North Alabama Facility Overview
The North Alabama Community Based Facility and Community Work Center is operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections. ADOC lists it in Morgan County, in the Northern Region, and identifies the inmate gender as male. The facility is a Community-Based Facility and Community Work Center, not a Morgan County Jail unit. That distinction controls the lookup path, the type of person held there, and the rules for visits, mail, money, and release information.
ADOC classifies the facility as MIN-COMM and MIN-OUT. Minimum-Community means the inmate may have gainful full-time employment in the community and be supervised in a community-based facility when not working. Minimum-Out means the inmate may be assigned to off-property work details without direct correctional officer supervision, a custody type generally associated with community work centers. These definitions make the facility different from a county pretrial jail and also different from a high-security prison.
ADOC's facility page is the direct source for the facility name, custody type, address, gender, county, region, opening date, and program summary.
The source image matches the state facility, so it belongs on this ADOC work center page rather than on the Morgan County Jail roster page.
North Alabama Inmate Population
Research captures from May 2026 showed the North Alabama Community Based Facility and Community Work Center in the mid-600s, with observed ADOC occupancy or inmate population figures ranging from 663 to 676. Those are facility-level state custody figures. They should not be mixed with Morgan County Jail's daily population or roster count, because county jail custody and ADOC sentenced custody are different systems.
| Facility fact | ADOC detail |
|---|---|
| Operator | Alabama Department of Corrections. |
| Custody type | MIN-COMM and MIN-OUT. |
| Population held | Male ADOC inmates assigned to state custody programs. |
| Work area | Work release programs in Morgan, Limestone, and Madison Counties. |
North Alabama ADOC Lookup
Use the ADOC inmate search to look up inmates assigned to North Alabama Community Based Facility and Community Work Center. Do not use the Morgan County roster for this state work center. The county roster covers local jail booking records, recent release records, charges, bond, and booking photos. ADOC search records cover current state custody and show the assigned institution or work center when the person is in the state system.
- Open the ADOC inmate search and enter the AIS number if known.
- If the AIS number is not known, search by first name, last name, or both.
- Check the Institution field for North Alabama Community Based Facility or a work center code tied to the placement.
- Use the projected release date as a current ADOC estimate, not a guarantee, because ADOC warns that release dates can change.
The ADOC locator contains only currently incarcerated ADOC inmates. ADOC says historical data is not available online, and Youthful Offender Act inmates are excluded from inmate search and population totals. If a person was just arrested in Morgan County and has not been sentenced to ADOC custody, search the county jail roster instead.
North Alabama Facility Contact
Contact the facility directly for visitation hours, facility-specific access questions, and information that ADOC does not publish in detail online. The facility address is separate from the Morgan County Jail address. The ADOC page places this work center on Highway 20 West in Decatur, while the county jail is downtown on Lee Street NE.
North Alabama Community Based Facility and Community Work Center
1401 Highway 20 West
Decatur, AL 35601
256.350.0876
Contact the facility for visitation hours and information.
North Alabama Visitation
ADOC facility notes say to contact North Alabama Community Based Facility and Community Work Center for visitation hours and information. No public day-by-day visitation schedule was located in the research sources. That makes this page different from a county jail video-visit page: the right action is to confirm current state facility rules with the work center, not to assume Morgan County Jail's JailATM non-contact visit process applies.
| Visit issue | Published ADOC detail | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Public hours | Not published in the reviewed ADOC facility page. | Call 256.350.0876 before planning a visit. |
| Approval | Facility-specific state custody rules apply. | Ask the facility about visitor approval and scheduling. |
| County jail video visits | Not the right system for this facility. | Do not use Morgan County Jail visitation rules for ADOC custody. |
| Identification | Specific list not located in reviewed page. | Confirm ID requirements with the work center. |
North Alabama Money and Messages
The ADOC North Alabama facility page links to state options for Send Money, Send Incentive Package, Send eMessage, Inmate Phone System, and Send Footwear Package. The research did not locate a Morgan County specific ADOC fee table for this facility. Because it is a state facility, families should follow ADOC vendor links and facility instructions, not Morgan County Jail kiosk, JailATM, scan-mail, or commissary rules.
| Service | Correct system |
|---|---|
| Money | Use ADOC Send Money links and current ADOC vendor instructions. |
| Messages | Use ADOC eMessage options where available. |
| Phone | Use the ADOC inmate phone system, not the Morgan County Jail line. |
| Packages | Use ADOC incentive package and footwear package links if eligible. |
ADOC also publishes state prison mail guidance in official materials. For any state prison mail issue, confirm the current mailing format with ADOC or the work center before sending items, because state facility rules can change and may vary by custody assignment.
North Alabama State Intake
North Alabama Community Based Facility and Community Work Center does not book street arrests for Morgan County. Intake follows the state custody path. A person is first arrested, booked, and processed through a local jail and court case when the matter starts in Morgan County. If the person is still in local custody, the Morgan County Jail page is the better fit. If the person is convicted and sentenced to ADOC custody, the county jail roster may stop being the main source after transfer. The ADOC locator becomes the correct source once the person is a current ADOC inmate.
ADOC search fields help separate state custody from local jail custody. The AIS number is the unique six-digit ADOC number and is the strongest search key. Name searches can also work, but ADOC displays only up to 50 matching records at one time, so common names need more complete spelling. The result fields observed include AIS, inmate name, race, sex, birth year, institution, release date, and code.
The ADOC inmate search page is the direct source for state locator fields and statewide inmate totals.
This locator screenshot supports the state-prison lookup path and helps distinguish ADOC custody from Morgan County Jail booking records.
North Alabama Work Programs
ADOC says North Alabama opened in May 1981 and sits on 11 acres in Decatur. Its work release programs serve Morgan, Limestone, and Madison Counties. That regional work-release role is a central feature of the facility. The facility holds male ADOC inmates who are far enough along in classification and custody review to fit a minimum community or minimum out setting, not new arrestees awaiting first appearance in Morgan County court. The Morgan County inmate population overview separates those county and state custody paths.
Program notes from ADOC include drug treatment, aftercare, NA/AA programs, and adult education or GED services through Ingram State Technical College. Those programs are part of the reentry role of the work center. VINELink may also help with notification, but VINELink should be used for custody notifications rather than as the final source for state placement or release-date details.
Note: Call the facility before visiting, because ADOC did not publish a public visitation schedule in the reviewed source.