Mobile County Jail Roster
The Mobile County Sheriff's Office Who's in Jail roster is the main public channel for current county custody. Its visible list has columns for name, date, charges, and bonds. Those fields help confirm whether a person appears in the Mobile County Metro Jail system and why the person was booked. The public list is not the restricted jail portal used by authorized law enforcement and criminal justice users. It also does not promise a full profile, mugshot, release date, housing unit, physical description, court date, or warrant number. Use only what the official roster actually displays.
The sheriff's roster covers county and City of Mobile detention, not every form of custody. A person serving an Alabama prison sentence may appear in the Alabama Department of Corrections search instead. Federal prisoners use the federal locator. The Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Paul Burch, maintains the local jail channels while Circuit Clerk Ashleigh Long keeps District and Circuit Court case records at Government Plaza. A jail entry records custody. The later court file shows filed charges, pleas, orders, and disposition. For that reason, do not read a Mobile County inmate listing as proof of guilt.
The official Mobile County Sheriff's Office homepage provides the source view shown here.
That agency page is the starting point for jail, warrant, records, and detention information maintained by Mobile County.
Use Mobile County Inmate Search
Start with the public roster when the question is whether someone is now in Metro Jail. The sheriff also publishes a Mobile County 24-hour booking list for recent intake. The two views serve different needs: the main jail roster reflects current public custody listings, while the booking page narrows attention to recent admissions. If a name is absent, call the automated inmate line before assuming the person was released. Spelling, timing, transfer, and the correct custodial agency can all affect a result.
- Open Who's in Jail from the official Mobile County Sheriff's Office site.
- Review the current list for the person's full name and date entry.
- Read the charge and bond columns as booking information, not a final court outcome.
- Check the 24-hour booking page when the arrest may be very recent.
- Call 251-574-6412 if the public pages do not resolve the custody question.
The Sheriff's recent booking source is pictured below.
Recent bookings can be checked there before moving to phone or records-request channels.
Mobile County Roster Fields
The accessible Who's in Jail view is a result list rather than a confirmed name-entry form. The following field inventory matches the labels captured from the official Mobile County roster. It deliberately marks portal access as optional because the separate login page may limit access. Do not enter private data into a third-party site that imitates the sheriff roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | Result column | Not applicable | Full inmate name as listed. |
| DATE | Result column | Not applicable | Booking or arrest date in the visible roster. |
| CHARGES | Result column | Not applicable | Charge text; more than one charge may appear. |
| BONDS | Result column | Not applicable | Public bond amount or status when shown. |
| Jail Portal | Link | Optional | Separate login may restrict users. |
Mobile County Inmate Results
A Mobile County inmate result should be read field by field. The name and date help distinguish people with similar names. Charges reflect the basis stated at booking, while the bond column may show a public amount or status. None of these fields supplies the full District or Circuit Court record. Booking number, full date of birth, mugshot, physical description, housing location, magistrate, warrant number, court date, release date, and projected release were not confirmed in the accessible roster capture, so they should not be promised.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The inmate's full name as shown on the public list. |
| Date | The visible booking or arrest date entry. |
| Charges | One or more booking charge descriptions, not findings of guilt. |
| Bonds | A bond amount or status when the sheriff makes it public. |
| Not confirmed | Mugshot, booking number, housing unit, court date, release date, and projected release. |
Mobile County Jail Facilities
Mobile County corrections includes Metro Jail and a minimum-security barracks. The Sheriff's Office reports an average daily Metro Jail population of about 1,500 and a 325-bed barracks. Metro Jail holds people for Mobile County and the City of Mobile and provides food, medical care, education, and rehabilitative programs. The barracks supports work release and inmate labor. Because the research does not give a separate public street address or general hours for the barracks, its contact card uses the documented correction-division phone lines instead of inventing details.
Mobile County Metro Jail
450 St. Emanuel Street
Mobile, Alabama
Automated inmate information: 251-574-6412
Administration: 251-574-4702
Video visits use the schedule listed below.
Minimum Security Barracks
Mobile County Sheriff's correction division
Mobile County, Alabama
Central Control: 251-574-2321
Barracks lieutenant: 251-574-2326
Work release: 251-574-2323
Classification and records: 251-574-2329
Public visiting hours were not stated in the inspected source.
Mobile County Booking Channels
The official research confirms the public result fields but does not state a full minute-by-minute booking process. A safe reading starts with intake shown on the recent booking list, then the current jail roster. The Sheriff's Office has more than 600 staff and serves more than 400,000 people over roughly 1,200 square miles. Sheriff Paul Burch oversees an agency with administrative services, field operations, support services, and correction divisions. The correction division operates the detention facilities, while the courts decide filed charges and case outcomes.
