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Madison County Release Records

A Madison County release record is a custody record. It shows that a booking at the Madison County Detention Facility has reached a release point, but it does not by itself prove that the criminal case is over. The sheriff's released roster is the county's public recent-release view, while court records, ADOC records, VINE, and parole or probation records answer different questions after that release. A person can leave the local jail by bond, court order, time served, transfer, sentence completion, or a hold change. Those paths are not the same.

The county's key local source is the Madison County Sheriff's Office released roster at the release-time sorted roster. That page is separate from the current roster. A current roster view answers whether someone is booked now. The released view answers whether a person recently left sheriff custody and still appears in the online feed. If the person was moved to the Alabama Department of Corrections, the Madison County release can mean transfer from jail rather than release into the community.

Madison County Release Paths

Release type matters because it tells a reader where to confirm the next fact. A bond release is usually tied to a court or magistrate path. A state-sentence transfer points to ADOC. A municipal case can be housed in the same county jail but controlled by a city magistrate or municipal court. A federal or ICE pickup may look like a Madison County release in the sheriff system while the person has moved to another custody system.

Huntsville municipal misdemeanor bonds, City of Madison misdemeanor bonds, and Madison County misdemeanor or felony bonds each have distinct local routes on the sheriff's jail-information page. That is why a Madison County released inmates search should not stop at the roster card when the release reason matters.

Madison County Release Fields

The public Madison County released roster ties a release event to a booking. At research access, it showed a released roster title, name and date sort controls, current and released view links, newest-to-oldest and oldest-to-newest sorting, a name search box, pagination, profile links, and booking photos when available. The visible result cards used practical fields that help distinguish one booking from another.

A charge on a release record can later change, be dismissed, be indicted differently, or remain pending. For final case outcome, use Madison County court information and AlaCourt public access. For a state-prison sentence, use ADOC. For supervision after release, use the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles.

Obtain Madison County Release Records

For a recent jail release, start with the online released roster. A formal records request is the stronger path for older releases, certified copies, complete booking packets, release reasons, holds, bond paperwork, or a booking photograph that no longer appears online. The Madison County Sheriff's Office contact page lists the main office, and the jail-information page lists the detention facility and jail booking information line.

1. Identify the person with full name, date of birth if known, booking number if known, and approximate booking or release dates.
2. Ask for the specific record: release date and time, booking sheet, release reason or type, hold information, bond order, property instructions, or booking photo.
3. Route jail records to the sheriff or detention facility. Route court orders and dispositions to the court or clerk.
4. Use ADOC's public-records request path for prison release or discharge records.
5. Use the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles public-records request page for parole board or supervision records.

Alabama Code Section 36-12-40 is the public-records starting point for public writings, but it does not open every record. Sealed, expunged, juvenile, confidential, medical, security, or restricted records may be withheld or limited. Expungement under Alabama Code Title 15, Chapter 27 can limit public access when a court enters an order.

Madison County Release Law

Alabama's general public-records rule, Alabama Code Section 36-12-40, gives citizens a right to inspect and copy public writings unless another law says otherwise. For release records, that means the public-records question starts with access, then turns to limits. A jail record may be public in part while other details are restricted by law, court order, agency policy, or confidentiality rules.

For sentence calculations and state-prison releases, different statutes matter. Alabama Code Section 14-9-41 addresses correctional incentive time. Alabama Code Section 15-22-28 addresses parole consideration procedure. These laws help explain why a projected release date, a parole hearing, and an actual discharge can be separate events.

Find Madison County Released Inmates

A release search starts by deciding which custody system the person left. If the person was recently booked into the Madison County Detention Facility, use the released roster before the current roster. If the person was sentenced to state prison, use ADOC. If the concern is parole, probation, or absconder status, use ABPP. If a federal sentence or immigration hold is involved, the county roster is only one possible local clue.

1. Search the sheriff's released roster by name and sort by release time.
2. Open the profile link when one appears and compare booking number, booking time, charges, holds, bond amount, and release time.
3. If no released result appears, check the sheriff's current roster to rule out continued jail custody.
4. Use VINELink for a specific custody-status check and release notification.
5. Use ADOC for a state-prison transfer, projected prison release, or discharge.
6. Use court records or a records request when the online roster is gone, incomplete, or not legally enough.

Why the current roster may fail: a released person usually leaves the current-custody view. For a recent list rather than a named-person search, use the Jail Releases: 24 Hours page. For future timing, use the Projected Release page.

