Inmate Lookup: Randolph County Jail, Alabama

The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office inmate roster lists currently incarcerated individuals at the Randolph County Detention Center, 340 Probilt Drive, Wedowee, AL 36278. Search by name to confirm custody status. For inmates serving state prison sentences rather than awaiting trial, use the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search instead. Alabama law requires the sheriff’s jail register to be open to public inspection.

Looking for someone booked tonight? See Randolph booking contacts for phone-first contact info.

Searching the Randolph County jail roster

Alabama Code § 14-6-1 requires the sheriff’s jail register to be open for public inspection. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office inmate roster reflects only currently incarcerated individuals — released inmates drop off the list. The roster is searchable by name.

1. Go to Inmates.
2. Enter the person’s last name in the search field. A partial last name will return multiple results.
3. Use the date-range filter to narrow results when searching for a booking within a specific window — useful if the name is common or you know the approximate arrest date.
4. Confirm the full name, booking date, and listed charges match the person you are looking for.

Bring a valid ID if you visit the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office in person — ID is required to enter the front of the facility. The Sheriff’s Office page has current contact and hours information.

What the roster does (and doesn’t) show

Booking records take time to move from the arresting deputy’s paperwork into the online roster. A person booked late at night or on a weekend may not appear until the next business day, or longer if processing is delayed. Searching too soon after an arrest is the most common reason a name comes up blank.

The roster also excludes several categories entirely. Juveniles are not listed. Federal detainees held under a U.S. Marshal’s agreement do not appear. Anyone whose record has been sealed by court order will not show. The roster reflects the Randolph County Detention Center only — it does not pull from neighboring county facilities or state prisons. For someone already sentenced and transferred to state custody, the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search is the correct tool.

A booking that happened tonight may not yet be visible on the roster — calling the Sheriff’s Office directly is the fastest way to confirm custody when the record is fresh.

If someone was just booked tonight

Tonight, the fastest path to confirm custody is calling the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office — see the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office detention center contact page for the current number. That’s a long night. The online roster may not reflect a booking made in the last few hours.

Bond is set at first appearance, which typically follows booking — the court schedules that hearing, and it’s not instant. That part is the waiting part. Call the Circuit Clerk’s office the next morning to ask when the first appearance is scheduled; they can confirm the date and time. Alabama uses money bail with judicial discretion, so a judge sets the amount at that hearing. For certain violent charges, a 2022 constitutional amendment allows a court to deny bail entirely after a hearing — no amount can be posted until that hearing concludes.

Visitation is not available the night of booking. Visitation hours begin the following day at minimum, and the schedule is set by the detention center. You can review ADOC visitation policy details in the ADOC visitation policy document for state-level guidance, but confirm Randolph County Detention Center’s specific hours directly with the facility. It’s worth calling ahead before making the drive to Wedowee.

The morning after booking, your action list is: confirm the first appearance time with the Circuit Clerk, attend or monitor that hearing for bond information, and consult an attorney if needed. The Alabama State Bar Lawyer Referral Service can connect you with counsel. Public defender eligibility is determined at first appearance. That sequence — clerk call, first appearance, attorney — is the right order. One step at a time is enough.

If someone isn’t on the Randolph County roster

• The booking may not have processed yet — the roster lags behind real-time arrests, particularly for late-night or weekend bookings.
• The person may have been transferred to a neighboring county facility. Randolph County borders Cleburne, Clay, Talladega, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and Chambers counties — each maintains its own jail roster. Check those sheriff’s offices directly if a transfer is possible.
• The person may have been released on bond or on recognizance before the roster updated.
• For someone serving a state sentence, search the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search.
• Federal charges result in federal custody, which does not appear on county or state rosters. Check the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator for federal detainees.
• Alabama’s own victim notification system, run through the Attorney General’s office, can alert registered users to custody changes. For general custody status monitoring, VINELink at https://www.vinelink.com may also carry Randolph County records.

A same-day booking that produced no roster result is most often a lag issue. Call the Sheriff’s Office to confirm before assuming the person is held elsewhere.

For inmates in other counties or states

The Randolph County roster covers only the Wedowee detention facility. A nationwide records search may help surface custody records from other Alabama counties, out-of-state jails, or federal facilities that local portals never display — though per-jurisdiction coverage can vary and results should be treated as one source among several.

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