This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release status, release anyone, post bond, pull official booking records, or change a roster entry. Use the official offices below for records and time-sensitive custody questions.
Official Cherokee County Contacts
For a Cherokee County release record, start with the office that created the custody record. The sheriff's office and detention center handle local jail records. ADOC handles state-prison records. ABPP handles parole and probation records. Court records may explain the order, fine, bond, or case result behind a release.
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
110 Cedar Bluff Road
Centre, AL 35960
Phone: 256-927-3365
Dispatch: 256-927-3939
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Cherokee County Detention Center
110 Cedar Bluff Road
Centre, AL 35960
Phone: 256-927-6435
Fax: 256-927-5226
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, Centre Field Office
203 South River Street
Centre, AL 35960
Phone: 256.927.5693
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Alabama Department of Corrections Records
ADOC Central Records: 334-353-9738
Public records questions: 334-353-3883
Email: public.records@doc.alabama.gov
ADOC public-records requests must be submitted in writing on ADOC Form 23-A with the required processing fee. ADOC lists its mailing address as 301 S. Ripley Street, P.O. Box 301501, Montgomery, AL 36130-1501.
Use these paths based on the kind of release or record you need:
- For a released inmate or release record, the home page explains the county release view, records requests, court checks, and state custody fallback.
- For supervision after release, use parole and probation and the ABPP Centre Field Office.
- For a recent jail release, check the 24-hour release list, which explains Cherokee County's actual 48-hour release window.
- For a release date or notification, use projected release date and VINELink check.
- For the local facility, use the Cherokee County Detention Center page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use ADOC's offender search and Central Records when the person no longer appears online.
- For a federal or immigration custody path, use the federal BOP locator or ICE locator rather than the county jail roster alone.