Cleburne County Released Mugshot Records
A booking photo is part of the intake record, not proof that a person is still in jail. In Cleburne County, the official sheriff roster displays booking photos for people currently listed on the roster. Once a person is released and removed from current custody, the photo may no longer be visible on the live roster. That does not mean the booking photo never existed. It means the official public path often shifts from roster viewing to a records request.
Alabama public-records law generally starts with access to public writings, but exceptions can apply. Juvenile confidentiality, sealed records, expungement, active investigation limits, security concerns, court orders, and agency policy can affect access. For a Cleburne County booking photo after release, the most direct official source is the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office, because it maintains the jail booking file for local custody events.
Cleburne County Mugshot Channels
Section 19's mugshot policy angle is specific to Cleburne County: the official roster visibly publishes booking photos for current inmates, but no official released-mugshot archive or verified Cleburne County, Alabama sheriff mobile app was found. That creates a channel table with a clear split between official sources and nonofficial copies.
| Channel | Has photo? | How to access or confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Cleburne County Sheriff's roster | Yes, for current roster entries reviewed. | Use the official roster while the person is still listed. |
| Sheriff records request | Possible for a released person's booking photo. | Request the booking photo tied to the named booking date and person. |
| ADOC offender record | Possible while current state custody continues. | Use ADOC search for current prison custody, then ADOC records after release. |
| VINELink | Not a mugshot source for this purpose. | Use it for custody status and notifications, then confirm with the originating agency. |
| Local news | Possible when a story includes agency-supplied images. | Treat news as context, not as the official release record. |
| Third-party mirrors | Possible, but nonofficial. | Do not use them as confirmation of release, disposition, or current status. |
The table deliberately avoids treating nonofficial mirrors as authority. A booking photo copy can be stale, incomplete, or disconnected from later court action. The Cleburne County release record, court disposition, ADOC record, or ABPP record answers what happened after booking.
Cleburne County Roster Photos
The Cleburne County Sheriff's Office inmate roster is the official online source that showed booking photos during review. The visible main table fields were Photo, Last, First, Middle, Age, Sex, Booking Date, Race, Height, and Weight. The page also showed a last-updated timestamp. It did not show a release-date field, release-reason field, 24-hour release tab, 72-hour release tab, or released-person archive in the reviewed source.
That means the roster is best for a current photo and current-custody check. If a person is listed, the booking photo may be visible there. If the person has been released and removed, the absence of the photo is not proof that the record was erased. It means the next official step is the sheriff records path. For recent release timing, the Cleburne County 24-hour release list page explains the absence of a separate official release-window feed and the fallback chain.
The sheriff roster is the official Cleburne County source showing current roster photo fields and the current-custody layout.
The screenshot supports the key distinction: the roster can show booking photos for current entries, while released-photo access may require a request.
Cleburne County Mugshot App Limits
No verified Cleburne County, Alabama sheriff mobile app with inmate photos or release photos was found in the official sources reviewed. Search results surfaced a Cleburne County Sheriff app for Arkansas, which is not the Alabama county and must not be used for Cleburne County, Alabama release or photo checks. That matters because some sheriff offices publish jail photos in apps even when web pages are limited, but that finding was not verified here.
The county's official sources reviewed for this build were the sheriff roster, sheriff contact and jail information, the county sheriff's office page, the courthouse page, the Circuit Clerk page, ADOC, ABPP, VINELink, Alabama VNS, and state law sources. Social media may carry law-enforcement posts, but it is not a booking-photo archive unless a specific official post supports a specific claim. For a released Cleburne County booking photo, stay with the sheriff record or a court/agency source when accuracy matters.
Note: Do not use a Cleburne County, Arkansas app or listing for Alabama booking-photo research.
Request Cleburne County Booking Photos
For a released person's booking photo, a specific request is better than a broad request. The sheriff/jail is the first custodian for Cleburne County Jail booking records. The jail contact page lists the Cleburne County Jail phone and mailing address. No official online public-records request form or sheriff fee schedule was found in the reviewed Cleburne County sources, so the practical first step is to call the jail for the current request method and then submit a written request if needed.
