Franklin County Inmate Population Overview
The Franklin County inmate population is housed through one mapped detention facility: the Franklin County Detention Center in Russellville. The jail is operated by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office and serves as the county booking point found in official research for Franklin County custody. Municipal police agencies in Russellville, Red Bay, and Phil Campbell publish police contact or records information, but no separate city jail roster or public holding-facility page was located. That makes the sheriff roster the main local custody path when someone has been arrested by a county deputy or a local police agency and then booked into the county jail.
The Franklin County inmate population changes as arrests, releases, bonds, holds, and state transfers move people through the jail. Current roster entries are not the same as an average daily population. The research inspection found a public roster count on a single date, while the sheriff's detention page gives a facility capacity. Those two figures answer different questions. Capacity shows how many people the jail can house in broad terms. A roster count shows who was listed in the public online system at that moment. For formal court results, the county jail roster gives only the booking side of the matter; the Franklin County Circuit Clerk and Alacourt handle the court record after charges are filed.
Franklin County Inmate Population Statistics
The most reliable Franklin County inmate population numbers in the research file are local capacity, a dated roster observation, a dated release-list observation, ADOC county-jail distribution data, and county population context. No official Franklin County average daily population was located in the source set, so the page does not convert the roster count into an annual average or incarceration rate. Each figure below is tied to the source and date captured in the research.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Approximate jail capacity | 220 inmates | Franklin County Sheriff's Office detention page, accessed May 27, 2026 |
| Current roster count | 120 inmates | Franklin County current roster title, observed May 27, 2026 |
| 48-hour release roster count | 2 released persons | Franklin County release roster, observed May 27, 2026 |
| ADOC jurisdictional inmates in county jail | 12 | ADOC November 2025 monthly county-jail distribution report |
| County population estimate | 32,449 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 estimate |
Franklin County Jail Population Trends
Franklin County research did not locate a multi-year local jail trend table from the sheriff or county commission. The available numbers instead provide dated snapshots. That matters because Franklin County inmate population pages should not treat a roster observation as if it were a long-term trend. The public roster count captured on May 27, 2026 shows the count visible online at that time. The ADOC November 2025 report shows a different slice: state jurisdictional people located in the Franklin County jail for ADOC reporting purposes. It does not count the whole jail population.
| Date / Period | Figure | How to Read It |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | 120 current roster entries | Point-in-time public website count, not an average daily population |
| May 27, 2026 | 2 entries on 48-hour release list | Recent release view only, not a historical archive |
| November 2025 | 12 ADOC jurisdictional inmates in Franklin County jail | State-system count inside the county jail, not total jail population |
Statewide sources add useful context but must be kept separate. ADOC reported 27,601 total inmates on its inmate search page during the May 2026 inspection, and its monthly reports describe statewide county-jail totals. Those statewide numbers help explain why a Franklin County defendant may leave the local roster after sentencing, but they do not describe the makeup of the Franklin County inmate population inside the county jail.
Who Is in Franklin County Custody
The Franklin County Detention Center population includes people booked into local custody, pretrial detainees, local sentenced jail inmates, holds for other agencies, and releasees shown for a short period after release. The public roster does not publish a full demographic breakdown by pretrial status, sex, race, felony level, or misdemeanor level. It does show individual profile fields such as age, gender code, race code, arresting agency, booking date, charges, and bond when a profile is opened.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held after arrest before the case has reached final disposition.
- Local sentenced jail inmate
- A person serving a local jail sentence or held locally after court action.
- Hold for other agency
- A custody flag showing another agency may affect release or transfer.
- ADOC jurisdictional inmate
- A state-system person counted by the Alabama Department of Corrections, even if temporarily located in a county jail.
Franklin County Jail Capacity
The sheriff's detention page says the Franklin County Detention Center can house approximately 220 inmates and opened on March 17, 2008. The same research set did not locate an official overcrowding report, consent decree, DOJ investigation, jail expansion bond, or current facility litigation specific to Franklin County. The safest reading is narrow: the public source gives a capacity figure and a jail description, while the roster gives a dated public count. It does not provide a full capacity-management history.
Population note: A current roster count is useful for a Franklin County inmate population search, but it is not the same as a certified jail census or average daily population.
Franklin County Inmate Records Law
Alabama law explains why parts of the Franklin County inmate population are public while other details stay restricted. The public roster is not a full case file, medical chart, housing map, or background check. It is a sheriff publication tied to jail custody. Court outcomes, sealed files, juvenile matters, and certified criminal histories sit in separate systems.
Key access rules:
Code of Alabama section 36-12-40 gives Alabama residents a general right to inspect and copy public records, subject to exceptions.
Code of Alabama section 36-22-8 requires Alabama sheriffs to keep a public jail book with core prisoner details.
Title 15, Chapter 27 expungement material explains that eligible records can be restricted by court order.
Code of Alabama section 12-15-133 treats juvenile court records as confidential rather than ordinary adult jail or court records.
