Henry County Jail Inmate Search

1. Which Henry County jail would they be in?

The sheriff runs the Henry County Jail, at East Williams Street, Abbeville, AL 36310. Abbeville's small jail holds men and women on misdemeanor and felony charges alike.

Deputies, state troopers, and officers from Abbeville and Headland all bring adults to that Williams Street building. Henry County has no separate long-term city lockup, so a Headland arrest and a county arrest normally land in the same place.

2. Did Abbeville police, Headland police or a deputy arrest them?

The arresting agency decides which court and which bond you're dealing with. Henry County's towns are Abbeville (the county seat), Headland, Newville and Haleburg. - Headland Police Department dispatch, 212 South Main Street, Headland: 334-693-2222 - Henry County Sheriff's Office, for Newville, Haleburg, county roads and U.S. 431 outside town: 334-585-3131

A Headland or Abbeville officer may keep someone at the station briefly before the ride to the county jail. If jail staff say the name is unknown, phone the department that made the arrest and ask where they took the person.

3. How do I search the Henry County roster?

You won't find a Henry roster site. VINELink (Henry County) shows Henry custody, and the jail can confirm.

Open VINELink (Henry County) and enter a last name. Henry's roster tells you who is held today and sometimes the charges, but Abbeville jail staff are the surer source for a bond figure.

Copy down the booking number or Henry jail ID. You'll need it for phone accounts, deposits and letters.

4. Hours have passed and Henry's roster still doesn't list them. Why?

Booking in Abbeville means fingerprints, a photo, a property inventory, a health screening and a check for warrants elsewhere. Someone arrested late Friday can take longer to appear online than a weekday arrest.

Still missing? Ring 334-585-3293 with the full legal name plus the Henry birth date you know. Ask Henry jail staff if the person was booked, already released, sent to a hospital or held by a different agency.

5. Might a Headland or Abbeville officer have just written a ticket?

That's possible. Alabama lets an officer issue a citation with a court date rather than book someone, which is typical for traffic offenses and many minor misdemeanors around Henry County. A judge may also send a summons in place of an arrest warrant.

DUI stops, felonies, domestic violence calls, or a person who can't prove who they are mean a trip to Abbeville's jail. A ticketed person won't show on Henry's roster. Missing the date on that ticket can still lead to a warrant.

6. How fast does someone held in Abbeville see a judge?

For an arrest made with no warrant, a Henry County judge or magistrate has 48 hours to confirm probable cause. Miss that window and the person must be let out on the lowest scheduled bond or a signature bond, except on charges where bail may be denied.

Someone jailed on a warrant who can't post the bond written on it must appear within 72 hours. That first Henry County hearing covers the charge, the release terms and whether a free lawyer is needed. Domestic violence suspects wait for a judge before bail, though never longer than 24 hours.

7. What are the bail options at the Henry County Jail?

Often the bond is printed on the warrant, using Alabama's statewide schedule. Henry judges may raise or lower it. Rough ranges from that schedule: - Class A misdemeanor such as fourth-degree theft: $300 to $6,000 - DUI: $1,000 to $7,500 - Class C felony such as second-degree forgery: $2,500 to $15,000

You can put up full cash (returned after the case if all Henry court dates are kept), hire a licensed bonding company (its fee is kept), pledge land through a property bond, or the judge may grant release on a signature. Aniah's Law lets a judge deny bail after a hearing for murder, first-degree rape and other listed violent charges. Amendment 1, which took effect on May 19, 2026, also lets the court refuse bail in attempted murder or for shooting into a lived-in house or car. Our Henry County bail page has the steps.

8. Where on Court Square do I pay, and what fees apply?

First phone the Abbeville jail at 334-585-3293 and ask who accepts payment for this particular case. Henry court bonds run through the circuit clerk in 101 Court Square, Suite J, Abbeville, 334-585-2753, weekdays until 4:30 p.m. Bring photo ID and the person's full name, and hold on to your receipt.

Expect personal checks to be refused. Alabama adds a court charge of 3.5% of the bond's face value (a $100 floor on misdemeanors, $150 on felonies) and a $35 filing fee. Any bondsman's premium is on top of that.

9. Which Henry County court will hear the case?

State charges go to the Henry County Courthouse on Court Square. District Court there handles misdemeanors, traffic and early felony hearings, and Circuit Court handles felonies once a Henry grand jury indicts. Prosecutors come from the 20th Circuit district attorney's office in Dothan, which covers Henry and Houston counties.

Abbeville city charges go to Abbeville Municipal Court (City Hall, 334-585-6444), and Headland city charges to Headland Municipal Court, 334-693-2037. Newville and Haleburg cases go to Henry District Court. Read our Henry County court guide for each step.

10. Our family can't afford an Abbeville lawyer. Then what?

Ask for one at the first Henry County hearing. Henry has no public defender office, so the judge names a private attorney.

Warn your loved one that Henry jail calls and video visits are recorded. Case talk belongs only in calls with the attorney.

11. How can I learn the Henry charges and case number?

Henry's roster may show charges in short codes. Ask the Abbeville jail to read them out, or call the circuit clerk at 334-585-2753 for the case number. Felonies can carry more than a year in an Alabama prison, while misdemeanor time stays under a year in a county jail.

Alabama case files are online through the paid Alacourt system, and Court Square's clerk can show public files at no charge.

12. Who handles medical needs at the Abbeville jail?

Tell booking staff about health problems right away, or call 334-585-3293 and ask for the Henry shift supervisor. Give the illness, current medicines and the doctor or pharmacy so staff can verify. Henry jail medical staff decide on treatment, and emergencies are sent to a hospital.

