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Madison County Detention Releases

The Madison County Detention Facility is the primary local jail for Madison County. It is operated by the Madison County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division. The jail houses people booked on county charges, municipal charges, holds, and other local custody matters. When a person leaves this facility, the first public release check is the sheriff's released roster filter, sorted by release time.

A release from this facility is a local custody event. It can mean the person bonded out, completed a local sentence, was released by court order, moved to another jurisdiction, or was transported to ADOC after a state sentence. If the sheriff roster shows release from the jail, that does not always mean the person has no pending case, no supervision, or no transfer. Court records, VINE, ADOC, ABPP, BOP, or ICE may be needed depending on the facts.

Confirm Detention Facility Release

The county roster provides the quickest recent-release check, but it is not a full court or prison record. Use more than one channel when the result matters.

1. Open the sheriff's released roster and search by name.
2. Sort by release time and open the profile link for the closest match.
3. Compare booking number, booking time, charges, bond amount, holds, photo availability, and release time.
4. Use VINELink for a specific custody-status check or future release notification.
5. Use Madison County court information or AlaCourt public access for the case outcome.
6. Use ADOC inmate search if the person was transferred to Alabama prison custody.

For the full countywide search and records-request path, use the Madison County released inmates home page.

Detention Facility Records Contact

Use the detention facility and sheriff contact information for jail booking records, recent release records, property questions, and booking-photo requests. A request should identify the person, booking number if known, approximate booking and release dates, and the exact record sought.

Madison County VINE Release Alerts

The sheriff's jail-information page tells users to use VINE for custody-status changes and criminal case information. It also says anyone needing release notification must register with VINE because detention-facility staff do not make notification calls. That is a key local limit. Calling the jail for a future release date is not the same as registering for an automated custody-status notice.

The facility image below comes from the sheriff's jail-information page, which documents VINE, bond routing, property, funds, and release-date limits for Madison County jail users.

Detention Facility Bond Release

Bond release at the Madison County Detention Facility depends on who brought the charge. The sheriff page lists City of Huntsville misdemeanor bonds through the Huntsville magistrate. It lists City of Madison misdemeanor bonds through the City of Madison Magistrate. It lists Madison County misdemeanor and felony bonds through the District Court Clerk's Office, with the courthouse room and hours stated on the sheriff page.

A bond release may appear in the sheriff's released roster, but the case may remain open. Use the court or magistrate source for the next court setting and case outcome.

Property After Facility Release

The jail-information page gives practical release details that are specific to Madison County. Personal effects are inventoried and stored. Property for housed inmates may be picked up at 815 Wheeler Ave by a person with valid photo identification. The page states property is stored for 30 days and may later be disposed of or donated. Relatives may bring clothing to the lobby for a person being released, and the person can change in the lobby restroom.

Remaining funds follow a different path. The sheriff page says a released inmate can pick up remaining funds at the Pistol Permit Office, 603 Fiber Street, Huntsville, AL 35801, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., excluding holidays, with valid identification. Commissary items ordered before release have a separate pickup window through the jail-information instructions. These details help with post-release logistics, but official custody confirmation still comes from the release record, VINE, or the court.

Detention Facility Record Limits

A Madison County Detention Facility release record should be read as a jail event, not as a full case history. The sheriff's released roster can show that a booking has a release time, but it does not promise that the charge is dismissed, that a sentence is over, or that no other agency is involved. Holds are especially important because a person can leave the Madison County jail and still move to another county, ADOC, federal custody, or immigration custody.

The safer records sequence is to use the sheriff record for the local jail event, then the court docket for the legal case, then ADOC or ABPP when prison custody or supervision applies. A formal request is useful when the public roster has aged out, when a certified record is needed, or when a booking photo or release reason is not visible online. Alabama public-record access starts with Section 36-12-40, but sealed, expunged, juvenile, confidential, and restricted records may be limited.

Facility Release Transfer Paths

Not every release from the Madison County Detention Facility is a walk-out release. A person can be released to a court order, transported to ADOC, picked up on another jurisdiction's hold, or moved because a federal or ICE matter is involved. The county released roster may still be correct because it records the end of Madison County jail custody. It just does not answer the whole custody question by itself.

If the release was a transfer to state prison, ADOC becomes the controlling system for institution, status, projected date, parole context, and discharge. If the release involved parole or probation, the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles may hold the useful supervision path. If the release involved federal custody, the BOP locator and federal court records may be more useful than a county roster. Matching the record to the custody system prevents a common mistake: reading one local release as the final outcome for every agency.

Detention Facility Recent Feed

The released roster is best for recent Madison County Detention Facility releases because it is connected to the sheriff's live roster controls and sorted by release time. It should not be treated as a permanent archive. When the page no longer shows a person, the next step is not to assume there was no release. Check court records, VINE, ADOC if a state sentence is involved, and a sheriff records request for the jail file.