff's Inmates page shows contact information and official links, but no searchable roster form, public profile fields, booking gallery, refresh rate, or released-inmate retention rule was found. The search process therefore uses a fallback chain.

1. Call Lawrence County Jail at (256) 974-2550 for current custody, bond, and jail-process questions.
2. Use the sheriff/jail counter at 242 Parker Road in Moulton for in-person jail questions and records-request routing.
3. Use VINELink for custody status and notification registration when available.
4. Request booking records or mugshots from the sheriff's office if they are not posted online.
5. Search ADOC, BOP, or ICE when the person is in state, federal, or immigration custody instead of the county jail.

Current Lawrence County Inmate Lookup

The official Lawrence County Sheriff's "Inmates" page was reviewed as the most relevant local page. It did not expose a public inmate-search form in the indexed content. That finding changes the lookup plan: there is no confirmed county field table for last name, first name, booking number, or facility. VINE and the jail phone become the practical current-custody channels.

The official sheriff Inmates page showed jail contact information rather than a public roster during the research pass. The captured page is included below because it is the local source that readers are most likely to expect to be a roster.

The absence of a visible roster on that page is why the phone, counter, VINE, and records-request options are treated as primary access paths.

Past Lawrence County Inmate Records

Released or older Lawrence County inmate records are harder to find online because no released-inmate archive or booking-history portal was located in official sheriff sources. A person may have a jail booking record, a court case record, an ADOC record after sentencing, or a federal record after federal prosecution. Each lives in a different system. The jail can answer local custody questions, while the Circuit Clerk and Alacourt handle filed criminal cases.

For a past booking, ask the sheriff's office how to submit a public-records request and what fees apply. For a filed court case, use Alacourt ACCESS or contact the Circuit Clerk. For a person sentenced to Alabama prison, use ADOC. For a federal sentence, use BOP. A VINE registration may help with status and notification, but it is not a complete historical booking archive.

What Lawrence County Inmate Records Show

Because no public Lawrence County jail profile was captured, public web fields such as mugshot, booking number, housing unit, bond amount, and release date cannot be promised. Internally, jail booking records commonly include identity, intake, charge, bond, property, fingerprint, photograph, classification, and court paperwork data, but the public release of each item depends on Alabama law, sheriff policy, and case status.

Booking

Jail intake, when identity, arrest paperwork, property, fingerprints, and a photo may be recorded.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency that may keep a person in custody even after local bond is addressed.

Classification

A jail assessment used for housing, safety, program access, and work-release eligibility.

ADOC

The Alabama Department of Corrections, which handles state prison custody after transfer from the county jail.

Lawrence County Jail vs State Prison

County jail, state prison, federal prison, and immigration detention are separate custody systems. Lawrence County Jail is the local starting point for pretrial detention, bond, video visitation, and jail records. ADOC is the statewide system for sentenced Alabama prisoners. BOP covers federal prisoners, and ICE ODLS covers immigration detention. A person can move from one system to another as a case changes.

Note: If one system does not show the person, check whether the case stage or custody agency has changed.

Bond, Visits, and Programs

The sheriff publishes specific bond instructions for Lawrence County. Cash bond is paid at the clerk's office inside the courthouse, and a copy of the receipt goes to the jail. Property bond requires a Revenue Commissioner assessment printout, enough property value to cover the bond, and all listed owners present to sign. Licensed bondsmen may also post bond. Every bond requires a $35.00 money-order filing fee made to the Lawrence County Circuit Clerk or to the municipal court for a municipal arrest.

Lawrence County Detention Facilities

The facility map resolves to one detention facility in Lawrence County. No separate county jail annex, city jail, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility was found inside the county in the reviewed sources. Community Corrections is a local supervision and diversion program, not a separate detention facility page.

• Lawrence County Jail - the county jail in Moulton for pretrial detainees, people awaiting transfer, and eligible sentenced work-release inmates.

Lawrence County Inmate Population FAQ

How large is the Lawrence County inmate population?

The sheriff's jail-info page gives an average population of 130 inmates, and the 2024 Alabama Law Enforcement Directory lists jail capacity at 140 beds. No official daily dashboard was found.

Is there a Lawrence County online jail roster?

No official public roster was located in the reviewed sheriff pages. The official Inmates page showed contact information and links, so current custody checks should start with the jail phone, VINE, and the sheriff's office.

Where do court charges appear after booking?

Charges filed in court are handled through the Circuit Clerk and Alacourt, not the jail alone. Jail booking charges may differ from charges later filed or amended by the prosecutor.

When should ADOC be used?

Use ADOC after a person is sentenced and transferred to Alabama state prison. ADOC does not replace the county jail for pretrial Lawrence County custody.