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Tallapoosa County Jail Overview

The Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department operates Tallapoosa County Jail at 316 Industrial Park Drive in Dadeville. The sheriff describes the jail as the county detention facility for pre-trial felony defendants, convicted felons awaiting disposition or transfer, and misdemeanor defendants or offenders committed by county courts. It is the main local custody point after an arrest that leads to county detention.

The jail is not the same as the ADOC Alex City Community-Based Facility/Community Work Center. Tallapoosa County Jail handles local booking and jail custody. ADOC handles sentenced state prisoners. That distinction controls lookup, visitation, mail, money, and records requests.

Tallapoosa County Jail Population

The sheriff's Jail Division overview reports the key official numbers for the facility. The 2024 average daily population was 131, yearly bookings were 1,727, average monthly bookings were 144, video conferencing was 319, and the 2024-2025 jail budget was $1,969,591.00. A formal rated capacity was not located in the official county source, so it should not be guessed from outside jail-guide sites.

Search Tallapoosa County Jail Custody

No official Tallapoosa County Jail web roster was located in the reviewed sheriff or county pages. For current custody, call the sheriff/jail and ask whether the person is booked, whether a bond has been set, whether a hold exists, and which court is handling the case. The sheriff contact form can route non-emergency questions, but phone contact is the practical path for time-sensitive custody questions.

1. Call (256) 825-4264 for the sheriff's department or (256) 825-1039 for the jail phone listed in official Alexander City contacts.
2. Provide the person's full name, date of birth if known, and arresting agency if known.
3. Ask whether the person is currently booked at Tallapoosa County Jail and whether there are holds.
4. Ask how to inspect the jail prisoner book or request a booking record if the person is not listed online.
5. Use ADOC, BOP, or ICE if the person is no longer in county custody.

Alabama Code Section 36-22-8 requires a sheriff to keep a public-inspection prisoner book during office hours. That book is the county-record anchor when no public web roster is available.

Tallapoosa County Jail Address

The jail and sheriff's department share the published Industrial Park Drive address. The official county material does not publish public lobby hours, visitor entrance details, or parking instructions for the jail. Call before travel, especially for visitation, records inspection, bond questions, property, or ADA access.

Visiting Tallapoosa County Jail

Official county and sheriff pages reviewed did not publish Tallapoosa County Jail visitor hours, dress code, appointment rules, visitor-list requirements, child-visitor rules, video-visit vendor, or public lobby hours. The sheriff page reports 319 video conferences in 2024, but it does not identify a public family visitation schedule. Use the jail phone before making plans.

Mail Phone and Money

The official research did not locate Tallapoosa County Jail mail formatting rules, phone-account vendor, commissary provider, money-deposit method, deposit limits, or fee schedule. Do not send money, books, packages, or sensitive mail based on third-party jail-directory claims. Ask the jail how mail should be addressed and which deposit or phone vendors are approved at the time of contact.

Tallapoosa County Jail Booking

Tallapoosa County booking details are not published step by step in the official sheriff pages. The safe outline is arrest or warrant service, transport if detention is required, identity confirmation, custody paperwork, search, property handling, screening, classification, and housing. The sheriff's staffing list includes a Jail Administrator, lieutenant, shift supervisors, correctional officers, a full-time nurse, and a part-time nurse.

Jail Administrator Al Wilson is named on the sheriff site. The research notes that he began with the sheriff department as a corrections officer, later served in patrol roles, and was promoted to Jail Administrator on June 1, 2022. That named leadership helps confirm the facility as a sheriff-operated jail, not a private locator or third-party roster service.

Tallapoosa Jail Records Follow Up

After booking, court charges should be checked through the Circuit Clerk or AlaCourt once a case exists. The District Attorney is the prosecutor, but the clerk is the court-record custodian. The county's east and west court divisions can matter for hearings and filings. If a person is sentenced to ADOC custody, future lookup moves to the state prison locator rather than the Tallapoosa County Jail.

The sheriff's office also publishes broader agency activity that explains why jail records may connect to many offices. Patrol handles warrants, civil papers, prisoner transports, courtroom security, and citizen assists. Communications handles E911 and related law-enforcement support. The narcotics task force includes local police agencies and state investigators. When a person is booked at Tallapoosa County Jail, the arresting agency, holding authority, prosecutor, and court division may all be different from the jail itself.

For family members, that means each question should be narrow. Ask the jail about custody, release, bond status, holds, visiting, mail, and property. Ask the clerk or AlaCourt about filed charges, court dates, and disposition. Ask ADOC only after state-prison custody begins. This separation reduces wrong calls and avoids treating the jail as the keeper of every related court or police record.

Released people may still have a court case, unpaid costs, a warrant issue, or an expungement question after jail custody ends. Jail release is only one status point.