Every detail on this page is checked by hand, not scraped. This unofficial directory helps friends and family of incarcerated individuals find critical information — inmate lists, locations, bail resources, visitation hours, rules, and text, phone, email, and mail services — for jails, detention centers, and prisons across the United States.
Your first click should be the sheriff's arrest search page. From there, a button opens the Citizen Connect inmate list. Three tabs sit across the top: everyone held right now, admits within a date range, and releases within a date range. You can filter by first, middle or last name, by charge, or by the agency that made the arrest.
Bay Minette is a small county seat with a big job. Most adults arrested in fast-growing Baldwin County, Alabama, are booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Center, at 200 Hand Avenue, Bay Minette, AL 36507. Hand Avenue, the jail's street, is also where North Baldwin Infirmary stands, at number 1815, so many local families already know the drive.
Each entry gives age, race and sex, date of birth, the booking date, the arresting agency, and a numbered list of charges. Booking photos (mugshots) appear on the list as well. Tap "View Full Details" for the rest of the record.
People booked within the last few hours may still be in intake. Check the "Releases" tab too, because a person who bonded out last night drops off the current list. Still stuck? Phone the corrections center at 251-937-0202 and ask staff to look.
Bad news from home is hard to deliver through a wall. When a relative of someone inside passes away, call 251-937-0202 so the jail can pass the word along. Ask on that call whether attending the service is an option.
Not every Baldwin County arrest starts in Bay Minette. A person may sit in a city jail first. Here is who runs one:
Police in Bay Minette, Elberta, Loxley, Silverhill, Spanish Fort and Summerdale also make arrests in the county. If a name is missing here, the person may still be in one of those city cells. A felony charge or a court order moves them to this center, and the intake desk at 251-937-0202 can help you track that move.
Alabama families can use VINELink for free. Once you find the person in its Alabama search, you can register a phone number, email address or cell phone for texts. The system then reaches out on its own when that person is let go or transferred, so you are not stuck refreshing a web page. Anyone who gets stuck can reach AlaVINE toll-free by dialing 877-846-3425 from any phone.
Alabama prisons. A long state sentence means a move from Bay Minette to a prison run by the Alabama Department of Corrections. Its online inmate lookup takes a full name or a six-digit AIS number. Only people in custody today appear, and Youthful Offender cases are excluded.
ICE detainees. This jail can hold people for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, something Alabama's attorney general pointed out during a March 2026 tour, according to 1819 News. If you think a relative is in immigration custody, try the ICE detainee locator. It asks for a country of birth along with a nine-digit A-Number. No number? An exact first and last name works instead.
Federal inmates. The Federal Bureau of Prisons runs its own locator covering 1982 to today. Results can be pulled up by name or by an FBI, INS or BOP register number. A "released" status only means federal custody has ended.
Jail Tower B added 336 beds built for women and maximum-security inmates, and the same phase delivered a brand-new booking and intake building, Justice Design News reported in April 2026. That August, the county also opened a secure sally port with holding cells under the Baldwin County Courthouse, so inmates can wait for court on site instead of riding back and forth, WALA FOX10 reported.
Waiting on a callback? The Bay Minette Public Library, at 205 West Second Street, and Blackburn Park, at 100 Hoyle Avenue, are both a few blocks from the jail.
Found them? Next, see how bond works at the Baldwin County Corrections Center, the Bay Minette mail rules and setting up inmate calls.
Baldwin County Corrections Center
200 Hand Avenue
Bay Minette, AL 36507
251-937-0202
How soon after an arrest does a person appear on the Baldwin County inmate list?
Is someone arrested by Fairhope, Foley or another city police department held here?
Does the Baldwin County jail house federal prisoners or ICE detainees?
Who runs the Baldwin County Corrections Center?
Can VINELink warn me before someone is released in Baldwin County?
Most people show up once intake is done. On the Citizen Connect list, the admits tab has a “Last 24 hours” setting that pulls up the newest bookings in one click. If an arrest happened within the past few hours and nothing shows yet, call the jail at 251-937-0202.
