The Wilcox detention center is at 240 Highway 265 South, Camden, AL 36726, and holds both sheriff's detainees and people arrested by town departments. The sheriff's office is at 12 Water Street. Phone 334-682-4715 for the jail.

Town police bring arrestees to Highway 265 for booking. Ask the arresting officer, or the sheriff's line at 334-682-4715, whether the bond is a city bond, a county bond, or both.

Wilcox doesn't post its inmates on the web. Wilcox County on VINELink lists Wilcox custody and can send free alerts.

Look up a surname at Wilcox County on VINELink and copy the booking number.

A small jail may post names slowly after prints, photos, medical intake and warrants. Ring 334-682-4715, giving the full name and a birthday. Ask whether booking is over, whether bond released them, whether a hospital is treating them, or whether Dallas, Monroe or another county has a hold.

Camden misdemeanors go to Camden's city court, unless a felony comes from the same incident: - Camden Municipal Court - Pine Hill Municipal Court

Missing a Wilcox court date brings a warrant.

Camden judges must confirm a no-warrant arrest in 48 hours or set the lowest bond. Wilcox warrant prisoners reach court in 72 hours. Domestic violence bail in Camden can be held a day.

Wilcox bail is a judge's call, guided by the state table. When Highway 265 lists "no bond," the person waits for Camden's court, sometimes after an Aniah's Law motion. A newer amendment, Amendment 1, lets courts deny bail for attempted-murder charges and for shooting into a lived-in building or car. It took effect May 19, 2026. Ask the detention center about the bail and holds. Wilcox families may post the cash themselves, use a Camden bail agent, offer land, or seek a signature release, then pay Alabama its 3.5% and $35. See the Wilcox bail guide.

Court filings sit at the clerk's office, 12 Water Street, Suite 304, Camden, 334-682-4126; the office breaks for lunch at noon and shuts at 4:30. For nights and weekends, ask 334-682-4715 how to post.

District and Circuit Court sit on Water Street in Camden. The 4th Circuit district attorney's Selma office answers 334-874-2540. See the Wilcox court steps.

A Camden judge can appoint counsel at state expense. Ask at the first hearing. Highway 265 calls are recorded.

Highway 265 or the Water Street clerk will read each Wilcox charge and case number aloud. Felony convictions risk prison; Wilcox misdemeanors cap below a year. Camden files are free to read; Alacourt online is paid.

Call 334-682-4715 for the supervisor; list medicines and the pharmacy. Wilcox jail staff decide treatment, and emergencies are sent out. Report suicide worries immediately.

Visits are by video through a prepaid provider. Camden visit hours vary; the web or 334-682-4715 has current slots, and staff can say if a home device works. See Wilcox visitation and video visits.

Calls and video are prepaid through one provider; deposits go to a store account for commissary. Wilcox guides: calls, money, messages, tablets, Camden commissary.

The booking number and full name go on letters, with no cash inside. Wilcox jail mail: our Wilcox County guide. Property is returned at release.

After bond, release still takes paperwork; call before driving to Camden.

Sentences of more than twelve months are carried out through the Alabama Department of Corrections. For now, they wait in the Camden jail until the state has a bed ready. Then, they are taken to a reception prison where they are processed. Staff classify each person for security level, medical and mental health needs, and gang ties. After that, they move to a prison that fits them.

Use the ADOC online search to find them. For prison details, open Alabama prison pages.

Call 334-682-4715. A lawyer can arrange the surrender.

Juvenile probation is in Suite 220 at 12 Water Street, 334-682-4998. Wilcox County has no youth detention facility, so children needing secure custody go to a regional center; probation can confirm the actual placement.

These arrests usually involve the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, IRS Criminal Investigation, the Marshals, and the Secret Service. Wilcox County belongs to the Southern District's Northern Division, and cases take place at the federal courthouse in Selma: Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 908 Alabama Avenue, Selma, AL 36701. The Selma courthouse is not staffed every day, so call the clerk in Mobile at 251-690-2371 with questions. An initial hearing comes quickly, before a U.S. magistrate judge. Release isn't set from a chart in U.S. court. Under the 1984 Bail Reform Act, the federal judge hears a release hearing to sort out release or detention. The court gets a report from pretrial services.

Search Wilcox County on VINELink, where the hold can be listed. If not, call the Southern District's Marshals Service at 251-499-6620 (155 St. Joseph Street, Suite 201, Mobile, AL 36602). Some federal prisoners sit in the Camden jail rented by the Marshals. Any federal prison term means a transfer to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in time. The BOP inmate locator lists where they are from then on.

• Booking prints are compared against federal records that ICE uses. When ICE thinks the person may be deportable, it can file a detainer to the Camden jail.
• That form tells the jail to keep the person a maximum of 48 hours past the normal release. Saturday doesn't pause the 48 hours.
• Even after bail paid, this hold remains on file.
• ICE agents often come for them at the Camden jail before time runs out. If ICE never shows, staff must let them go on the local case.
• The detainee locator finds people with the A-number plus country of birth. Without an A-number, type in the exact name, country of birth, and birth date.
• For help, phone ICE's New Orleans field office for Alabama: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.
• ICE alone chooses which center they go to, and plans can change.

Any ICE booking photo is released through an ICE FOIA request and ICE's approval. For a request for a mugshot that isn't public, reporters can reach the sheriff's office, 334-682-4715. Federal agencies do not share booking photos with reporters or families. U.S. Marshals take those photos and release one only for a wanted fugitive, if there's an urgent safety need or to aid a capture or to alert the community.

Anyone demanding gift cards or wires for a Camden release is a fraud. Pay Wilcox bonds at Water Street, at Highway 265, or through a bail agent you chose, and ring 334-682-4715 yourself.

Call the Camden detention center, 334-682-4715, for custody and bail; the clerk, 334-682-4126, closes at noon for lunch.