Poarch Band of Creeks Tribal Jail

Poarch Band of Creeks Tribal Jail Information

Unlike many other eastern Indian tribes, the Poarch Creeks were not evacuated from their tribal territory and have lived together for nearly 200 years in and around the Poarch, Alabama reservation. The reserve is located in rural Escambia County, about eight miles northwest of Atmore, Alabama, and about 57 miles east of Mobile.

Tribe: Poarch Band of Creeks [previously listed as Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama]

Phone: 251-368-9136

Physical Address:
Poarch Band of Creeks Tribal Jail
5811 Jack Springs Road
Atmore, AL 36502

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Poarch Band of Creeks Tribal Jail
5811 Jack Springs Road
Atmore, AL 36502

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Understanding US Bureau of Indian Affairs

Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.

There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.

Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).

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