This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, change a court date, retrieve an official booking record, or answer for any agency. Use the contacts below for the office that maintains the record.
Official Etowah County and Alabama Contacts
For a recent Etowah County jail release, start with the sheriff or detention center. For the legal reason behind a release, bond, dismissal, sentence, probation order, or expungement, use the court record. State-prison, supervision, victim-notification, federal, and immigration questions move to separate systems.
Etowah County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center
827 Forrest Avenue
Gadsden, AL 35901
Non-emergency and Detention Center staff: 256-546-2825, listed as a 24-hour number. Additional sheriff services number: 256-549-5404. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Use this office for the official 48-hour release roster, booking or release records, current jail questions, charges, bond amounts, case numbers shown on jail records, and booking photos when releasable.
Etowah County Circuit Clerk
801 Forrest Avenue, Suite 202
Gadsden, AL 35901
Circuit Clerk Cassandra Johnson: 256-549-2181. Phone menu: 256-549-2150.
Use the clerk for court records, docket entries, copies, bond-related case history, dispositions, sentencing orders, probation orders, and expungement filings. Written copy requests may take up to 30 days; listed fees include $25 for archived or microfilmed searches, $5 for copies up to 20 pages, $0.50 for each additional page, and $5 for certification.
Alabama Department of Corrections
Use the Alabama Department of Corrections Offender Search for current state-prison custody. ADOC states that its public database contains currently incarcerated inmates and does not provide historical data online. Mandatory-release questions may route through the ADOC Reentry Contact number, 334-353-9739, or the mandatory-release eligibility line listed in ABPP materials, 855-937-2362.
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, Gadsden Field Office
801 Forrest Avenue, Suite 100
Gadsden, AL 35901
Phone: 256-549-5454. Fax: 256-456-1207. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., closed state and federal holidays.
Use this office for Etowah County parole, probation, mandatory-release supervision, and local reporting questions that are not answered by a public hearing or result page.
Alabama Victim Notification System
Use Alabama Victim Notification System for covered Alabama offenders convicted and sentenced to prison. It is not a full Etowah County jail release lookup. VNS support is Victims@AlabamaAG.gov and 800-626-7676.
Federal BOP and ICE Custody
Use the Federal BOP Locator for federal inmates and release-date records. Use the ICE Detainee Locator for current ICE custody or qualifying recent CBP custody; if the locator does not find the person, USA.gov guidance points users to the appropriate ICE ERO field office or known detention facility.
- For a recent Etowah release, use the 24-Hour Releases page as a same-day guide to the sheriff's official 48-hour release roster.
- For a broader release workflow and records-request steps, start at the home page.
- For supervision after state custody, see Post-Release Supervision.
- For alerts or covered state-prison status changes, see Release Date Lookup and VINE Inmate Check.
- For a specific agency page, use the facility and system links in the footer.