The Winston County Jail is at 11 Blake Drive, Double Springs, AL 35553, 205-489-5205. Sheriff's office: 205-489-8765. Dispatch, which can connect callers: 205-489-2115.

• Winston County Sheriff: 205-489-8765

Addison and Arley arrests also end up on Blake Drive. Ask the arresting agency whether a town bond applies.

There's no Winston County inmate search site. Use VINELink for Winston County; then phone the Winston jail to confirm.

Search VINELink for Winston County and keep the booking number.

Blake Drive intake covers prints, photos, a health check and warrants. Phone 205-489-5205, spell the legal name and add a birthday. Blake Drive staff can say if intake finished, if a Winston bond freed them, if a Haleyville-area hospital is treating them, or if Marion, Walker or Cullman wants them.

Minor offenses can end with a citation: - Haleyville Municipal Court - Double Springs Municipal Court (third Wednesday each month, 3 p.m.) - Addison Municipal Court - Arley Municipal Court

A missed Winston court date brings a warrant.

Double Springs judges get two days on warrantless arrests, or the lowest bond applies. On a Winston warrant, first court comes by the third day; domestic violence bail can lag a day.

Winston bail amounts come from a Double Springs judge using the state chart. If Blake Drive shows "no bond," that judge decides later, and violent cases may draw an Aniah's Law hearing. Beginning May 19, 2026, voter-approved Amendment 1 lets the court withhold bail in attempted murder and shooting into a lived-in apartment or vehicle. Cash, bail agents, deeds and signature releases are options; Alabama adds its 3.5% and $35. See the Winston bail guide.

The courthouse is next door at 10 Blake Drive. The circuit clerk, 205-489-5533, holds the files and takes court-ordered payments until 4:30, except the noon hour. After hours, ask the jail at 205-489-5205.

District and Circuit Court sit on Blake Drive. The 25th Circuit district attorney, covering Marion and Winston, is based in Hamilton, 205-921-7403. See the Winston court steps.

Double Springs judges appoint counsel for people without money. Raise this when the person first sees a Winston judge. Blake Drive records inmate calls.

Call the Blake Drive clerk or jail for every Winston charge, plus the case number. A felony risks prison; a Winston misdemeanor, a year at most. Courthouse files are free; Alacourt online is paid.

Call 205-489-5205 for the supervisor and give medicines and the pharmacy. Jail staff decide care; serious cases leave for a hospital. Speak up at once about self-harm risk.

Each screen visit runs 20 minutes, from home or at the jail. Double Springs visit hours change; check the web or 205-489-5205. Our Winston visitation page and at-home video page show how to sign up.

Deposits fund commissary, and phone accounts are set up separately. Winston guides: calls, money, messages, tablets, Blake Drive commissary.

The county runs a work release program, 205-489-2033. Ask whether a sentenced person qualifies.

The booking number and name go on every letter; no cash. Winston jail mail: our Winston County guide. Property goes back at release.

After bond, release takes paperwork; call before driving to Double Springs.

Someone sentenced to more than twelve months can expect to serve that time in an ADOC prison. For now, they stay in the Double Springs jail while ADOC has a bed ready, which can take weeks. When space opens, they are taken to an intake unit to be processed. Workers there rate new arrivals by physical and mental health, any gang ties and custody level. Then, they transfer to a prison that fits them.

To find them, use the ADOC online search. The Alabama state prison guide lists every state prison.

Dispatch, 205-489-2115, can check. A lawyer can arrange surrender.

A district judge sits as juvenile court in Double Springs; a juvenile probation officer reviews each complaint and chooses release, informal handling or a petition. The county has no youth detention center, so a Winston child who is held goes to a regional center elsewhere. Minors aren't on the adult roster.

A federal case normally starts when teams from IRS Criminal Investigation and the ATF make an arrest. Winston County falls under the Northern District's Western Division; hearings are held at the Tuscaloosa courthouse: Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse, 2005 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, 205-561-1670. The Tuscaloosa building isn't staffed daily; try the clerk in Birmingham, 205-278-1700 first. The old Jasper division ended in December 2024, and Winston County cases moved to Tuscaloosa. Often the next weekday, the person faces a magistrate judge for the first hearing. U.S. court has no bail schedule. The judge rules on if they stay in custody at a release hearing under the 1984 Bail Reform Act. An officer from pretrial services first talks with the defendant and gives advice to the court.

Check VINELink for Winston County; there the hold can be listed. This district's Marshals staff knows where the person is: 205-829-6611, 1729 5th Avenue North, Room 240, Birmingham, AL 35203. Some federal detainees wait in a local jail contracted by the Marshals until sentencing. After a federal sentence, they move into the federal prison system (BOP). Find them through the BOP locator.

• At booking, their prints go to federal databases. Then ICE might place a detainer at the jail.
• Posting bail won't clear this hold. It only starts the clock.
• The limit is 48 extra hours past release. Saturday won't stop the 48 hours.
• ICE officers often come for them in person within those 48 hours. If nobody comes, the sheriff should release the person.
• ICE itself picks the next facility.
• Every Alabama case is run from ICE's New Orleans ERO office, located at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.
• The ICE locator searches for people with the A-number and birth country. Anyone without the A-number can type in first and last name plus birth date and birth country.

When a mugshot isn't online, the media can call the sheriff's office at 205-489-8765 to request it. ICE shares booking photos only through an ICE records request that ICE approves. U.S. booking photos aren't given with reporters or the public. Federal policy keeps release to a few cases: to find someone who escaped, for urgent community safety, or when publishing it speeds an arrest or a public warning.

Gift-card or wire demands are fraud. Real Winston bonds are paid next door at 10 Blake Drive, at the jail, or through an agent you hired. Phone 205-489-5205 to check.

Call the Winston County Jail, 205-489-5205, for custody and bail; the clerk is 205-489-5533, closed at noon.