For the court side, Government Plaza houses District Criminal, Circuit Criminal, and Municipal Court functions. Circuit Clerk Ashleigh Long is the official record keeper for Mobile County District and Circuit proceedings. City-limit misdemeanor cases belong to Municipal Court. A first appearance addresses the charges and bond eligibility or amount. The Mobile County arrest and court-charge record is therefore the better source for the arrest-to-filed-charge path after the jail lookup.
The Sheriff's Office overview supplies the agency and detention context shown here.
It places Mobile County inmate operations within the correction division rather than the Circuit Clerk's court-record role.
Mobile County Inmate Visits
Personal visits at Metro Jail are video visits. On-site video is free and runs Monday through Friday. Remote video is offered every day. Both use GettingOut scheduling, and visits must be set one day in advance but no more than seven days ahead. A visitor must be approved and on the inmate's visit list. Up to four visitors may attend for one inmate. Personal video visits are monitored and recorded. Professional face-to-face access is reserved for clergy, medical staff, legal counsel, and other professional visitors.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Monday-Friday | 8:00-11:00 am and 2:00-5:30 pm | Free on-site video; remote video also available |
| Saturday-Sunday | 8:00-11:00 am and 2:00-5:30 pm | Remote video only |
| Professional visitors | Arrange through facility | Face-to-face for clergy, medical, and legal visitors |
Mobile County Inmate Mail
Non-privileged incoming mail must be a metered postcard with no postage stamp. It must be rectangular and no larger than 4 by 6 inches. Add a return address with the sender's full name, street, city, state, and ZIP code. Address it to the inmate's full name, without a nickname, and include date of birth if known, then Mobile County Metro Jail, P.O. Box 104, Mobile, Alabama 36601. Padded envelopes are not accepted. Mail is searched, and mail not clearly marked as legal mail is opened and inspected.
Mail received after release is returned. Opened mail can be held for three working days after release at the Money Clerk's Office, then discarded on the next working day. Contraband that is not criminal may be held for ten calendar days so the inmate can arrange its return with a metered envelope. The official Metro Jail rules should be checked before sending anything.
The jail source also covers visits, medical contacts, and current trust-account notices.
Mobile County Custody Fallbacks
When no Mobile County inmate match appears, use the custody fallback chain. Call the automated Metro Jail line at 251-574-6412. Metro Jail Records is 251-574-3387. For a public record held by the sheriff, the Civil Division and Central Records page directs requesters to the MCSO Open Records Act Request Form. The Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search covers people currently incarcerated in state prisons and gives priority to an AIS number; name searches can use the opening letters of first or last name. The federal Bureau of Prisons locator covers federal custody.
The free Mobile County Sheriff App also offers Who's in Jail, outstanding-warrant checks, crime reporting, photo or video uploads, and My Neighborhood. Web and app jail lookup both exist. The official MCSO App page links its store badges. The sheriff's staff source identifies Paul Burch and command staff.
This agency source helps users separate jail administration from the court-record duties of Circuit Clerk Ashleigh Long at Government Plaza.
For medical questions, NaphCare is the jail's contractor and the research lists 574-3368 for messages with the inmate's name and a return contact. For funds, Metro Jail states that Money Clerks stopped accepting money orders on September 1, 2023, while the same source also carries an older $50 money-order limit. Because those notices conflict, confirm the current deposit method before sending funds. That caution avoids relying on an obsolete payment rule.
A separate records request can help when a public roster no longer shows the booking or when a requester needs an agency record rather than a current custody answer. The Sheriff's Civil Division and Central Records unit handles the MCSO Open Records Act Request Form. Its public phone directory also separates Records, Metro Jail Records, Metro Jail Administration, jail docket, NCIC, property, warrants, and civil process lines. That division of work matters. Call the automated inmate line for a basic custody check, Metro Jail Records for jail-record routing, and the court clerk for the filed case.
State and federal custody searches should be treated as separate snapshots. The Alabama Department of Corrections service covers people currently incarcerated in ADOC facilities and says historical data is not online. An AIS number takes precedence, while first and last names can be searched alone or together with open-ended beginning letters. The federal Bureau of Prisons locator serves federal custody. Neither system is a substitute for the Mobile County 24-hour booking page, and the county roster is not a substitute for state or federal results.
Mobile County also operates a 325-bed minimum-security barracks within the Sheriff's correction division. The phone directory separates Central Control at 251-574-2321, the barracks lieutenant at 251-574-2326, work release at 251-574-2323, and classification or records at 251-574-2329. Those lines serve different operational needs and do not promise public release of a case file. The Sheriff's Office reports that barracks inmates provide labor for parks, public facilities, and events. A roster user who sees a custody status but needs the filed charge, plea, or disposition should switch to the Circuit Clerk's District or Circuit Criminal record channel.