This is a private reference site, not the Morgan County Sheriff's Office, Morgan County Jail, ADOC, a court clerk, or any government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official office or locator that holds the record.
Where to Ask About an Inmate or Record
For Morgan County jail custody questions, start with the sheriff-operated jail unless the person has already moved to state, federal, or immigration custody.
Morgan County Sheriff's Office / Morgan County Jail119 Lee Street NE
Decatur, AL 35601
Main: 256.351.4800
Non-emergency: 256.350.4613
Jail: 256.351.4825
Public office hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Sheriff Ron W. Puckett's office operates Morgan County Jail and the local roster systems. The jail phone is the practical contact for custody questions that require an official answer.
- For someone booked into Morgan County Jail, use jail inmate records and then confirm with the jail at 256.351.4825 if the status matters right now.
- For booking photos shown on the sheriff roster or requested from a booking record, use jail roster mugshots.
- For charges that move from a booking into a court case, use court records after a jail arrest and the Morgan County Circuit Clerk resources.
- For facility-specific custody, visitation, and records context, check Morgan County Jail or North Alabama Community Based Facility and Community Work Center.
- For a sentenced Alabama state prisoner, use the ADOC inmate search instead of the county jail roster.
- For federal prison custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator; for immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
- For custody notifications, use VINELink, which the sheriff identifies as a free notification option.