This is a private reference site, not a Morgan County or Alabama government office. We cannot confirm custody, verify a release, release anyone, post bond, or pull an official booking record. Use the offices below for official records, custody questions, court documents, supervision questions, and release notifications.
Official Offices and Release Paths
Morgan County release questions often split between jail records, court records, state corrections, supervision, and federal systems. The Sheriff's public-record process is unusually specific: completed requests must be hand delivered to the Sheriff's Office, telephone and fax requests are not accepted, the minimum fee is $25.00 by cashier's check or money order, and the office lists an attempted compliance period of 30 business days after final production cost is received.
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
119 Lee Street NE
Decatur, AL 35601
Main phone: 256-351-4800
Non-emergency dispatch: 256-350-4613
Jail phone: 256-351-4825
Office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m. to noon. The Clerk's Office is on the second floor at the same address.
Sheriff Public Records
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Attn: Admin Captain
119 Lee St
Decatur, AL 35601
Hand delivery is required. No telephone or fax requests. The listed minimum processing fee is $25.00, with additional labor at $23.00 per hour and black-and-white copies at $1.00 per page.
Alabama DOC Public Records
Alabama Department of Corrections
301 South Ripley Street
P.O. Box 301501
Montgomery, AL 36130-1501
Phone: 334-353-3883
Email: public.records@doc.alabama.gov
Mandatory release questions: 334-353-9739
ABPP Decatur Field Office
Morgan County Courthouse
302 Lee Street NE
Decatur, AL 35601
Phone: 256-351-4830
Fax: 256-351-4851
Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; closed noon to 1:00 p.m.; closed state and federal holidays.
- For a released Morgan County inmate or a release record, start with the home page, which explains the full search path and the Sheriff's records-request steps.
- For parole, probation, mandatory release, or local supervision, use Post-Release Supervision and the ABPP Decatur Field Office contact above.
- For a short-window jail release check, review the 24-Hour Releases page and the Sheriff's 48-hour release view.
- For an expected prison release date or a custody-change alert, use Release Date Lookup, VINE Inmate Check, Alabama VNS, or ADOC public records.
- For a specific local facility or custody route, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For Morgan County Circuit Clerk records, use https://morgan.alacourt.gov/ or the Clerk's request page; Alacourt Access at https://pa.alacourt.com/ offers paid name and case-number searches.
- For a sentenced Alabama prisoner, use the ADOC inmate search and ADOC public-record process rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator, federal court or USMS channels, or the ICE detainee locator as appropriate.
- For VINE registration tied to Morgan County Jail, use the Sheriff's VINE page or call the VINE phone number listed by Morgan County: 1-877-846-3425.