Crenshaw County Detention Facility Overview
The Crenshaw County Detention Facility is the primary and only confirmed detention facility in the Facility Map. It is operated by the Crenshaw County Sheriff's Office and functions as the county jail for pretrial detainees and locally held inmates. The research did not identify a county jail annex, work-release center, separate municipal jail page, ADOC prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility in Crenshaw County.
The official detention page states that the facility was established in 1998 and has capacity of over 50 beds. It does not publish a daily population, housing-unit breakdown, separate male and female unit details, work-release status, or custody-level designations. The correct local term from the sheriff page is "Detention Facility," though many users search for the Crenshaw County jail.
Crenshaw County Detention Facility Capacity
The safest population statement is the published capacity. The sheriff's detention page says the facility has over 50 beds. That is not the same as a current inmate count. No official daily jail population, average daily population, roster dashboard, or jail census page was located for this facility.
Do not use statewide ADOC inmate counts as a Crenshaw County jail population. ADOC figures describe state prison custody, not this county detention facility.
Search Crenshaw County Detention Facility Inmates
No official online roster for the Crenshaw County Detention Facility was located. For a current inmate lookup, use the jail phone and the records-request fallback. If the person is already in court, the case record may appear through the clerk or Alacourt. If the person has been sentenced to state prison, switch to ADOC.
- Call the Crenshaw County Detention Facility at (334) 335-3860 and ask about current custody.
- Provide full legal name, date of birth or age, arrest date, arresting agency, and the community involved.
- If jail staff cannot provide the record by phone, ask how to request a booking record or booking photo.
- Use Alacourt ACCESS or the Circuit Clerk for filed court charges.
- Use ADOC inmate search after sentencing and transfer to state prison.
The person may not be easy to confirm immediately after arrest. Transport, identity checks, fingerprinting, property inventory, medical or mental-health screening, and paperwork can happen before custody information is ready. If jail staff cannot confirm a recent arrest, ask whether to call back later and whether the arresting agency has finished transfer.
Crenshaw County Detention Facility Contact
The facility address and phone should be kept separate from the courthouse. The jail is the custody and booking contact. The Crenshaw County Circuit Clerk is the court-record contact after formal charges exist.
Crenshaw County Detention Facility
186 Justice Ave.
Luverne, AL 36049
(334) 335-3860
Call for custody, visit, mail, bond, and jail-record routing.
Crenshaw County Circuit Clerk
29 S. Glenwood Ave., Suite 206
Luverne, AL 36049
(334) 335-6575
Court records, filed charges, settings, and case status.
Crenshaw County Jail Staffing
The sheriff's detention page gives unusually specific local staffing detail. It names Captain Angel Hebert as Jail Administrator and states that she began in corrections in November 2015, became Jail Administrator in June 2022, and also serves as Sex Offender Compliance Officer. The page also says the facility has 9 Correction Officers, 2 Corrections Sergeants, 1 Correction Lieutenant, 1 Jail Administrator, support from a cook, and two nurses.
| Role or Detail | Official Detention Page Finding |
|---|---|
| Jail Administrator | Captain Angel Hebert. |
| Correction Officers | 9 listed by the sheriff page. |
| Corrections Sergeants | 2 listed by the sheriff page. |
| Correction Lieutenant | 1 listed by the sheriff page. |
| Support staff | Cook and two nurses referenced for facility needs. |
Booking at Crenshaw County Detention Facility
No public local booking manual was located. Standard county-jail intake may include transport, identity confirmation, property inventory, booking paperwork, fingerprints, booking photo, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and housing assignment. The sheriff page supports a high-level statement that physical and mental-health needs are addressed with nurse support, but it does not publish medical procedures, medication rules, or clinical schedules.
A new arrest may not be immediately easy to confirm. Intake, fingerprinting, screening, and paperwork can take time. Since Crenshaw County does not publish a public roster, there is no official online update interval to cite. Call the jail if the arrest is recent.
