Dallas County Released Inmates
A released Dallas County inmate is a person who has left the custody that first held them. That can mean a true return to the community, but it can also mean a transfer to ADOC, another county, federal custody, immigration custody, or a supervision office. The official Dallas County jail page identifies the Dallas County Jail Temporary Facility as the local adult jail contact, but it does not publish a public online release feed. For that reason, Dallas County release research depends on the record owner: the jail for booking and release fields, Dallas County courts for orders and dispositions, ADOC for state prison custody, ABPP for parole and probation, and federal systems if custody moved outside Alabama local control.
The key question is not just whether the person left the Dallas County jail. It is where they went next. A person released on bond may still have a pending Dallas County court case. A person credited with time served may have a final disposition. A person moved to ADOC is no longer a county-jail release for lookup purposes. That distinction keeps the search from treating a transfer as a full release.
Dallas County Release Types
Release type controls the next record. Dallas County does not provide a public web field that labels the release reason, so the release type must be verified through the jail, sheriff, court, or receiving agency. The table below treats the common terms as request targets rather than online fields, because the county source found for this build lists contact and facility information, not a searchable roster.
| Release type | What it means | Where it usually shows next |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or court order | The person leaves local jail while the case continues or after a judge orders release. | Dallas County Jail records and Dallas County court records. |
| Time served or sentence complete | The local sentence ends or the court credits enough time to satisfy the sentence. | Jail release record and court disposition. |
| ADOC transfer | The person leaves county custody for Alabama state prison intake. | ADOC inmate search while currently incarcerated, then ADOC records request if online search drops off. |
| Parole or probation | The person is out of custody but still reports under ABPP or court supervision. | ABPP Selma Field Office, hearing results, and court orders. |
| Other agency transfer | Another county, federal agency, or immigration authority takes custody. | Receiving agency records, BOP, ICE ODLS, EOIR, or court records. |
Note: Ask whether the release was to the public or to another agency before assuming that custody ended.
Dallas County Release Record Fields
A Dallas County release record is different from a live inmate page. A live roster, where one exists, answers whether a person is in custody now. A release record documents a past event: who was booked, when the person left custody, why they left, and whether a transfer or supervision step followed. Since the county did not publish a roster or recent-release feed in the sources found, these fields should be requested from the jail or sheriff with enough detail to identify the booking.
| Full name and date of birth | Used to distinguish the person from others with similar names. |
|---|---|
| Booking number or booking date | Connects the release to a specific jail event when known. |
| Arresting agency and charge | Shows whether the matter began with Dallas County, Selma, another local agency, or a warrant. |
| Release date and time | Confirms when the person left Dallas County custody. |
| Release reason | May show bond, court order, time served, dismissal, sentence completion, or transfer. |
| Destination or hold note | Shows whether ADOC, another county, federal custody, or a detainer was involved, if disclosable. |
| Booking photo flag | Identifies whether a booking photograph exists and may be requested. |
The release date may be exact, but the public copy can still be limited. Juvenile records, sealed records, expunged records, medical details, protected victim data, and some investigative notes may be withheld or redacted. A narrow request is more useful than a broad demand. Give the jail the person identifiers, a date range, and the specific fields needed.
Obtain Dallas County Release Records
The official jail source lists the Dallas County Jail Temporary Facility, phone, fax, email, hours, and warden. No dedicated Dallas County jail-records form was found in the research. That means the practical path is to contact the jail or sheriff, ask how release records are handled, and then submit a narrow request using the details the office requires. Alabama public-records law gives Alabama citizens the right to inspect and copy public writings, subject to exceptions.
- Identify the person with full name, date of birth if known, and booking date or case number if available.
- Call the Dallas County Jail Temporary Facility or the Dallas County Sheriff's Department to ask whether the person was released, transferred, or still held for Dallas County.
- Request the release date, release time, release reason, releasing authority, and transfer destination if one exists and is public.
- If the jail cannot answer by phone, ask for the public-records request process, accepted format, fee, and delivery method.
- Check Dallas County court records when the release depended on a bond order, sentence, dismissal, probation order, revocation, or sentence credit.