If you fear self-harm, say that clearly on the call. Staff are trained to act on it.

13. How do video visits at the Henry County Jail work?

Abbeville visits happen on video, and each one must be booked ahead. You can visit remotely from home on a phone or computer, or reserve a lobby screen at the jail. Henry staff must approve you as a visitor first.

Slots appear while booking, so check online or ask Abbeville jailers on 334-585-3293 about current Henry hours. See our Henry County visiting guide and remote video visit page.

14. How do Henry jail calls, messages and deposits work?

A free call is normally allowed at booking. After that, Henry inmates call out through a prepaid account you open and fund; until your number is registered and funded, calls from Abbeville won't connect. Short email-style messages cost a small fee each.

Money for commissary, calls and messages can be added online, by phone or at the jail's kiosk, with automated fees of about $3 or less. Our guides cover phone accounts, sending money, messages, tablets and commissary.

15. Can I mail letters, and what happens to their property in Abbeville?

Henry staff inventory everything taken at booking and hand it back at release. If you need car keys or a phone sooner, ask whether the person can sign a property release to you.

Address letters with the full name and booking number to the jail at 101 Court Square, Suite G, Abbeville, AL 36310. No cash or personal checks in Henry mail. Rules on photos change, so read our Henry County mail guide or phone ahead.

16. Bond is posted. What happens next?

After bond posts, Henry release paperwork can take a few more hours. Ask the jail when to come, and bring the person's ID and a charger.

17. Could a long sentence mean state prison, and what comes next?

A person sentenced to more than twelve months normally goes to an ADOC prison. For now, they remain in the local jail while ADOC schedules the move. After that, the state brings them to a reception unit for check-in. At intake, ADOC review their medical and mental health, gang connections, and custody level. After that, they go to a prison that fits them.

Check the state inmate search for their location. Our Alabama state prison guide explains each prison.

18. Could there be a Henry County warrant?

The sheriff's office on Court Square, 334-585-3131, can check for Henry warrants, and the clerk can confirm missed court dates. A lawyer can arrange a planned surrender in Abbeville, often with bond lined up, which is safer for a Henry family than a surprise arrest.

Turning oneself in begins with a call to 334-585-3293, the line for the Sheriff's Office, then go to 101 Court Square, Suite G, Abbeville, AL 36310 with a lawyer and a bail plan.

19. What happens to a Henry County teen under 18?

Juveniles stay off the adult roster, and Henry juvenile files are private. Cases begin with juvenile probation at the Abbeville courthouse, which may release the Henry child to family, settle the matter informally, or file a petition; reach it through the clerk at 334-585-2753.

Henry County has no youth detention building. A Henry juvenile judge has 72 hours, weekends included, to hold the detention hearing. Some 16- and 17-year-olds facing grave charges go straight to adult court.

20. U.S. charges in Henry County: court, bail and finding them

Agents from groups such as the FBI, the DEA or the Secret Service make federal arrests, often alongside local officers. The Dothan courthouse hears Henry County cases for the Middle District, Southern Division: Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 100 West Troy Street, Dothan, AL 36303. That Dothan office is not staffed every day; phone the clerk in Montgomery, 334-954-3600. Soon after, they face a magistrate judge. Bail is not set from a chart in federal court. Applying rules in the Bail Reform Act, the magistrate holds a detention hearing then rules on the release terms. Pretrial services also talks with the defendant and writes a report to the court.

Start with VINELink (Henry County). This district's Marshals office can say where the person is: 334-922-6960, 1 Church Street, Suite A-100, Montgomery, AL 36104. Many federal defendants sit in the Abbeville jail contracted by the Marshals until sentencing. Following a federal sentence, a prisoner transfers to BOP custody, often weeks later. Follow them on the BOP locator.

21. How will an ICE hold work in Henry County?

• Booking fingerprints are checked through federal systems that ICE uses. Then ICE might lodge a detainer at the jail.
• That form asks the jail to detain them no longer than 48 hours beyond when they'd be freed. After those 48 hours end, the detainer has run its course.
• Even with bond posted, the ICE hold stays active.
• During those hours, ICE often arrives to collect them. If ICE never comes, that should mean release when the hold ends.
• The detainee locator finds people using an A-number plus country of birth. The locator also works by first and last name, home country and date of birth if the A-number is unknown.
• Alabama is handled by ICE's New Orleans enforcement office: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.
• Only ICE chooses the next facility.

22. Can I see the booking photo after a Henry County arrest?

News media can request a booking photo that isn't posted by calling the sheriff's office at 334-585-3131. For an ICE mugshot, file ICE's online FOIA request. ICE must approve it. Reporters and the public can't get federal booking photos. The Marshals Service, which takes these photos, shares one only in rare cases: for an escapee or fugitive, to aid an arrest or warn people or for immediate community safety.

23. A caller wants money now to free them from the Abbeville jail. Real or fake?

Treat it as a likely scam. Fraudsters pose as Henry deputies, lawyers or bondsmen and demand gift cards, wire transfers or payment-app money. The sheriff does not collect bail by phone.

Hang up and dial the jail yourself at 334-585-3293. Pay only the Court Square clerk, the jail's official deposit service, or a bonding company you found independently.

24. Before driving to Abbeville, whom do I phone to double-check?

Call the Henry County Jail at 334-585-3293 before you drive or pay anything, since hours, fees and visit rules change. For Henry court dates and bond paperwork, phone the circuit clerk at 334-585-2753. For a warrant, try the sheriff at 334-585-3131.