ADOC Search for Madison Releases

The Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search applies when a Madison County case becomes a state-prison matter. It is not the first source for a short jail bond release. Use ADOC when the court docket or jail record shows a prison sentence, when the person was transported from the Madison County Detention Facility to state custody, or when the question is about prison discharge rather than a county jail release.

The screenshot below comes from the ADOC search entry point and should be read as the statewide custody path for prison cases, not as a replacement for the county released roster.

Madison County Recent Releases

Madison County has a true Released filter in the sheriff roster. That is a strong local feature because many counties only publish current custody. At research access, the released view showed 57 entries across three pages and was sorted by release time descending. It also included a search-by-name box, profile links, and booking photographs where available. The page did not publish a fixed retention promise or a separate official 24-hour or 72-hour URL.

The sheriff roster image below is tied to the county's released roster filter. Use it as a recent-release feed, then confirm older or formal record needs with court records or a sheriff records request.

Parole and Probation After Release

Release from jail or prison can be followed by parole, probation, split-sentence supervision, or other court and board control. Alabama supervision research runs through the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. The bureau publishes hearing information, scheduled parole hearings, parole results, field-office resources, public-records-request information, and absconder alerts. For local supervision and reentry context, Madison County connects most closely to Huntsville-area ABPP resources, including the Huntsville Day Reporting Center page.

A parole result is not the same as physical release. A person may have a grant, denial, continuance, detainer, rescission issue, or additional sentence. Use the Probation & Parole page for the local supervision check and the difference between parole and probation.

Release Notifications and Federal Releases

Madison County's jail-information page directs users to VINE for custody-status changes and criminal case information, and it says people who need release notification must register because detention staff do not make release-notification calls. The VINE route is specific-person and alert-focused. It does not replace the sheriff released roster, court records, ADOC records, or ABPP records.

Federal and immigration paths are separate. The BOP inmate locator is the federal prison release source. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is the immigration detention source. If a Madison County jail release involved a federal or ICE hold, the sheriff roster may show local custody ended while another agency became the correct place to verify where the person went.

Madison County Custody Checks

The same name can appear in more than one system over time. Use the table as a custody-type map before drawing a conclusion from one missing record.

Madison County Release Facilities

The Madison County Detention Facility is the primary jail. The sheriff's main office is a records and court-facing contact point, not a separate jail. Huntsville municipal holds and City of Madison municipal holds are housed through the county facility when booked there, but the bond or court reason may route to the city magistrate or municipal court. No ADOC prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center was identified as operating in Madison County for this project.

• Madison County Detention Facility
• Madison County Sheriff's Office
• Huntsville Municipal Holds
• City of Madison Municipal Holds

For clothing, property, and money after release, the jail-information page supplies unusually specific local details. Relatives may bring clothing to the lobby for a person being released. Stored property requires valid photo identification. Remaining funds are picked up at the Pistol Permit Office, and commissary items placed before release have their own pickup window. Those details help verify the practical side of a Madison County release without changing the legal record.

Madison County Bond Routing

Bond release is one of the fastest paths from current custody to the released roster. Madison County is not one-size-fits-all here. The sheriff's jail-information page separates Huntsville misdemeanor bonds, City of Madison misdemeanor bonds, and Madison County misdemeanor or felony bonds. Huntsville municipal defendants use the City of Huntsville magistrate path. City of Madison misdemeanor defendants use the City of Madison Magistrate path. Madison County misdemeanor and felony bonds use the District Court Clerk's Office route listed by the sheriff.

This local routing matters because the sheriff released roster may show the custody event while the court or magistrate record explains why it happened. A person released on bond may still have a next court date, a pending charge, or a later disposition. For case outcome, use the municipal court, district court, circuit court, or AlaCourt path that matches the charge.

Madison Release Property and Funds

The jail-information page also documents practical release steps. Property for housed inmates can be picked up at the detention facility with valid photo identification, and the page states property is stored for 30 days before it may be disposed of or donated. A released inmate can pick up remaining funds at the Pistol Permit Office at 603 Fiber Street in Huntsville during the hours listed by the sheriff. The same page also gives commissary pickup rules for purchased items placed before release.

These facts do not confirm the legal outcome of a case. They do help families and released people handle the short period after release from the Madison County Detention Facility. For a formal record, use the sheriff, court, ADOC, or ABPP route that controls the custody type.

Discharge

The end of a custody or sentence status in the controlling agency's record.

Time served

Release because the credited jail time or sentence period has been satisfied.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency that can affect where a person goes next.

Expungement

A court process that can limit public access to certain records when ordered.