Because this is a small city lockup, the list of people inside is short; when we checked late on October 6, 2026, it held 21 people. The police department's booking search runs on the Citizen Connect system. Choose current confinements to see who is here tonight, or look back at recent admits by date. Filters for the charge and the arresting agency help narrow things down.
Daphne calls itself the Jubilee City. On some calm summer nights, low-oxygen water pushes crabs, shrimp and flounder right up to the Mobile Bay shoreline, and neighbors hurry down to the water, often before sunrise, to scoop them up. The Daphne Police Department Jail sits a short way inland from all that, at 1502 US Hwy 98, Daphne, AL 36526. Daphne City Hall is just up the road at 1705 Main Street.
Records there show a booking photo for each person, along with age, birth date, the booking and arrest dates, and the charges. "View Full Details" opens the full entry.
Felony arrests pass through Daphne quickly on their way to the county jail. If the person you want has vanished from the city list, search the Baldwin County Sheriff's Citizen Connect list next. Corrections officers here can also tell you where someone went if you call 251-620-0550.
A name may also be missing because booking isn't finished or because it was typed a little differently. Try a partial name before you worry.
Families sometimes need to share hard news, like a death back home. Call the Corrections Unit at 251-620-0550 and staff will explain how a message can reach the person. Questions about going to a funeral belong on that call too.
Daphne police run this short-term jail, and a few partner agencies lean on it as well. If the person was picked up by Spanish Fort police (251-626-4914), a sheriff's deputy, a state trooper or a U.S. Marshal on a misdemeanor, try this search first. Felony cases leave for Bay Minette within 24 hours, so check the county list next, or ask a corrections officer at 251-620-0550.
VINELink is a no-cost notification service. Find the person under Alabama, then ask to be told when their custody status changes. You choose how: a recorded phone call, an email, or a text message. A release or a transfer to another lockup will set off an alert. Help is available from AlaVINE at 877-846-3425, toll-free.
ADOC. Daphne holds people for days or weeks, not years. Anyone serving a state prison term will be listed in the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate finder. Enter a complete name, or the AIS, a six-digit state ID. Results cover current prisoners only; Youthful Offender Act inmates stay hidden.
ICE. Immigration holds are tracked on the Online Detainee Locator System. Have the person's birth country ready. Then type either the A-Number (nine digits; add zeros to the front of a shorter one) or the first and last name spelled exactly as ICE has it.
BOP. For the U.S. prison system, the federal inmate locator lists people held since 1982. A register, DCDC, FBI or INS number gives the best match, though a name works too. If the record says released, the person has left federal hands but could be in another agency's custody.
The department has been busy. It was picked as one of just seven in the nation to host Advanced Crisis Communication and Tactics (ACCT) training, and Lt. Kristin Andrews graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, on March 16, 2026. The city also landed more than $9,500 in federal Bulletproof Vest Partnership money, according to the Daphne Police Department page.
Have a few minutes to spare? The Daphne History Museum, at 405 Dryer Avenue, opens Wednesday through Saturday afternoons, and Centennial Park is less than a mile from the jail.
If the person is still in Daphne, our guides to Daphne jail bail, Sunday video visits there and letters to the Daphne Corrections Center cover the next steps.
Daphne Police Department Jail
1502 US Hwy 98
Daphne, AL 36526
251-620-0550
Who ends up in the Daphne city jail instead of the county jail?
Where is the Daphne jail, and who answers the phone?
How far back can I look on the Daphne booking search?
Will I be told if someone is moved from Daphne to the county jail?
Mostly people facing misdemeanors or serving short city sentences. Daphne officers book their own arrests here, and the jail also takes lower-level cases from Spanish Fort police, sheriff’s deputies, state troopers and the U.S. Marshals. Felony suspects are sent on to Bay Minette.
It is part of the Joseph H. Hall Justice Center at 1502 US Hwy 98, Daphne, AL 36526. The Corrections Unit of the police department, led by Chief Brian Gulsby, staffs it; reach them at 251-620-0550.
Besides the current list, the booking search has an admits tab with quick 24-hour and 7-day settings, or a custom range of dates. That helps when you know roughly when an arrest happened. To ask about someone already released, call 251-620-0550.
Yes, if you sign up ahead of time. A VINELink registration covers transfers as well as releases. Without one, call the Corrections Unit at 251-620-0550 and ask where the person was taken.
Daphne Police Department Jail Inmate Services Information
Phone: 251-620-0550
Physical Address:
1502 US Hwy 98
Daphne, AL 36526
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's Full Name
City of Daphne Corrections Center
1502 US Hwy 98
Daphne, AL 36526
Mailing Address (legal mail or subscriptions):
Inmate's Full Name
City of Daphne Corrections Center
1502 US Hwy 98
Daphne, AL 36526
Every year Baldwin County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain 20,480 offenders, and maintain an average of 1,024 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 | 522 | 67.62% |
| Black | 120 | 15.54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 91 | 11.79% |
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 11 | 1.42% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.68% |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 7 | 0.91% |
| Other | 8 | 1.04% |
| Total | 772 | 100.0% |
(many inmates have multiple charges)
| Charge | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Felony (3rd Degree) | 175 | 22.67% |
| Felony (2rd Degree) | 173 | 22.41% |
| Felony (1st Degree) | 15 | 1.94% |
| State Jail Felony | 62 | 8.03% |
| Felony (Uncategorized) | 171 | 22.15% |
| Misdemeanor (Class A) | 176 | 22.80% |
| Misdemeanor (Class C) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Holds | 0 | 0.00% |
| Uncategorized | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sex | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 680 | 88.08% |
| Female | 92 | 11.92% |
| Total | 772 | 100.0% |
| Age | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 9 | 1.17% |
| 18-20 | 37 | 4.79% |
| 21-24 | 76 | 9.84% |
| 25-30 | 144 | 18.65% |
| 31-35 | 132 | 17.10% |
| 36-40 | 123 | 15.93% |
| 41-45 | 90 | 11.66% |
| 46-50 | 53 | 6.87% |
| 51-55 | 41 | 5.31% |
| 56-60 | 37 | 4.79% |
| 61-65 | 15 | 1.94% |
| 66-75 | 11 | 1.42% |
| 76-85 | 4 | 0.52% |
| Total | 772 | 100.0% |
The Daphne Police Department Jail 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.