Find Cherokee County Inmates

Cherokee County Jail Roster

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is the official local law-enforcement and jail-record channel. Sheriff Jeff Shaver is the sheriff. The Sheriff's Office and Cherokee County Detention Center are at 110 Cedar Bluff Road, Centre, AL 35960. The sheriff phone is 256-927-3365, dispatch is 256-927-3939, and the detention center phone is (256) 927-6435. The sheriff's FAQ says the office is directly behind the Cherokee County Courthouse, which matters when a person needs both jail information and court records.

The official roster supports Current Inmates, a 48 Hour Release view, name search, sorting, pagination, and individual profile links. It is a county jail roster, not a final court disposition database. Booking charges can change after court appearances. The later court case, plea, disposition, or sentence must be checked through Alacourt or the Circuit Clerk when a court record exists.

Use Cherokee County Inmate Roster

The public roster is useful when a person may be in the Cherokee County Detention Center or may have been released within the last 48 hours. The inspected roster supported current and released views, sort links, a name search field, Show All reset, pagination, and profile links. Use exact spelling when possible, then broaden the search if no result appears.

1. Open the sheriff roster choice page and choose Current Inmates or 48 Hour Release.
2. Use Search By Name to enter the person's first or last name, or use Show All to browse.
3. Sort by name or booking date when the result set is large.
4. Review the name, booking number, booking date, charges, and mugshot thumbnail.
5. Open View Profile for profile fields, then call detention staff for current bail, charges, and case numbers.

The sample profile inspected in the research was booking #9135 on July 14, 2026. That sample was useful for field inventory, but it should not be treated as a current inmate status after that date. Roster details change as court appearances, releases, transfers, and bond decisions occur.

Cherokee County Inmate Search Fields

The Cherokee roster has simple public controls rather than a complex form. It is built for name search, list browsing, sort order, and profile review. The roster count inspected on July 14, 2026 showed "Inmate Roster (99)," showing that the page was active at that time.

The ADOC inmate search is separate from the county roster and applies to state prison custody.

Use ADOC when the person is no longer in county jail and may be in Alabama state prison custody.

Cherokee County Inmate Profile Fields

A profile can show more detail than the roster list, but it still has limits. The inspected sample profile for booking #9135 showed a full-name header, mugshot, booking number, age, gender, race, address city/state, arresting agency, booking date, and charges. It did not show height, weight, eye color, hair color, date of birth, bond amount per charge, court date, warrant number, housing pod, magistrate, release date, or sentence details.

The official Cherokee County roster sample profile was a successful image source in the manifest.

The sample profile supports the field inventory, but live custody and bond details should be verified with detention staff.

Cherokee County Detention Center

The official detention information identifies one Cherokee County Detention Center at the sheriff complex. The facility opened in October 1996 and was renovated in 2004. It houses male and female adult inmates for the county, municipalities, state, and U.S. Marshal Service. The listed Chief of Corrections is Sierra Wilks. Official capacity was not located in the reviewed sources, so a capacity figure should not be invented.

For court case copies, use the Circuit Clerk rather than detention. For incident/offense reports, the Sheriff's FAQ says reports can be obtained from the Sheriff's Office during normal business hours. For current bail, charges, and case numbers, detention staff are the local verification channel.

Booking Process in Cherokee County

Booking begins with law-enforcement custody and jail intake. The roster can show the booking number, booking date, arresting agency, and charges known to the jail. The court case may not yet show the final charge, and a prosecutor may later file, amend, reduce, or dismiss counts. That is why a Cherokee County inmate search should not be treated as the same record as a final criminal disposition.

Bonds may be property bonds, cash bonds, or bonding company bonds. Property bonds require two signatures, each with property equal to the bond amount, and mortgaged property cannot be used. Cash bond must be paid in full at the Circuit Clerk's Office or through Cash Bond Online by calling 1-888-726-6301 or using cashbondonline.com. Bonding companies must be licensed in Cherokee County.

Local bond windows are specific. Bail bonds may be made seven days a week except 5 a.m.-7 a.m., 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Listed bonding companies in the research are Regional Bail Bonds at 256-706-3386, Rush Bail Bonds at 256-286-1075, and Connies Bail Bonding at 256-630-2824. If an inmate has a zero bond, release requires a presiding judge's court order or payment of owed fines at the Circuit Clerk's Office for fines, Failure to Pay, or NWNI matters.

Cherokee County Inmate Visitation

Cherokee County Detention Center publishes video visitation only. The detention page says visits are seven days a week by video visitation, and users must go to InmateSales to set up an account and appointment. Officers cannot schedule visits for users. The help phone listed for the phone/video provider is 1-877-998-5678.

Specific visitor ID, dress code, background-check, and attorney visitation rules were not located in the reviewed source text. Do not invent those rules. Use the detention page and InmateSales account process for current visit scheduling.

Cherokee County Inmate Mail and Contact

The detention page has an inmate mail section and links to an inmate mail policy, but the captured source text did not show detailed allowed and banned items. Mail rules should be checked against the official policy rather than guessed. The facility does not accept property for inmates from outside due to security risks. Inmates may purchase needed items from commissary, and property left by an inmate is held only seven days.

Telephone and video services use CPC and InmateSales channels. The detention page lists a CPC kiosk in the Sheriff's Office lobby for cash, credit, or debit deposits. It also lists www.cpcjail.com and 1-877-998-5678 for phone/video service. These service-provider paths are separate from the sheriff phone number used to verify bail or custody facts.

The ADOC homepage is a successful image source for state prison context.

ADOC should be used only after the custody question concerns state prison rather than the Cherokee County jail roster.

Commissary and Inmate Funds

Cherokee County Detention Center lists several money and phone account paths. Commissary funds may be added through the Legacy Cashier machine in the Sheriff's Office lobby, which accepts cash and credit or debit cards. Commissary funds may also be added through JAILATM, where the user needs the inmate's full name, date of birth, and location. Telephone accounts may be funded through the CPC kiosk, cpcjail.com, or 1-877-998-5678.

Medical care is provided by Southern Health Partners. The detention page states staffing of two LPNs and one doctor, and inmates requiring medical attention may request to see a nurse seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Medical staff are on call for after-hours incidents requiring attention. The facility also operates work release for inmates with non-violent histories when approved by the presiding judge and jail staff.

VINE is the key notification channel. Cherokee participates in VINE, a free, anonymous, computer-based information and notification service. It provides custody information and automatic calls if an offender is released, transferred, or escapes. Use 1-877-846-3425 or vinelink.com. For federal custody, use BOP inmate locator. For state prison custody, use ADOC. For county custody, use the sheriff roster and detention staff.

Note: ADOC and BOP are separate from the Cherokee County jail and should not be used as local pretrial roster searches.