Releases from Cherokee Detention
The Cherokee County Detention Center is the primary jail for this county release project. It is operated by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office at 110 Cedar Bluff Road in Centre. The facility houses adult male and female inmates for the county, municipalities, the state, and the U.S. Marshal Service, so a release from the building can mean several different legal outcomes.
For a local jail release, the sheriff's 48 Hour Release roster is the main public online source. It can show release date and time, booking date and time, booking number, charges, name, booking photo, and a profile link. The roster is brief, so older releases move to records, court, VINE, ADOC, ABPP, or federal channels.
| Release from the facility | Where it may go next |
|---|---|
| Bond, time served, fine payment, or court order | Sheriff release record and Circuit Clerk docket. |
| State transfer or state sentence | ADOC current inmate search and ADOC records. |
| Parole or probation supervision | ABPP Centre Field Office and public records. |
| U.S. Marshal hold | Federal court, Marshals, or BOP records. |
| Possible immigration action | ICE locator only when facts point to ICE custody. |
Confirm Cherokee Detention Releases
Use the facility's release check as a sequence. A current roster hit means the person is still shown as housed there. A 48-hour release hit means the person recently left that booking. Neither result by itself explains every court, state, federal, or supervision status.
- Open the roster chooser and select the 48 Hour Release option.
- Search the name and record the booking number, release date, booking date, and charges.
- If the person is not in the release view, check the current roster to see whether they are still housed.
- Call the detention center at 256-927-6435 or the Sheriff's Office at 256-927-3365 for records routing.
- Use the Cherokee County Circuit Clerk when release depends on a court order, fines, Failure to Pay, NWNI, bond, or disposition.
- Check ADOC, ABPP, BOP, or ICE only when the custody path fits that system.
The broader Cherokee County released inmates search path is covered on the home page.
Cherokee Detention Records Contact
The local contact facts are specific. The Sheriff's Office FAQ says reports can be obtained at the Sheriff's Office during normal business hours. The detention page gives the detention phone and fax. The same source identifies Sierra Wilks as Chief of Corrections.
Cherokee County Detention Center.
110 Cedar Bluff Road, Centre, AL 35960
Detention phone: 256-927-6435
Detention fax: 256-927-5226
Sheriff's Office phone: 256-927-3365
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ask for the release or booking record by name, booking number, booking date, and release date when known. For a court order or fine issue, use the Cherokee County Circuit Clerk at 256-927-3637.
About Cherokee Detention Center
The detention center opened in October 1996 and was renovated in 2004. Its mixed-custody role is the reason the release page cannot be read like a simple local jail list. County and municipal inmates, state inmates or holds, and U.S. Marshal Service prisoners can all be connected to the same building.
The facility also publishes practical release-related rules. Bail bonds may be made seven days a week except from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The jail accepts property, cash, and bonding-company bonds under local rules. Property left by an inmate is held for seven days, which makes prompt contact important after a release or transfer.
Cherokee VINE Release Alerts
The jail page says Cherokee County participates in VINE. VINE can give custody information and place an automatic call if an offender is released, transferred, or escapes. The county lists 1-877-846-3425 and VINELink as access channels. Use VINE for notification, then confirm the formal record with the source agency.
Alabama VNS is different because it focuses on convicted offenders sentenced to prison. If a person has not gone to trial, the county sheriff is the more direct local source.
Federal Holds at Cherokee Detention
The detention facility page says the jail houses inmates for the U.S. Marshal Service. That creates a release distinction that is easy to miss. A person may leave the Cherokee County building because a federal court orders release, because USMS transfers the person, or because the person moves toward BOP after sentencing. ADOC is not the federal release source.
Use BOP Inmate Locator after BOP custody is involved or for a federal sentence from 1982 forward. Use the federal docket or Marshals custody route for pretrial federal matters. No official Cherokee County ICE detention contract or ICE processing center was found, so ICE should be treated as a fact-specific path.
Note: A physical release from the Cherokee County Detention Center does not always mean legal release from every agency.
Cherokee Detention Release Proof
Release proof from this facility should name the source. The release roster is useful for recent public confirmation. A jail record is better for a formal booking history. A court docket explains orders, fines, bond, pleas, dismissals, and sentencing. ADOC proves current state custody when the person has moved into the prison system. ABPP proves supervision paths after state release or court-ordered probation.
For a release record request, give the office enough detail to find the booking. Use the person's full name, any known booking number, booking date, release date, and the charge field shown on the roster. If the record involves a federal hold, say that in the request because the county may not be the agency that controls final release information.
The facility page should not be used as a current-custody roster substitute. Current inmates belong on the sheriff's current roster. Released inmates belong on the 48-hour release view while visible, then in records, court, state, federal, or supervision channels after that window closes.
Cherokee Detention Lookup Examples
A bond release starts with the sheriff release roster, but the bond and case record may sit with the court. A fine-payment release can require the Circuit Clerk because the detention page says some zero-bond inmates are released after fines are paid. A state transfer starts with the jail release but continues in ADOC. A parole or probation release continues through ABPP. A federal hold continues through federal court, the U.S. Marshal Service, or BOP.
Those examples show why the same facility page needs more than one lookup route. The building is local, but the legal custody may not be local at the end of the process. The safest release confirmation names both the facility and the next agency, when there is one.