Dallas County Jail Temporary Facility
4805 US-80, Temporary Facility
Selma area, AL 36786
(334) 690-1200
Fax: (334) 690-1226
Email: dallascoso@dallascounty-al.org
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Dallas County Sheriff's Department
102 Church Street
Selma, AL 36702
(334) 874-2530
Sheriff Michael L. Granthum is listed in the Alabama Secretary of State county lookup.
For state prison custody, use the ADOC public-records request form rather than the county jail. ADOC requests ask for the inmate name, AIS number, date of birth, a record description, proposed use, requester information, and preferred format.
Dallas County Release Record Law
Alabama's open-records rule appears in Ala. Code Section 36-12-40, which gives citizens a right to inspect and copy public writings unless an exception applies. Release records must also be read with court rules, juvenile confidentiality, sealing, expungement, and agency-retention rules in mind. Alabama public records are not the same as a guaranteed online feed.
Expungement is separate from release. ALEA states that an Alabama court grants expungements, not ALEA, and Title 15, Chapter 27 controls the expungement framework. For an error, Alabama's Title 41 criminal-record correction provisions and the source agency's own correction process may be more relevant than an expungement request. A release alone does not erase a booking, case entry, photo, or custody record.
Find Released Dallas County Inmates
The strongest Dallas County search path starts with custody type. The county site does not publish a public recent-release list, so a name-only web search can send readers to the wrong Dallas County in another state. Start with the local jail if the person was arrested or held on a Dallas County matter. Move to court records if release depended on an order. Use ADOC only for state prison custody, and use ABPP when parole or probation began after release.
- Call or contact the Dallas County Jail Temporary Facility and ask whether the person is held, released, housed elsewhere for Dallas County, or transferred.
- Check Dallas County Circuit Court or AlacourtAccess for bond orders, release orders, sentencing entries, probation orders, revocations, and dispositions.
- Use ADOC inmate search if the person was sentenced to Alabama prison or transferred from county jail to ADOC custody.
- Check ABPP if the record points to parole, probation, mandatory supervision, a parole hearing, or a violation status.
- Use Alabama VINE, Alabama VNS, BOP, ICE, or EOIR only when those systems match the custody type.
- Submit a focused records request if no online source confirms the release.
The Dallas County 24-hour release list page explains same-day feed limits, while the county release record remains the best target for a named release event.
ADOC Search for Dallas Releases
Use the Alabama Department of Corrections search for state-prison custody, not for every Dallas County jail release. ADOC's own search page says the database contains currently incarcerated inmates and that historical data is not available online. That limitation is central. A person who has fully discharged from ADOC may no longer appear in the public search, while a Dallas County pretrial detainee may never appear there at all.
The ADOC inmate search page is useful while a person is in state custody. The captured search page below is a state-prison tool, so a Dallas County bond release or municipal release still belongs with the jail and court.
Read any ADOC result with the ADOC definitions in mind, especially AIS number, minimum release date, parole consideration date, and parole status.
| ADOC field | How to use it |
|---|---|
| AIS number | The stable Alabama inmate identifier. Use it when requesting state records. |
| Minimum Release Date | The earliest scheduled release to probation or end of sentence, subject to change. |
| Parole Consideration Date | A tentative board consideration date, not proof of release. |
| Parole Status | Indicates parole, delinquency, or revocation status where shown. |
| Sentence date and offense | Help compare the ADOC result to Dallas County court records. |
Dallas County Recent Releases
No official Dallas County, Alabama roster, 24-hour release feed, 72-hour release feed, or sheriff mobile app for recent releases was found. This does not mean release records do not exist. It means the records are not exposed as a public rolling feed on the county website found in the research. The official Dallas County jail page provides the temporary facility contact block, average population note, and staff note.
The Dallas County Jail official page is the best local starting source because it lists the temporary facility and jail contact details used for release confirmation.
Use that source for the local contact path, then use court records or state systems only when the facts point away from a routine county-jail release.
