Shelby County AL Jail

Shelby County AL Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 205-669-3938

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Shelby County AL Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 380 McDow Rd Columbiana, AL which is operated locally by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Shelby County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Columbiana Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

Shelby County Corrections Facility – Inmate Handbook

The Corrections Division of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is commanded by Captain Jay Fondren and is responsible for the Care, Custody and Control of the inmates housed in the Shelby County Correctional Facility. The Facility is a 500-bed facility that houses local, county, state, and federal inmates of both pre-trial and convicted status. The jail is staffed by 65 highly trained correctional professionals.

Line Officers and First-line Supervisors work 12-hour shifts for 24-hour coverage. Jail staff utilizes state-of-the-art video surveillance systems, court teleconferencing, telephones, intercoms, radios, computerized jail management and fingerprint systems, as well as digital imaging to manage inmate populations in one of the most sophisticated corrections facilities in the region. The podular design of the facility is often copied and is one of the most efficient in the state and nation.

Inmates are received and released 24 hours a day 365 days per year from the facility, located at 380 McDow Road in Columbiana, AL. Inmate care provided includes on-site medical, dental, and mental health services. For information on how to visit an inmate, click on the "Inmate Visitation" tab. Disciplinary action or classification may affect visitation and/or telephone privileges. The inmate Commissary and telephone systems are provided by outside vendors.

Below you will find reports with the jail information set out as public by Alabama law. Sheriff to maintain record book as to prisoners received into county jail; contents thereof. The sheriff must keep, in his office and subject to the inspection of the public during office hours, a well-bound book, to be procured at the expense of the county, in which he must enter a description of each prisoner received into the county jail, showing the name, age, sex, color and any other distinguishing marks, together with the charge for which such prisoner is held, the order and date of commitment and the order and date of release.

visitation Info

Shelby County AL Jail – Visitation

ON-SITE INMATE VISITATION
Inmates at the Shelby County Jail are allowed one scheduled visit per week.  However, there are certain circumstances in which an inmate’s privilege to have a personal visit can be limited.

The available visitation times will be as follows. 
*No previously scheduled visits will be cancelled*
 
Available Visit Times
Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday    
7:20pm – 7:50pm
7:55pm – 8:25pm  
8:30pm – 9:00pm
9:05pm – 9:35pm
Saturday
8:00am – 8:30am
8:35am – 9:05am
9:10am – 9:40am
9:45am – 10:15am
9:45am – 10:15am
10:20am – 10:50am
10:55am – 11:25am
Sunday
8:00am – 8:30am
8:35am – 9:05am
9:10am – 9:40am
9:45am – 10:15am
9:45am – 10:15am 
10:20am – 10:50am
10:55am – 11:25am
1:00pm – 1:30pm
1:35pm – 2:05pm
2:10pm – 2:40pm
2:45pm – 3:15pm
3:20pm – 3:50pm
3:55pm – 4:25pm
7:20 pm – 7:50 pm
7:55pm – 8:25pm
8:30pm – 9:00pm
9:05pm – 9:35pm

The following information applies to friends and family who want to come to the lobby of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and have a video visit with an inmate.  This visit is provided at no cost to the inmate or visitor.  If an inmate is currently on privilege restriction, or already has a visit scheduled for a week’s time, the system will not allow you to schedule another visit which would exceed the inmate’s allowance of one visit per week.

Visitation can be scheduled by a friend or family member by logging onto www.jailvisitor.com, or by coming to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and using the VendEngine kiosk provided in the visitation area. 

Visitors must be approved before they are allowed to visit with an inmate and must show a valid government issued ID prior to the start of the visit. All visits must be scheduled at least 24hrs in advance prior to the scheduled visitation time.  The allotted time periods for video visitation are listed below. Please note that the system automatically allows each inmate only one visit per week and the system is also limited by the number of visitation monitors in each housing area. 
 
 
BASIC VISITATION RULES:
 
1. No loud, foul or offensive language can be used during a visit
 
2. No nudity allowed
 
3. Children are allowed to visit as long as they do not disturb other ongoing visits
 
4. Visitors can only visit with two separate inmates per week
 
5. Visits that are scheduled on the lobby kiosk will not begin any sooner than 15 minutes after the scheduling is completed. 
 
6. Visits can be scheduled as far out as two weeks away
 
7. Visitors are not allowed to participate in “inmate swapping” of visits
 
8. Visitors are not allowed to use cell phones or tablet devices during a visit
 
9. Visitors must be respectful of others who are also visiting in the lobby
 
10. Visitors who are subject to a protection from abuse order with an inmate may not visit
 
11. Juvenile (under 18) visitors may only visit when accompanied by an adult unless approved by a supervisor
 
12. Visits may be terminated at an officer’s discretion
 
13. Visitors can not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs
 
14. Adult visitors must have a state or government issued identification in their possession when visiting
 
15. Visitors must use their correct and current identifying information when scheduling a visit
 
16. ALL visits except privileged attorney visits are subject to recording and monitoring