Search Franklin County Inmate Population
The official Franklin County jail roster starts with the roster chooser, which separates current inmates from the 48-hour release list. Use Current Inmates for someone believed to still be at the Franklin County Detention Center. Use 48 Hour Release if the person may have bonded out, been transferred, or left custody within the last two days.
- Open the sheriff roster chooser and select current custody or the 48-hour release view.
- Use the Search By Name box when the full Franklin County inmate roster is too long to scan.
- Sort by name or date, then use newest-to-oldest sorting for a recent booking.
- Open the View Profile link to see booking number, charges, bond, booking date, and arresting agency.
- Call the Franklin County Detention Center if the bond amount, charge label, or case number must be confirmed.
Franklin County Roster Lookup Fields
The Franklin County inmate population search is a roster interface, not a full criminal-history database. The inspected public roster did not expose date-of-birth search, charge search, housing search, agency filter, or booking-date range search. The visible tools are still useful because they let a reader move between current and recent-release views and search by name.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates | Link/tab | No | Opens current Franklin County Detention Center custody list. |
| 48 Hour Release | Link/tab | No | Shows recent releasees from the detention center. |
| Search By Name | Text input | No | Searches the public roster by name. |
| Name / Date | Sort links | No | Changes list order for browsing. |
| Show All | Button/link | No | Clears the search and returns to the full list. |
| Pagination | Page links | No | Appears when the roster spans more than one page. |
Franklin County Inmate Record Fields
A Franklin County roster profile gives a booking-stage view, not a court docket. Inspected profiles showed a mugshot, name, booking number, age, gender, race, address summary, arresting agency, booking date and time, charges, and bond. The public profile did not show date of birth, housing unit, court date, warrant number, medical detail, classification, or full court filing images.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Booking photo on list entries and public profiles. |
| Booking number | Numeric jail identifier for the booking event. |
| Booking date | Date and time the person was booked into the detention center. |
| Charges | Plain booking charge names, usually without statute code or later court amendments. |
| Bond | Listed amount that may change after court appearances. |
| Arresting agency | Agency name and code shown on the public profile. |
Franklin County Released Inmates
The Franklin County inmate population search has a narrow recent-release path. The sheriff describes the release roster as all persons released from the Franklin County Detention Center within the last 48 hours. It is not a full historical archive of old jail bookings. If a person is not on the current roster, check the release view, then call the jail if the arrest was recent or if the person may have been transferred. For older booking records, a narrow records request to the proper custodian is more realistic than expecting a web archive.
Use identifying facts when asking for records: full name, booking date, booking number if known, arresting agency, and the exact record sought. The Alabama Attorney General open-records form warns against broad requests. Franklin County's own FAQ also places limits on incident-report pickup. It says the report subject should bring photo ID to the Sheriff's Administrative Office.
Franklin County Jail vs ADOC
Franklin County jail custody and Alabama state prison custody are different systems. A person may start in the Franklin County Detention Center after arrest, appear briefly on a release list after bond or transfer, and later move into ADOC custody after sentencing. Once the person is in state prison, the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search is the correct locator, not the county jail roster.
| Topic | Franklin County Jail Roster | ADOC Inmate Search |
|---|---|---|
| Custody stage | Local booking, current jail custody, recent release | Currently incarcerated state prisoners |
| Main identifier | Name or booking number | AIS number, first name, last name |
| Best use | Recent arrest, bond, county custody | Sentenced state custody after transfer |
| Limits | No full historical archive located | ADOC says historical online data is not available |
Federal and ICE Inmate Search
No BOP prison or ICE detention facility was found in Franklin County. Federal and immigration custody still matter because a person can be held for another agency, moved after a federal operation, or sentenced into a separate system. Use the BOP inmate locator for federal BOP custody and the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for current ICE custody. VINELink Alabama can supplement custody notification, but it does not replace the sheriff roster, ADOC, BOP, or ICE.
The Franklin County Public Safety app exists for public-safety news, tips, EMA information, closures, weather, and damage reporting. Store descriptions reviewed in the research did not identify an app-only inmate lookup. The sheriff website remains the primary official source for the Franklin County inmate population roster.
Franklin County Detention Facilities
Only one dedicated detention-facility page is mapped for Franklin County because official research did not locate a separate city jail, state prison, BOP facility, ICE detention facility, or regional jail in the county. The local facility page should be used for visitation, mail, commissary, phone, and bond details tied to the sheriff-operated jail.
- Franklin County Detention Center - county jail for Franklin County bookings, current detainees, local jail inmates, holds, and 48-hour release listings.
Franklin County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Franklin County inmate population?
The sheriff's detention page lists capacity at approximately 220 inmates. The current public roster showed 120 entries during the May 27, 2026 inspection. No official average daily population was located in the Franklin County source set.
How do I search Franklin County inmates?
Start with the sheriff roster chooser, then choose the current roster or 48-hour release list. Search by name and open the public profile. Call the jail for correct bond, charge, and case-number details.
What if the person is not on the jail roster?
Check spelling, search the release list, and call the detention center. If the person was sentenced, use ADOC. If the case is federal or immigration-related, check BOP or ICE.
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