One search-result trap deserves special care. A Dallas County Sheriff R2M roster with current inmates, new inmates, recent releases, and app badges is tied to Dallas County, Arkansas, not Dallas County, Alabama. Dallas County, Texas also has a large jail lookup system. Neither source should be used to confirm an Alabama release.
Dallas County Post-Release Supervision
Parole and probation questions in Dallas County run through the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. The local ABPP anchor is the Selma Field Office, which serves Dallas and Wilcox counties. That local office is useful for supervision logistics after an ADOC parole, mandatory supervision release, probation matter, delinquency, or revocation status. It does not mean every Dallas County jail release results in supervision.
ABPP board hearings are statewide events, and the hearing schedule and results come from the Montgomery board pages. A grant on a results page may still require release processing and conditions before physical release. For a full supervision workflow, use the Dallas County post-release supervision page.
Dallas County Court Release Clues
Dallas County court records are unusually important because there is no county recent-release feed. The Dallas County Fourth Circuit Court source lists the courthouse, public hours, and Wednesday public closure, while AlacourtAccess states that it provides access to Alabama trial-court records including criminal and traffic cases. A bond order, sentencing entry, sentence-credit order, probation order, disposition, or revocation record can confirm why a person left jail.
The Alacourt public access portal is the online court-record source to compare against jail information when the release was court-driven.
Court records do not replace the jail release record, but they can outlast a daily custody screen and clarify bond, sentence, time-served, probation, or revocation events.
Dallas County VINE and Federal Transfers
Alabama has two public notification channels to keep separate. Alabama VINE at VINELink is a public custody and notification entry point. The Alabama Victim Notification System says its site is only for offenders convicted in Alabama and sentenced to ADOC custody, and it directs pretrial-case questions to the county sheriff where the crime occurred. A Dallas County bond release may be a sheriff and court question, not a VNS event.
Federal and immigration systems apply only when custody moved there. BOP's locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present and may show release-date information. ICE ODLS locates people currently in ICE custody or in CBP custody for more than 48 hours. EOIR covers immigration-court status. No ICE detention facility, BOP facility, or confirmed ICE contract facility was found in Dallas County itself.
Note: A negative result in VINELink, BOP, or ICE does not prove a Dallas County jail release; it only means that source did not show the person.
Dallas County Custody Lookup
Released and still-in-custody searches often fail when the wrong system is used. The same person can move from Dallas County jail to ADOC, ABPP supervision, another county, federal custody, or the community. Use the table as a routing check before assuming a missing online result means the person is free.
| Status or source | Best place to check | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Still held for Dallas County | Dallas County Jail Temporary Facility or sheriff contact. | No official Alabama online roster was found. |
| Released from Dallas County jail | Jail release record, sheriff records request, and court records. | Release reason may need a written request. |
| Transferred to ADOC | ADOC inmate search while current, then ADOC records request. | Historical data is not available online through the search. |
| On parole or probation | ABPP Selma Field Office, hearing results, and court orders. | Not every county release involves supervision. |
| Federal or immigration transfer | BOP, ICE ODLS, EOIR, and relevant court records. | These systems do not confirm routine local releases. |
Dallas County Jail Displacement
The January 2023 Selma tornado is part of the Dallas County release record story. News reports in 2026 said the original Dallas County Jail remained closed years after the storm, with inmates housed elsewhere while repair and construction decisions continued. The county's official jail page now lists a temporary US-80 location. That affects more than local history. It changes the practical release question for anyone planning pickup, property retrieval, or in-person contact.
Before traveling, confirm the current release point with the jail. A person may be housed for Dallas County somewhere other than the old Selma jail building, and a property pickup routine may not match an older address.
Dallas County Detention Facilities
The Dallas County facility map has three entries, but they do not serve the same public release-search role. The temporary adult jail is the active local release-confirmation source. The juvenile detention center is a separate confidentiality-sensitive setting. The original Selma jail building is facility history and operating context, not an online lookup tool.
- Dallas County Jail Temporary Facility: adult county-jail custody, release records, temporary location, court and transfer routing.
- Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center: juvenile custody context, not an adult roster or mugshot source.
- Original Dallas County Jail / Selma jail building: closed-building context after tornado damage and reconstruction reporting.