Find Clarke County Inmates

Clarke County Jail Contact Path

Current Clarke County inmate questions should start with the Clarke County Jail. The official Sheriff's Department page gives the jail address as 149 Clark Street, P.O. Box 913, Grove Hill, AL 36451, and the jail phone as (251) 275-8156. The same source says the jail accommodates up to 200 inmates and that the Sheriff's Department maintains the county jail while also providing courthouse security.

The sheriff's administrative office is a separate contact point. Clarke County Sheriff's Department lists Sheriff DeWayne Smith and gives the Sheriff's Office address as 114 Court Street, P.O. Box 913, Grove Hill, AL 36451, phone (251) 275-4254. Use that office for sheriff records, agency questions, warrant-service questions, and matters that are broader than a single current jail booking.

No Clarke County Web Roster

No official Clarke County online inmate roster was found on the official county Sheriff's page or county quick links reviewed for this project. That matters because third-party jail listings can mix old data, duplicate names, and unverified charges. County custody is best confirmed by the jail phone, not by treating an outside directory as an official roster.

The practical search path is simple. Call the jail with the person's full name, date of birth if known, and the arrest or booking date if known. Ask staff what can be released about custody status, booking date, charge information, bond, court date, arresting agency, and release status. Some details may be limited by law, case status, or staff policy.

The official Clarke County demographics page gives local population context for the county served by the jail.

That county-level context helps explain why the official custody path is local and phone based rather than a large county-run search portal.

Clarke County Inmate Search Fields

Because no official Clarke County jail roster portal was located, the required search fields are really the information a caller should have ready. A staff member may not need every item, but a clear name and date of birth reduce mistaken identity. If the person may have moved from county jail to state prison, switch to the state prisoner tool.

1. Decide whether the person is likely in Clarke County Jail, another local jail, or Alabama Department of Corrections custody.
2. Call Clarke County Jail for current local custody. Give the full name first, then date of birth or arrest date if staff asks.
3. Use the Circuit Clerk or Alacourt path if the question is about bond, charges, court setting, or case status.
4. Use ADOC only after a sentence to state custody is likely or confirmed.

County Jail vs ADOC

Clarke County Jail and Alabama Department of Corrections records answer different questions. County jail custody usually covers people arrested locally, held before trial, serving short local commitments, waiting for transport, or held on a court order. State prison custody begins after a state sentence and transfer to ADOC control. A person can appear in a court case while not appearing in an ADOC search.

The ADOC inmate search is for currently incarcerated state prisoners. The research notes that historical ADOC data is not available online through that tool. The ALEA Community Information Center has sex offender, fugitive, and missing-person features, but it is not a Clarke County jail roster and should not be used as a booking search.

That split is also important after sentencing. A person may start in Clarke County Jail after arrest, return there for a court setting, or be held there while transport is pending. Once ADOC receives the person into state custody, the county jail phone may no longer be the best source for housing or release details. If a caller is unsure where custody moved, start with the jail for last-known local status, then check ADOC for current state custody.

What Jail Staff May Confirm

No official Clarke County inmate profile was viewable online, so profile fields such as mugshot, housing unit, booking number, or projected release should not be copied from third-party sources. A lawful phone or in-person inquiry may still produce basic status information. Staff release depends on the case, the person, and the type of information requested.

The county's official Jackson community page identifies one of the municipalities whose local police activity may lead to Clarke County booking or court records.

Municipal police contact can matter when the arrest began in a city but custody and court processing later moved through county channels.

Bond and Court Date Fallbacks

Jail custody records do not replace the court file. If the question is why someone is held, what bond applies, when the next setting occurs, or whether a warrant was issued after a missed court date, the Circuit Clerk and court record systems are the better path. The Circuit Clerk maintains civil, criminal, domestic, child support, traffic, juvenile, and warrants divisions for Circuit and District Court records.

Alacourt and the Clarke docket search may show public court setting dates, actions, financial history, and case status. The docket page warns that some cases may not appear, so the clerk remains the fallback. For traffic-related custody or failure-to-appear issues, Alapay or Alabama Online Traffic Resolution may also show payment or resolution options when available.

Note: Court records can show charge and bond history while jail staff confirm whether the person is physically in custody.

Clarke County Visitation Gaps

The official Sheriff's page reviewed did not publish detailed visitation schedules, mail rules, commissary vendor, money-deposit vendor, phone or video provider, tablet program, dress code, visitor approval requirements, or attorney-visitation procedures. Do not assume a vendor or schedule from another Alabama jail applies to Clarke County Jail.

Clarke County Sheriff Records

The Sheriff's Department has a broader role than the jail. The official page says deputies serve subpoenas for District and Probate Courts, arrest warrants, small claims papers, divorce decrees, evictions, and other process. It also describes public safety complaints, investigations, county school security, courthouse security, and election assistance.

The current sheriff named in the official county source is DeWayne Smith. The page says Governor Kay Ivey appointed Smith on June 28, 2021, after Smith had served as a detective with the Jackson Police Department and built more than 29 years of law-enforcement leadership experience. That detail helps separate current administration information from older history on the same page about former Sheriff Ray Norris and department development.

Jail-related compliance material also appears on the Sheriff's page through Prison Rape Elimination Act links, audit reports, annual reporting, and investigation protocol references. Those official materials concern jail oversight and safety, but they do not provide an inmate roster, commissary vendor, mail format, or visiting calendar. For day-to-day inmate contact rules, the jail phone remains the official fallback.

Older department history on the same official page describes water patrol development, Project Lifesaver participation, drug task force work, AFIX Tracker, Cellebrite, JTag, fingerprint work, and other tools. Use those items as department history and capability context, not as proof that a current public inmate database exists.

The official Thomasville community page adds another local city context for police and court-related records in the county.

That city context matters because a municipal arrest can still produce county jail custody, District Court traffic or misdemeanor records, and Circuit Clerk case entries.