Classification is a jail-security function. The public should not expect staff to release pod, cell, bed, medical, mental-health, or detailed security information. The researched public path is custody confirmation, booking-record request if available, and court-record search after charges are filed.
Visit Crenshaw County Detention Facility
The sheriff's official material does not publish a visitation schedule, video-visit vendor, ID rule, dress code, visit length, child-visitor rule, attorney-visit policy, or lobby schedule. Call the facility before arrival and ask what is required on the day you plan to visit. Schedules can change with staffing, court transport, lockdowns, medical movement, and population needs.
| Topic | Published Online? | What to Ask |
|---|---|---|
| Visitation hours | No schedule located. | Ask for current day, time, visit type, and arrival process. |
| Identification | No county rule located. | Ask what government photo ID is accepted. |
| Children | No county rule located. | Ask whether minors need a parent, guardian, or paperwork. |
| Attorney visits | No policy located. | Attorneys should call the jail and court clerk for current procedure. |
Mail and Money at Crenshaw County Detention Facility
No official mail format, publication rule, phone provider, tablet program, remote messaging service, commissary vendor, deposit kiosk, online deposit link, fee schedule, or property-release hours were located. Do not send money, books, photos, clothing, medication, or property without calling first.
| Service | Confirmed Detail | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Facility address is published. | No official inmate-mail format or item rule located. | |
| Commissary | Alabama Code § 45-21-231 authorizes a Crenshaw County jail store. | No vendor, deposit method, or fee schedule located. |
| Phone or video | No vendor confirmed. | Call the jail before setting up any account. |
Crenshaw County Jail Records Requests
For booking records, jail incident records, or booking photos not released informally, ask how to submit a written public-records request to the sheriff's office. Alabama Code § 36-12-40 provides the baseline public-records route, while § 36-12-41 allows lawful copy or certification fees. Investigative material can be limited under § 12-21-3.1, and other privacy or court rules may also apply.
A useful request identifies the record sought, the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, case number or warrant number if known, date range, and preferred delivery method. Ask for a fee estimate and ask that any nonexempt portion be released if part of the record is withheld.
Keep the request tied to the facility's role. The detention facility can address county booking and custody records. The Circuit Clerk handles filed charges and court actions. ALEA handles criminal-history requests through its own fingerprint and fee process. ADOC handles state-prison records through ADOC's Form 23-A public-records process when an ADOC record is sought.
When This Jail Is Not the Right Search
The Crenshaw County Detention Facility is not an ADOC prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or court records office. If the person was sentenced to state prison, use ADOC. If the case is federal, use BOP after federal sentencing or federal court/USMS contacts during pretrial custody. If an immigration hold or transfer is involved, use ICE ODLS.
The ADOC facilities table confirms no ADOC major or community facility is listed in Crenshaw County.
That statewide table supports keeping this site to one Crenshaw County facility page.
Directions to Crenshaw County Detention Facility
The facility address is 186 Justice Ave., Luverne, AL 36049. Luverne is the county seat. Major approaches to Luverne include U.S. Highway 29 and U.S. Highway 331. No official visitor parking, ADA entrance, locker, or public-transit rule was located, so confirm parking, entrance location, property limits, and visitor process before traveling.
Map and courthouse records should not be blended. Use the jail address for custody and booking questions. Use the Circuit Clerk address for filed court cases, case numbers, and docket information.
Crenshaw County Facility Conditions Note
The sheriff detention page frames the facility as focused on care, security, and rehabilitation, but it does not publish specific GED, vocational, substance-abuse, religious, grievance, or reentry program schedules. It does mention two nurses and physical and mental-health needs. Do not claim 24/7 nursing, contractor names, medication drop-off rules, or detailed clinical procedures without official confirmation.
The DOJ sentencing release from January 8, 2026 states that former Crenshaw County Jail Administrator Christian Alexander Porter was sentenced to 30 months in prison and two years of supervised release for a civil-rights violation involving unlawful force against a handcuffed and compliant detainee. Present that as a dated former-administrator criminal case, not as a current facility-wide finding.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, mail, and money rules with the facility before traveling or sending anything.