Tallapoosa County Jail Roster Overview
The central fact for Tallapoosa County inmate records is that no official public web jail roster, inmate search portal, recent-bookings page, or booking-photo gallery was located on the reviewed county and sheriff pages. The Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department publishes jail contacts, jail activity, staffing, the sheriff app links, and 2024 jail statistics, but it does not expose a searchable public roster in those official pages.
That makes the local search process more direct but less automated. For a current Tallapoosa County inmate record, call the sheriff or jail, ask about current booking status, and ask how to inspect or request the jail prisoner book. For a formal court case after booking, use the Circuit Clerk and AlaCourt. For a sentenced Alabama prisoner, switch to ADOC. For federal or immigration custody, use BOP or ICE instead of the county jail.
Local roster status: The researched official sources did not confirm a Tallapoosa County public jail roster. Treat any third-party list as unverified unless the sheriff confirms it.
Use Tallapoosa County Inmate Records
A practical Tallapoosa County inmate lookup starts with custody type. If the arrest was recent or local, the Tallapoosa County Jail is the first call. If the person has already been sentenced to state prison, ADOC is the proper search. If the case is federal, the county jail may not know the present holding location after transfer.
- Confirm whether the arrest was local, state, federal, or immigration related.
- Call the sheriff main line at (256) 825-4264 or the jail phone listed by official Alexander City contacts at (256) 825-1039.
- Ask whether the person is currently booked, what name spelling is used, whether a bond is set, and whether a hold or detainer exists.
- Ask how to inspect the sheriff prisoner book or request a booking record if the information is public.
- Use court or state/federal locators when the sheriff says the person has been released, transferred, or was not booked locally.
Tallapoosa County Roster Search Fields
No verified online roster form was available to capture field names for Tallapoosa County. The field table below therefore records the official gap instead of inventing a search screen. The state locator fields are included because many readers need the ADOC route after sentencing.
| System | Field Label | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| County jail web roster | Not available | Not available | No official Tallapoosa County public roster/search form located. |
| ADOC inmate locator | AIS # | Optional | Unique six-digit ADOC number; takes precedence over name fields. |
| ADOC inmate locator | First Name | Optional | Can be used alone or with last name unless AIS is entered. |
| ADOC inmate locator | Last Name | Optional | Open-ended beginning-string search. |
Tallapoosa County Inmate Profile Fields
Because no official web profile was found, the confirmed county field inventory comes from Alabama's sheriff prisoner-book law. The statute requires the sheriff to keep a record book open to public inspection during office hours. It identifies the core booking and release fields, but it does not promise a public mugshot, bond display, housing unit, arresting agency field, or booking-number lookup.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Prisoner's name entered in the county-jail prisoner book. |
| Age and sex | Basic identifying information for the person received into jail. |
| Color and marks | The race/color descriptor and distinguishing marks referenced by the statute. |
| Charge | The charge for which the person is held in county custody. |
| Commitment order/date | The legal order and date committing the person to jail. |
| Release order/date | The legal order and date authorizing release. |
Tallapoosa County Jail Facilities
Tallapoosa County has one primary county jail and one ADOC state facility in the Facility Map. These are not interchangeable. The jail is the place to start for local booking, bond, holds, misdemeanor custody, and people awaiting court action. The Alex City facility is for minimum-custody state inmates already in ADOC custody.
Tallapoosa County Jail
316 Industrial Park Drive
Dadeville, AL 36853
(256) 825-1039
Sheriff main: (256) 825-4264
Alex City Community-Based Facility/Community Work Center
Highway 22 W
Alex City, AL 35011
(256) 234-7533
ADOC minimum-custody work-release facility
Finding County State Federal Inmates
The county jail record answers whether a person is in local Tallapoosa custody. The ADOC inmate search answers whether a person is currently incarcerated in Alabama state custody. ADOC states that the online search does not provide historical released data, does not include Youthful Offender Act inmates, and displays a maximum of 50 matching records at one time.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Sheriff/jail phone, in person, records request | Local booking, holds, release orders, misdemeanor or pre-trial custody |
| State prison | ADOC inmate search | Currently incarcerated Alabama state inmates |
| Federal prison | BOP inmate locator | Federal sentenced inmates and BOP custody |
| Immigration custody | ICE detainee locator | ICE custody, searched separately from jail and ADOC |
Tallapoosa County Booking Process
Detailed Tallapoosa County booking steps are not published in the sheriff pages. The safe local sequence is arrest or warrant service, transport to the jail if detention is required, intake, record entry, screening, housing assignment, and court follow-up. The sheriff reported patrol warrants served and prisoner transports in 2024, and the Jail Division is the county detention operation for pre-trial felony defendants and misdemeanor defendants or offenders.
Intake should not be confused with court filing. Booking enters a person into jail custody. Formal court charges and court dates move through the Circuit Clerk, the District Attorney, and AlaCourt when available. Bond may be affected by multiple cases, a no-bond order, probation/parole, an out-of-county hold, ICE, or federal process. A posted local bond may not release a person if another hold remains.
Tallapoosa County Visitation Records
The official county and sheriff pages reviewed did not publish a Tallapoosa County Jail visitation schedule, mail rule, commissary vendor, phone vendor, deposit vendor, visitor list rule, dress code, or attorney-visit procedure. The sheriff page reports 319 video conferences in 2024, but it does not identify a public video-visitation schedule or vendor for family visits.
| Topic | Official Finding | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| County jail visitation | Schedule not located | Call the jail before travel |
| County jail mail | Format not located | Ask for current addressing rules |
| County jail money | Vendor not located | Confirm approved deposit method |
| ADOC Alex City visitation | Contact facility for hours | Call (256) 234-7533 and follow ADOC rules |
Request Tallapoosa County Jail Records
Alabama public-records access gives citizens a route to inspect or copy public writings, and the sheriff prisoner-book law gives a jail-specific public-inspection record. Tallapoosa County did not publish a jail-records request form, fee schedule, or turnaround time in the reviewed pages. Use the sheriff contact channels and ask what form of request is required, whether identification is needed, what copy fee applies, and when the record can be inspected.
The sheriff contact form is not a dedicated records portal. It has name, email, phone, address, comment type, topic, comments, and CAPTCHA fields. It can help route a non-emergency inquiry, but urgent custody, bond, or release questions should go by phone. Secret Witness at (256) 827-2035 is for suspected criminal activity, not routine inmate records.
Common Tallapoosa Jail Terms
Several terms appear across inmate, jail, and court records. A charge is an accusation or alleged offense. A commitment is the legal order placing a person in jail. A release order is the legal direction authorizing release. A detainer is a hold or request from another agency or jurisdiction. A PR bond means personal recognizance, which is release based on a promise to appear, often with conditions.
VINELink can be useful for custody-status notifications where the relevant agency feed participates. It is not a full booking file, and it is not a substitute for the sheriff, the court clerk, ADOC, BOP, or ICE when those systems are the agency of record.
Note: Confirm custody before sending money, planning a visit, or relying on a release time.
Tallapoosa County Arresting Agencies
An arresting agency is not always the jail operator. The sheriff's research notes a multi-agency narcotics task force involving Alexander City Police, the Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department, Dadeville Police, Tallassee Police, and the Alabama Bureau of Investigation. A police department may make the arrest, while the county jail handles detention if the person is committed to local custody. That is why a records search should ask both who made the arrest and where the person was booked.
For Alexander City records, the official police report-request material says arrest reports must be subpoenaed. That does not prevent a county jail custody inquiry, but it does affect how police paperwork is obtained. Court records remain the best place to verify filed charges, settings, and dispositions after the booking stage.
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