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Etowah County Jail Roster

The Etowah County Sheriff's Office maintains the local jail roster for people in county custody. Sheriff Jonathon Horton oversees the Sheriff's Office, which lists Patrol Operations, Criminal Investigations, Corrections, School Resource Officers, Warrants, Civil Papers, Special Operations, and the Drug Enforcement Unit among its functions. The same department page notes that the sheriff serves as an officer of the courts by serving court papers and documents, so jail records often intersect with warrants, charges, bond conditions, and court dates.

The local roster has a choice page for current inmates and 48-hour releases, plus a current roster page with name search, sort controls, profile links, booking number, age, booking date, charges, and bond. The roster is free to view. It is not a state prison database, a federal inmate database, or a full criminal case file. Court outcomes and filings remain with the Circuit Clerk, Cassandra "Sam" Johnson, and the Etowah County Judicial Building court divisions.

The Etowah County Sheriff's Office roster choice page is the first local source for current inmates and 48-hour releases.

Use the choice page to separate a current custody search from a recent release search before opening an individual inmate profile.

Use the Etowah County Inmate Roster

The current roster is designed for a quick name search and a scan of recent bookings. A search may return a list with mugshot or image, name, booking number, age, booking date, charges, bond, and a View Profile link. The profile gives more context, but the sheriff roster notice states that charges and bail amounts may change after court appearances.

1. Open the roster choice page and select current inmates or 48-hour releases.
2. Use the current roster's name search or Show All option if the name spelling is uncertain.
3. Sort results by name or booking date when comparing several possible matches.
4. Open the profile link to review booking number, arresting agency, booking date, charge, and bond.
5. Call detention staff before posting bail or relying on a charge or case number shown online.

The Etowah County current inmate roster shows the public search controls and profile links used for local jail custody records.

The roster is useful for custody status and booking facts, while the full charge path may require the court record or the Etowah County arrest records and court charges record.

Etowah County Inmate Search Fields

Etowah County offers more than one jail lookup channel. The sheriff roster is the most direct local source for public roster entries. SmartWeb jail view was also documented in the research as a vendor-hosted jail view with visible search options, although the image capture failed and no full sample profile was inspected through that site. ADOC is a separate state prison search for people in state custody.

SmartWeb jail view fields were captured as Search For, Sorted By, and Order. Search For options include current inmates only, released inmates only, and both current and released. Sorted By options include name and booking date, with ascending or descending order controls.

Etowah County Inmate Profile Fields

A sample Etowah County Sheriff's Office roster profile inspected in July 2026 showed a compact set of custody and booking fields. It did not display every personal or case detail a reader might expect. Height, weight, eye color, hair color, date of birth, housing unit, warrant number, court date, release date, magistrate, sentence, statute number, flags, and medical or protective information were not observed on that sample.

Note: The sample profile's warning is important because bond companies and persons posting bail need current information from detention staff.

Etowah County Detention Facility

The Etowah County Detention Center is maintained by the Sheriff's Office and can house up to 950 inmates at a given time. The detention page describes intake, classification, housing, medical care, programs, and custody contact options. Official sources reviewed did not identify a second county jail facility for this page, so the facility contact card focuses on the local Detention Center and booking contacts.

The Etowah County Sheriff's Office detention page describes booking, classification, housing, medical care, programs, and custody contact details.

The detention page is the stronger source for facility operations, while the roster page is the stronger source for a named inmate lookup.

Etowah County Booking Process

Booking begins with a search of each entrant. Belongings are inventoried in the inmate or detainee's presence and secured, personal and emergency contact information is collected, mug shots are taken, and identification number checks plus fingerprinting are used to confirm identity and determine whether another law enforcement agency wants the person. Release eligibility is then reviewed based on charges, bond conditions, probation or parole issues, and warrants from other agencies.

If the person is not eligible for release, detention staff perform further checks for medical and mental health needs, initial security classification, and housing assignment. Inmates may be searched again before detention clothing is issued, while personal clothing and property are placed in storage. Cash held at booking goes into a kiosk account that can be used to buy detention center items. After booking, people are assigned to one of ten housing units, with direct supervision in minimum and medium custody and more security glass or video monitoring in special management and maximum security units.

Medical care is a major facility function. Doctors' Care Physicians, P.C. has served as the medical contractor since 2005, and the medical unit includes examination and treatment space, x-ray and dental areas, a medication area, a mini-lab, waiting room, and observation cells. The facility is accredited by the National Commission for Correctional Healthcare, and services include medical, dental, mental, preventive healthcare, screenings, chronic care, sick call, urgent evaluations, and mental-health follow-ups.

Etowah County Visitation and Mail

Official visitation and mail detail was limited in the inspected sources. The detention page provides booking-property and inmate-money facts, but it did not publish a full in-person visitation calendar, visitor approval process, dress code, video visitation vendor, mail address format, or phone and tablet pricing. The practical result is that visitors should confirm the current rules with detention staff before making plans or mailing items.

Detention programs include educational, therapeutic, religious, social, recreational, special needs, and community service activities. The Program Section has more than 125 volunteers from educational, religious, and civic groups. The IMPACT Program runs for 10 weeks and serves court-ordered persons from courts of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit due to high demand and limited resources.

Etowah County Inmate Money

The official detention page gives a narrow but useful money trail. Belongings are inventoried at booking, personal clothing goes to property storage, and any cash at booking is placed into a kiosk account. That kiosk creates an account that can be used to purchase detention center items. The research did not locate deposit vendor names, public fee schedules, mail-money instructions, deposit limits, or tablet and phone pricing on inspected official pages.

• Confirm current bail, charges, and case numbers with Detention Center staff before posting money.
• Use custody information contacts when the roster does not answer a release or charge question.
• Do not infer a court outcome from a jail charge line.
• Ask detention staff about current money, commissary, mail, and visitor rules before sending funds or items.

Etowah County Inmates and ADOC

The Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search is separate from the Etowah County jail roster. ADOC is used for people currently incarcerated in Alabama state prison. It is not a county jail search, and the research notes that historical data is not online through that ADOC search. A person arrested in Etowah County may begin in the county jail, then move into state custody only after sentencing and transfer.

The ADOC inmate search is the state-prison channel for currently incarcerated Alabama Department of Corrections inmates.

Check the county roster first for recent Etowah County bookings, then use ADOC when the person may be serving a state sentence.

The ADOC contact and public records page provides the state agency contact path for public records and prison questions.

ADOC contact channels should not be used as a substitute for Etowah County Detention Center staff when the person is still in local custody.

Etowah County Inmate Record Limits

The sheriff department page displays an app notice, but the research did not locate official Apple App Store or Google Play URLs or verified app screens for an inmate lookup feature. The official CrimeStoppers release verified the P3 Tips app for anonymous tips, lookouts, wanted criminals, missing persons, and unsolved cases. It did not verify an app-only inmate roster. Do not treat a mobile app as the only or best inmate search channel unless a current official source confirms the feature.

Roster data is also limited by timing. A booking record can change after a court appearance, bond review, amended charge, dismissal, transfer, or release. Court case files, certified copies, and dispositions come through the Circuit Clerk, municipal court, or other court of record. Juvenile, sealed, expunged, mental health, and protected family records may be restricted or redacted under Alabama access rules.