Monroe County Detention Facility Inmate Search

1. Where is the Monroe County jail?

The Monroe County Detention Facility is on Wilcox Street in Monroeville. The sheriff works out of Room 136 of the courthouse, 65 North Alabama Avenue, 251-575-2963.

2. Which police work in Monroe County?

• Monroeville Police Department: 251-575-3246
• Monroe County Sheriff's Office: 251-575-2963

Frisco City and Excel are small towns; the sheriff's office can say which agency made a stop. Everyone arrested in Monroe County is booked at the Wilcox Street jail.

3. How do I search the Monroeville jail roster?

Enter a last name in Monroe County Inmate Search. Note the Monroe booking number for money, mail and bond.

4. Nobody appears on the Monroe list. Why?

Booking at Wilcox Street includes fingerprints, a photo, health questions and a warrant check, so the listing can lag. Call 251-575-2963 and spell the person's legal name, adding their birthday. Ask Monroe deputies whether booking is done, whether the person was released, sent to a hospital, or is wanted by another county such as Conecuh or Clarke.

5. Might a Monroeville officer have only cited them?

Small city charges can be cited to Monroeville Municipal Court, 49 South Mount Pleasant Avenue, the largest city court in the county. Frisco City court is run through its Town Hall, 251-267-3439; Excel police are at 251-765-2558. A cited person won't be in the jail. Ask Monroeville police whether the city set its own bond or sent the charge to the county, and never pay a county bond for a city charge.

6. How soon does a Monroe judge review the arrest?

Monroeville judges have a 48-hour window to back a warrantless arrest, after which the lowest bond applies. People held on Monroe warrants reach the bench by the third day; on a Monroe domestic violence charge, bail can lag a day for the judge.

7. How is bail decided in Monroe County?

Most Monroe bonds follow Alabama's schedule, which a judge can change. A roster entry of "no bond" means waiting for a judge, sometimes because of a hold or an Aniah's Law request for violent charges. A newer rule, Amendment 1 (since May 19, 2026), lets courts refuse bail in attempted-murder cases and firing into a lived-in house or car. Options are cash, a bail agent, a land pledge, or a signature release the judge allows. Budget the state's 3.5% fee and $35 more. See our Monroe bail page.

8. Where can I post a Monroe County bond?

A jail listing says bonds can be posted at the Prisoner Property Room window in the lobby. Call 251-575-2963 first to make sure it will take your kind of bond and payment.

Court papers sit with the circuit clerk in Room 220, 65 North Alabama Avenue, 251-743-2283, weekdays until 4:00.

9. Which Monroe court has this case?

Monroe's District and Circuit Courts meet at the Monroeville courthouse. The 35th Circuit district attorney is in Monroeville, 251-575-2067. See the Monroe court steps.

10. Can a Monroe defendant get an appointed lawyer?

If the family has no money, the Monroeville judge names counsel. Jail calls are recorded, so the facts stay between the person and that lawyer.

11. How do I find the Monroe charges?

The sheriff's office or the circuit clerk can give the charge names and case number. A felony can bring prison time; a Monroe misdemeanor can mean local time capped at twelve months. Files may be viewed free in Room 220, or through paid Alacourt online.

12. Medical needs at the Monroeville jail

Call the sheriff's office, 251-575-2963, and ask to be put through to the jail supervisor. List medications and the pharmacy. Jail staff decide care, and serious cases go to the Monroeville hospital. Speak up at once about any suicide risk.

13. How do visits work at the Monroe County jail?

Video visits last 20 minutes. Monroe schedules shift; check online or ask Monroeville deputies at 65 North Alabama Avenue, Room 136, Monroeville, AL 36460 (251-575-2963) whether visits run from home or on a jail screen (detention line 251-575-2635). See our Monroe visitation page and remote visits.

14. How do calls, messages and deposits work in Monroeville?

Deposits go to an online store account that covers commissary. Phone and message accounts are set up separately. Monroe guides: Monroe deposits, Monroeville calls, jail messages, tablet info, Monroe commissary.

15. What about letters and belongings at Wilcox Street?

Put the booking number on letters to the Monroe jail, and don't send cash. See our Monroe County mail guide. Belongings come back at release.

16. Bond is posted. What happens next?

After the bond is approved, small-jail paperwork still takes some time; call before driving to Monroeville.

17. What happens after a prison sentence in Monroe County?

A county jail handles short sentences; a longer sentence normally means state prison. The person waits in the Monroeville jail for a state transfer. After that, they go to a reception prison to be processed. Prison staff rate new arrivals based on their medical and mental health, gang links and their risk level. Their next move is a prison that matches their rating.

Try the ADOC inmate search by name. For visits and mail, see our Alabama prison guide.

18. How can I check for a Monroe County warrant?

Room 136, 251-575-2963, can check; a Monroeville attorney can plan the turn-in so bond is ready.

The Sheriff's Office, located at 65 North Alabama Avenue, Room 136, Monroeville, AL 36460, takes surrenders, after calling 251-575-2963 to learn how bond works there.

19. What happens with a Monroe County juvenile?

Juvenile cases go through the circuit clerk's juvenile office, 251-743-2283. Minors aren't held in the adult jail or listed online. A youth kept in detention sees the juvenile judge quickly, and the most serious cases against older teens can be moved to adult court.

20. Federal arrest in Monroe County: court, bail and finding them

It usually starts after the FBI, the ATF, the DEA and IRS Criminal Investigation make an arrest. Court in Mobile takes Monroe County charges in the Southern District, Southern Division: 155 Saint Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602, 251-690-2371. Within a day or so, the defendant sees a federal magistrate judge. The judge reads a report from pretrial services. Release is not a set price in federal court. Under the federal Bail Reform Act, a magistrate judge holds a detention hearing and settles whether they can leave.

Search Monroe roster right away, where a federal hold may be noted. If not, call the Southern District's U.S. Marshals in Mobile at 251-499-6620 (155 St. Joseph Street, Suite 201, Mobile, AL 36602). Most federal defendants wait in the Monroeville jail paid for by the U.S. Marshals. A federal prison sentence means a move to BOP custody. The federal inmate locator lists where they are.

21. How does an ICE hold work in Monroe County?

• Jail fingerprints are run through federal databases that ICE reviews. ICE may then issue a detainer.
• Making bond does not end this hold; the 48 hours just start then.
• That form asks jail staff to hold the inmate for as long as 48 hours past the normal release. Weekend days don't extend it; the window remains 48 hours.
• Officers from ICE often collect them at the Monroeville jail during the hold. A missed pickup means release when the hold ends.
• Look on the ICE locator using their alien number (A-number) and country of birth. The locator works too with their full name plus birth date and home country when there's no A-number.
• ICE alone sets where they go next — and that can change.
• To ask where they are, call the New Orleans field office for Alabama at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.

22. Who may request a Monroe County mugshot, and how?

Phone the sheriff's office at 251-575-2963 as a member of the press asking for a mugshot that isn't posted. Need an ICE mugshot? Use an ICE records request. ICE decides whether to release it. Federal mugshots aren't shared to reporters or the public. The Marshals, who shoot federal booking photos, share them only for a wanted fugitive, to help a capture or alert people or for urgent public safety.

23. A caller wants payment to free someone from Monroeville jail. Legit?

Real Monroe officials never want gift cards, wires or app transfers. Pay only at the lobby window or the clerk, and call 251-575-2963 to check.

24. Before driving to Monroeville, what should I confirm?

Phone the sheriff at 251-575-2963, which can transfer you to the Monroe County Detention Facility, to confirm custody, bond and lobby hours. Clerk questions go to 251-743-2283.