Often, yes. The arresting-agency menu on the list names police departments from Foley, Fairhope, Loxley, Elberta and Daphne, plus federal agencies such as the FBI, ICE and the U.S. Marshals. Daphne keeps its own small jail for lower-level cases, so check the Daphne booking search too.
It does. The Prison Policy Initiative lists this jail as one used by both the U.S. Marshals Service and ICE, as of February 2026. Since October 17, 2025, the sheriff’s office has also been enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) task force model. To confirm a particular person’s status, call 251-937-0202.
Sheriff Anthony Lowery’s office runs the corrections center at 200 Hand Avenue, Bay Minette, AL 36507. The jail line is 251-937-0202, and the sheriff’s non-emergency number, 251-937-0202, is printed at the top of the inmate list.
It sends word when custody changes, such as a release or a transfer. Register a phone number or email address through VINELink’s Alabama search.
Baldwin County Corrections Center Inmate Services Information
Phone: 251-937-0202
Physical Address:
200 Hand Avenue
Bay Minette, AL 36507
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's Full Name & MNI #
Inmate Name – Inmate ID
Baldwin County Jail, AL
PO Box 76550
Highland Heights, KY 41076
(mail is scanned by TextBehind; letter size, return address required)
Mailing Address (legal mail or subscriptions):
Inmate's Full Name & MNI #
c/o Baldwin County Corrections Center
200 Hand Avenue
Bay Minette, AL 36507
Every year Baldwin County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain 15,480 offenders, and maintain an average of 774 inmates (county-wide) in their custody on any given day.
The weekly turnover rate of inmates is approximately 55%, meaning that every week more than half of these inmates are released and then replaced with new offenders being booked into jail.
The charts below break down the men, women, races, ethnicities and the types of crimes that people are arrested and incarcerated for in both Baldwin County and state prisons throughout the country. This information is compiled from local police and the Baldwin County Sheriff's Department, as well as the state of Alabama and the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau.
If you are looking for a prisoner in Alabama or Federal custody, click on the appropriate institution below.
If you are searching for an inmate being held in another county in Alabama, click below.
If you are searching for a prisoner in a Alabama State Prison click below.
If you are searching for a United States Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate click below.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Search
For ICE Detainees (Immigration) being held at a detention facility in the United States, click below.
| Race | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| White | 388 | 71.85% |
| Black | 82 | 15.19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 56 | 10.37% |
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 4 | 0.74% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.11% |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 2 | 0.37% |
| Other | 2 | 0.37% |
| Total | 540 | 100.0% |
(many inmates have multiple charges)
| Charge | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Felony (3rd Degree) | 155 | 28.70% |
| Felony (2rd Degree) | 104 | 19.26% |
| Felony (1st Degree) | 44 | 8.15% |
| State Jail Felony | 31 | 5.74% |
| Felony (Uncategorized) | 90 | 16.67% |
| Misdemeanor (Class A) | 116 | 21.48% |
| Misdemeanor (Class C) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Holds | 0 | 0.00% |
| Uncategorized | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sex | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 485 | 89.81% |
| Female | 55 | 10.19% |
| Total | 540 | 100.0% |
| Age | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 8 | 1.48% |
| 18-20 | 31 | 5.74% |
| 21-24 | 53 | 9.81% |
| 25-30 | 97 | 17.96% |
| 31-35 | 92 | 17.04% |
| 36-40 | 85 | 15.74% |
| 41-45 | 64 | 11.85% |
| 46-50 | 38 | 7.04% |
| 51-55 | 26 | 4.81% |
| 56-60 | 26 | 4.81% |
| 61-65 | 10 | 1.85% |
| 66-75 | 7 | 1.30% |
| 76-85 | 3 | 0.56% |
| Total | 540 | 100.0% |
The Baldwin County Corrections Center serves the following cities and towns of Baldwin County: Bay Minette, Bon Secour, Daphne, Elberta, Fairhope, Foley, Gulf Shores, Loxley, Magnolia Springs, Millbrook, Orange Beach, Perdido Beach, Robertsdale, Silverhill, Spanish Fort and Summerdale.