Colbert County Jail Overview
The Colbert County Sheriff's Office jail page identifies Colbert County Jail as the county jail in Tuscumbia and states that male prisoners are housed there. The sheriff site also uses the name Colbert County Detention Center on the public roster, so both names point to the same county jail workflow for current local custody. Female prisoners follow the separate Tuscumbia City Jail path described on the sheriff and city police pages.
Colbert County Jail is run by the Colbert County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff page describes the jail as a 1962 facility built for 62 prisoners. It also lists jail leadership, bond contact details, mail rules, commissary service, phone service, and the local bond process. Detailed public classifications, medical unit information, parking rules, and normal male-inmate visiting hours were not published in the captured official material, so custody and visitor plans should be confirmed by phone before travel.
The sheriff jail page is the best source for the facility's published operational rules. The official page below shows the county jail material used for capacity, mail, commissary, bond, and staff context.
View the official Colbert County Jail page from the Sheriff's Office.
The screenshot is relevant because it is the sheriff's own jail page, not a third-party directory, and it supplies the facility rules that affect Colbert County Jail inmate population questions.
Colbert County Jail Capacity
Colbert County Jail has a documented historic design capacity of 62 prisoners on the sheriff jail page. The public current-inmate roster showed 114 inmates on May 26, 2026, but that roster count is a date-specific public list, not a certified average daily population. The safest reading is that the live roster count on that date was above the capacity figure published for the older jail.
Local news reported an April 2026 groundbreaking for a new jail project and quoted Sheriff Eric Balentine saying the new facility would hold up to 260 inmates with a separate area for female detainees. Until that replacement facility opens and official county pages change, the active facility map remains Colbert County Jail for male county prisoners and Tuscumbia City Jail for female prisoners.
Colbert County Jail Lookup
The correct lookup path for Colbert County Jail is the official sheriff roster. The roster landing page offers current inmates and a 48-hour release list. Current inmates are people shown as housed at the Colbert County Detention Center. The release page covers people released from the detention center within the prior 48 hours, and the inspected release list also displayed mugshots and booking fields.
- Open the Colbert County Detention Center roster landing page.
- Choose Current Inmates for live jail custody or 48 Hour Release for recent releases.
- Use Search By Name, Show All, name sorting, date sorting, and pagination if spelling is uncertain.
- Read the list fields first, then open View Profile for the booking number, charges, bond, and larger booking photo.
- Call Detention Center staff at 256-386-8551 before posting bond because charges and bail may change after court appearances.
The roster is most useful for county jail custody. A sentenced Alabama state prisoner should be searched through the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search. A federal inmate should be searched through the BOP inmate locator, and immigration detention uses the ICE detainee locator. For custody status notifications, Alabama participation in VINELink gives a separate alert path where data is available.
Open the official current Colbert County Detention Center roster.
The roster screenshot shows why the jail lookup should start with the sheriff site: it has the booking number, booking date, charges, bond, and profile link in one public view.
Colbert County Jail Contact
Use the jail number for bond questions, live inmate charge questions, and case-number questions tied to a current booking. Use the sheriff's public office address and non-emergency number for general routing and records questions. The research did not locate a dedicated sheriff open-records form, and the sheriff contact page warns against sending sensitive personal information through plain email or the web contact form.
Colbert County Jail
107 W. 4th St.
Tuscumbia, AL 35674
256-386-8551
Jail and bond questions
Colbert County Sheriff's Office
201 North Main Street
Tuscumbia, AL 35674
256-383-0741
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; non-emergency line listed as 24 hours
Colbert County Jail Visits
No normal in-person visitation schedule for male inmates was found in the official Colbert County Jail source material. The sheriff jail page carried posted restriction language that said unauthorized people were not allowed into the jail facility and that visitations were not allowed at that time. Because that language was tied to COVID-era restrictions, it should be treated as a posted restriction to verify, not as a permanent schedule.