- Identify the person by full legal name and any known aliases.
- Add date of birth or age if known to avoid a wrong match.
- Give the approximate booking date, arrest date, or case number.
- Ask for the booking photograph tied to that specific Cleburne County Jail booking.
- State whether the request also seeks release date, release reason, transfer destination, or booking sheet fields.
- Ask for any lawful fee estimate before copies are prepared.
- Use the court case or expungement order if access has been limited by a court action.
Cleburne County Jail
140 Lambert Drive
Heflin, AL 36278
Phone: 256-463-7336
Use for booking-photo and jail release-record request routing.
ADOC Public Records
301 South Ripley Street
P.O. Box 301501
Montgomery, AL 36130-1501
Main: 334-353-3883
Use ADOC Form 23-A for state-prison records when a Cleburne sentence moved to ADOC.
Cleburne County ADOC Photos
ADOC may display an offender photo while a person is in current state custody. That is different from a Cleburne County Jail booking photo. A felony sentence can begin with a Cleburne County booking and later move to ADOC, but the records then belong to different systems. The county jail file documents the local booking and release or transfer. The ADOC record documents state custody, sentence calculation, release planning, and the later state release or discharge path.
ADOC's public inmate search is current-custody only and says historical data is not available online. For a released state-prison inmate, the public search may stop being useful after custody ends. At that point, use ADOC public records, ABPP if supervision exists, Alabama VNS where the person qualifies for notification, and the court record for sentence and disposition. The Cleburne County released inmates search path separates those channels when a person has moved from county custody to state custody.
Cleburne County Mugshot Expungement
Section 19's expungement angle is local in effect. ALEA states that Alabama Code Section 15-27 allows expungement in certain circumstances and that an Alabama court grants expungements, not ALEA. For a Cleburne County booking photo, an expungement or sealing order should be tied to the case or charge and then used with the originating agency that holds the official record. It should not be described as a tool that automatically erases every copy from every place where an image may have appeared.
The Cleburne County court record matters because the petition and order are court actions. The sheriff may need the court order to limit or update an official booking record. ADOC or ALEA may require their own agency process for state records. Nonofficial copies may require separate contact with the publisher, and the official order may be useful, but the research does not support a promise that all copies disappear.
Use ALEA's criminal-record expungement page and Alabama Title 15, Chapter 27 for the state expungement framework.
Cleburne County Mugshot Removal Law
Alabama public records law generally supports access to public writings unless an exception applies. The public-records baseline is Ala. Code Section 36-12-40. Booking photos may be requested from the custodian, but access can still be limited by sealed records, expungement, juvenile confidentiality, active investigation limits, court orders, or agency rules.
The NCSL national mugshot-law summary lists Alabama mugshot-removal bills in 2014 and 2015 as failed, not enacted. For Cleburne County copy, that means the page should not claim Alabama has a verified statewide commercial-removal statute based on those failed bills. It is more accurate to focus on official records, court orders, and source-specific update paths.
Booking photos and release records are for record verification, personal knowledge, notification, and court or agency follow-up. They may not be used for FCRA-covered purposes, and any formal use should be checked against the original government record.
Cleburne County News Mugshots
Local and regional news can carry Cleburne County arrest stories, agency-supplied photos, or case images when covering a specific event. ABC 33/40 coverage of Cleburne County law-enforcement activity is an example of how arrest details can surface in news after sheriff activity. A news story is not the release record. It may report an arrest, charge, seizure, or agency statement, but release status still belongs with the jail, court, ADOC, ABPP, or notification source.
Third-party booking mirrors can also publish or republish Cleburne County booking photos. They are not official confirmation sources, and they may be stale or incomplete after a court disposition, release, expungement, or agency correction. Do not use a third-party image page as proof of current custody, release date, release reason, or supervision status. Use it only as a lead to identify the official agency record that should be checked next.
The safer photo workflow is source-first: sheriff roster if current, sheriff records request if released, ADOC if the person is in state custody, court for disposition and expungement, and ABPP for supervision. That order keeps the photo from being separated from the release record that gives it context.