ADOC Cleburne Release Records

Where ADOC Releases Go

Cleburne County does not have an ADOC prison located inside the county in the official sources reviewed. ADOC still matters because Cleburne County felony sentences can be transferred from the county jail into the statewide prison system. Once that happens, the release question is no longer a local jail-release question. The correct system becomes the Alabama Department of Corrections for current state custody, the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles for parole, probation, mandatory supervision, delinquent status, revocation status, and local supervision, and the sentencing court for the order and jail-credit record.

State-prison releases can take several forms. A person may discharge at the end of sentence, be released to parole, be released to mandatory supervision, move to probation-related supervision, receive medical parole, transfer to another custody setting, or die in custody. If the person leaves an ADOC facility to parole, probation, or mandatory supervision in or around Cleburne County, the ABPP Anniston Field Office is the local supervision office serving Cleburne County. If the person completes the sentence with no supervision, an online record may be harder to confirm and may require ADOC records or court records.

ADOC's public search should not be used as a general historical database for every released Alabama prisoner. ADOC states that the inmate search only contains currently incarcerated inmates and that historical data is not available online. That limitation is central for a Cleburne County released-inmate search: a missing ADOC result can mean release, no ADOC sentence, Youthful Offender exclusion, spelling variation, historical status outside the public search, or another custody path.

Confirm a State-Prison Release

For a Cleburne County sentence that reached ADOC, search ADOC while the person is still in state custody and then move to release-confirmation channels after custody ends. Use the Cleburne County search guide for the broader county workflow, but keep ADOC cases separate from local bond releases and short county-jail releases.

1. Open the ADOC inmate search at doc.alabama.gov/inmatesearch.aspx.
2. Search by AIS number if known. ADOC says the AIS number is a unique six-digit number and overrides name fields.
3. If no AIS number is known, search by first name, last name, or both, and try spelling variations.
4. Confirm the right person by identifiers in the record, not by name alone.
5. Read the ADOC fields using ADOC definitions, especially Minimum Release Date, Parole Consideration Date, Parole Status, Jail Credit, Good Time Received, Good Time Revoked, Time Served, and sentence fields.
6. If the person is no longer found, do not treat that as a confirmed release by itself. Check ABPP, Alabama VNS, the sentencing court, ADOC public records, and any relevant federal or local hold.

ADOC's field called Minimum Release Date is the earliest scheduled date an inmate can be released to probation or end of sentence. ADOC says that date can change if disciplinaries remove good time or if the circuit clerk sends new cases or sentence changes. Parole Consideration Date is different. It is a tentative parole-board date and does not guarantee that a release will happen in that month. ABPP also says a parole grant requires home-plan verification and coordination with ADOC before an exact release can be scheduled.

ADOC Records and Contact

ADOC Central Office is listed at 301 South Ripley Street, P.O. Box 301501, Montgomery, AL 36130-1501. Research sources list ADOC's toll-free number as 1-855-WE-R-ADOC, main number as 334-353-3883, Central Records as 334-353-9738, and the Public Records Coordinator at public.records@doc.alabama.gov or 334-353-3883. ADOC's public-records procedure requires a written request on ADOC Form 23-A with processing fees under Administrative Regulation No. 23.

A useful ADOC request should identify the person by full name, AIS number if known, date of birth if known, sentencing county, case number if known, and the exact record requested. For a Cleburne County state-prison release, that may mean release date, discharge date, release type, parole or mandatory-supervision transfer, sentence-calculation record, jail-credit information, or a public copy of an available release/discharge record. Jail credit questions may also point back to the Cleburne County Circuit Clerk because ADOC says the sentencing county's circuit clerk prepares jail credit.

About Alabama DOC Custody

ADOC facilities include major correctional facilities, community-based facilities, community work centers, and central office operations. For Cleburne County release research, the important point is function rather than location. ADOC handles state prison custody after a person is sentenced into the Alabama prison system. It is not the first place to confirm that someone simply bonded out of the Cleburne County Jail or left a pretrial county case. Those local releases remain sheriff and court matters.

While a person is in ADOC custody, the statewide search helps explain sentence and release planning. The public fields named in ADOC definitions include Minimum Release Date, Parole Consideration Date, Parole Status, Jail Credit, Good Time Received, Good Time Revoked, and Time Served. Alabama correctional incentive time is controlled by Ala. Code Section 14-9-41, with different earning classes and exclusions. Alabama mandatory supervision is addressed in Ala. Code Section 15-22-26.2. Parole eligibility is calculated under statute and case-specific facts rather than a universal one-line formula.

ABPP After an ADOC Release

The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles is the main post-release supervision agency for parole and probation in Alabama. For Cleburne County, ABPP routes supervision to the Anniston Field Office. That office is listed at Suite 2, 1201 Gurnee Avenue, Anniston, AL 36201, with main phone 256-231-1710, fax 256-231-1722, and Monday-Friday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed state and federal holidays.

ABPP matters after release because a person may be out of the prison building but still under legal supervision. Parole, probation, mandatory supervision, delinquent status, revocation status, and absconder alerts are supervision topics rather than county jail roster topics. ABPP's public-records path uses the Bureau's Request to View Public Records form and public.records@paroles.alabama.gov. Hearing results, reset dates, and special conditions should be read carefully because a reset month is not the date of a new hearing, and special conditions are found in hearing minutes for the hearing date.

VNS, VINE, and State Cases

Alabama has both VINELink's Alabama page and the Alabama Victim Notification System. VINE is a custody-status and notification layer for participating agencies. Alabama VNS is narrower: it states that it applies to offenders convicted in Alabama and sentenced to prison, meaning ADOC custody. It also directs people seeking information on a case that has not gone to trial to contact the sheriff in the county where the crime occurred.

For Cleburne County, that means VNS can be relevant to an ADOC-convicted prison case, while a pretrial county jail release should be checked with the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office and the court. If VINE or VNS shows a released status or sends a notification, treat it as a custody-change notice and confirm the official release record with ADOC, ABPP, the sheriff, or the court. Notifications can lag behind agency records, and notification systems are not substitutes for discharge documents or court orders.

Federal and ICE Limits

Federal and immigration channels matter only when the facts support them. A Cleburne County case that turns federal may require BOP, federal court, or U.S. Marshals confirmation. BOP's locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present, and BOP explains that if the listed date is in the past and no facility location appears, the person was released from BOP custody on that date. That person may still be on supervision or in another system.

ICE's Online Detainee Locator System is for current ICE detention. No official evidence was found that Cleburne County Jail is an ICE detention contract facility, so ICE should be framed as a conditional transfer path only. If an immigration detainer caused a person to leave Cleburne County Jail, that is not the same as a community release. Use ICE's locator and immigration or federal channels for current ICE detention, and use the county jail record to confirm the local handoff.

Use Limits for ADOC Records

ADOC, ABPP, VNS, VINE, court, and county jail information can be incomplete, delayed, limited by law, or unavailable online after release. Youthful Offender records are not included in ADOC's public search, and expungement, sealing, juvenile confidentiality, court orders, active investigations, and agency policy may affect access. Use official records for verification, especially before making legal, safety, or court-related decisions.

Use information from ADOC searches, release records, supervision records, VINE, VNS, court portals, or linked third-party tools for public-record navigation, release confirmation, notification, personal knowledge, or court-related purposes. Confirm uncertain custody facts with ADOC, ABPP, the court, or the originating agency.