JailATM is published by the sheriff as the route for requesting video visitation, along with funds, personal emails, and care packages. Anyone planning a visit should call the jail before travel, confirm whether video or in-person visitation is available, ask what identification is required, and check whether the lobby or gate has current access limits.
| Facility | Published Schedule | Rules / Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Colbert County Jail | Normal male-inmate schedule not located in official source | Call 256-386-8551 before travel; JailATM is the published video-visit request path. |
| Jail lobby / gate | Access may vary | Posted restrictions said unauthorized people were not allowed inside the facility. |
| Tuscumbia City Jail | Separate female-inmate rules | Use the Tuscumbia City Jail page for female custody and trustee visits. |
Note: Confirm the current visit rule with jail staff before leaving for Tuscumbia because official online rules do not publish a regular male-inmate schedule.
Colbert County Jail Mail
Colbert County Jail uses a JailATM mail address for regular inmate mail. Mail must include the sender's name and return address. The sheriff page says mail may be rejected if it harms security, order, health, or well-being, and mail without sender information may be destroyed. The jail also states it does not forward mail to other facilities after transfer.
Funds and commissary are handled through JailATM, money orders, and Legacy Commissary Services. Money found on an inmate during booking is placed in an inmate commissary account. Inmates place commissary orders once a week on Thursdays and receive orders on Fridays. Remaining balances are issued on a MasterCard debit card at release, while transfers to another agency jail receive a check to take to the next facility.
| Service | Published Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail address | JailATM.com-Colbert County Jail, Inmate Name/Inmate Number, 1605 Beltline Rd SW D8 #244, Decatur, AL 35601 |
| Money deposit | JailATM online; money order to Colbert County Jail, inmate name, 107 W. 4th St., Tuscumbia, AL 35674 |
| Money-order hold | 10-day hold for authenticity |
| Commissary | Legacy Commissary Services; orders Thursday, received Friday |
| Phone provider | Combined Public Communications, also called CPC |
| Vendor fees | JailATM and CPC fee schedule not published on sheriff page |
Colbert County Jail Bond
The sheriff page describes three local bond paths: cash bond, property bond, and bail bondsman. Cash and property bonds are handled Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The person posting a cash bond starts at the jail, receives a jail-prepared bond for inmate signature, takes the signed bond and a $35 money order to the Circuit Clerk on the second floor of the courthouse, then returns a receipt copy to the jail.
| Bond Type | Colbert County Jail Rule |
|---|---|
| Cash bond | Jail prepares bond; inmate signs; $35 money order goes to the Colbert County Circuit Clerk. |
| Property bond | Bring Revenue Commission property assessment; property must cover the total bond; all owners must be present. |
| Bail bondsman | Must be licensed in Colbert County; sheriff page says most bondsmen require 10 percent of bond amount. |
| Filing fee | $35 money order on all bonds; no cash or personal checks for this fee. |
Some roster entries may involve holds for another agency, release-condition violations, or other custody limits. A displayed bond does not always mean release is automatic. The jail number should be used for current bail, charges, and case numbers before a family member or bondsman spends money.
Colbert County Jail Records
A public Colbert County Jail inmate profile can show a mugshot, booking number, age, gender, race, city and state address, booking date, charges, and bond. The public sample did not show date of birth, street address, height, weight, judge, court date, housing unit, warrant number, or medical and classification data. Roster charges are arrest or booking labels, not convictions, and they may differ from formal court charges filed later.
For older records, booking-photo requests, or records not found online, use a written request to the Sheriff's Office at 201 North Main Street in Tuscumbia and cite Alabama's public writings law, Ala. Code Section 36-12-40. Court charges after a jail arrest are maintained by the court system, not the jail roster, so filed cases should be checked through Alacourt or the Colbert County Circuit Clerk.
For a broader walkthrough of roster fields and access channels, the Colbert County jail inmate records page covers the current roster, 48-hour releases, state prison lookup, federal lookup, ICE, and VINELink in one custody chain.
Colbert County Jail History
The current Colbert County Jail is important to the inmate-population picture because the sheriff's own page dates it to 1962 and lists a 62-prisoner capacity. The 2026 new-jail project, the separation of male jail custody from female custody at Tuscumbia City Jail, and the public roster count all help explain why a facility-specific lookup can matter for families.
Note: The new jail project may change facility routing later, so verify current custody and visitor rules before relying on older saved information.