Fayette County Jail Overview
Fayette County Jail is operated by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. Research found no separate county detention annex, city jail, regional jail, ADOC prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center in Fayette County official sources. That makes this facility the core local detention point for county jail custody, while sentenced state prisoners and federal or immigration detainees are checked through separate statewide or national systems.
The sheriff's jail page describes a broad county-jail population. Fayette County Jail holds people charged and awaiting trial, people arrested on warrants, people serving county jail sentences, parole and probation holds, people sentenced by municipal courts in Fayette County, people sentenced and waiting for Alabama Department of Corrections or Community Corrections beds, and people held for other agencies. That mix is important. A person can be sentenced and still appear in the county jail roster while waiting for transfer.
The jail page also makes a local distinction between pretrial and sentenced custody. Pretrial confinement is not punishment and is used to assure that the arrestee appears in court. Sentenced custody is different. A roster entry should be read as a custody and booking record, not as a final court outcome.
Fayette County Jail Population
Official Fayette County sources did not publish a current rated capacity, average daily population, bed count, pod layout, or formal population report for Fayette County Jail. Non-official jail directories commonly report a bed figure, but the research did not verify that number in sheriff, county, or other official sources, so it is not stated as an official capacity here. The more reliable local population evidence is the sheriff's description of who the jail holds and the current public roster feed.
A helper snapshot of the official feed showed visible entries during research, but that number is a point-in-time roster observation. It is not the jail's certified average daily population and should not be used as a capacity or crowding measure. The safest reading is that the feed shows current public booking entries, while capacity and historical averages require an official jail or county report that was not found in the source set.
Look Up Fayette County Jail Inmates
The correct lookup path for this county jail is the sheriff's Inmates feature and official OCV feed. The Fayette County inmate feed is the roster source found in the sheriff app and website system. It showed current booking entries with name, booking number, demographics, booking date, charges, and image data where published. It did not show bond, housing, court date, arresting agency, or statute code in inspected entries.
- Start at the sheriff site or the Fayette County Sheriff Alabama app.
- Open Inmate Information and select Inmates.
- Review the date-sorted entries and open the matching person when the app gives a detail view.
- Use the booking number, descriptors, booking date, and charges to confirm that the entry matches the person sought.
- Call the sheriff's office if the person is not listed or the entry does not answer the custody question.
If the person has moved to state prison, use the ADOC inmate search instead of the county roster. If federal custody is possible, use the BOP inmate locator or federal district contacts. If immigration detention is possible, use ICE ODLS. VINELink Alabama can also support notification searches where available.
The roster feed screenshot in the project image set shows the official OCV feed used for Fayette County Jail inmate entries.
Because the feed is app-backed, it is useful for current public custody data but should not be mistaken for a court docket or criminal-history report.
Fayette County Jail Contact
Fayette County Jail and the sheriff's public contact point share the official address and main phone located in the research. No separate jail lobby line, booking desk line, jail commander name, public parking instructions, visitor entrance map, or ADA entrance details were published in official local sources. For bond, records, visitation, mail, property, or accessible entrance questions, call before traveling.
Fayette County Jail
113 1st Ave NW
Fayette, AL 35555
(205) 932-3205
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. CST
Sheriff Byron Yerby is the public-facing sheriff named by the official sheriff site and staff JSON. The administrative staff source identifies Kayla Ellis as Secretary and gives the same phone number. For a public-records request, booking photo question, or a jail record not visible online, the research-supported path is to contact the sheriff's office and ask how the office accepts Alabama public-records requests.
Visit Fayette County Jail
The sheriff app manifest links Jail Visitation to iWebVisit, and research found a Fayette County Jail facility route in the iWebVisit flow. That establishes iWebVisit as the visitation channel connected to the sheriff app. The official local source did not publish a Fayette-specific schedule, visit length, remote or on-site split, dress code, minor visitor rule, approval process, attorney visit procedure, holiday schedule, or cancellation rule.
| Visitation Topic | Fayette County Jail Detail |
|---|---|
| Vendor / portal | iWebVisit, linked by the sheriff app as Jail Visitation. |
| Scheduling URL | iWebVisit. |
| Facility login route | Fayette County Jail iWebVisit route. |
| Schedule | Not published in official local sources. |
| Visit length and type | Not published in official local sources. |
| ID and dress code | Not published; visitors should verify before arrival. |
The iWebVisit image from the manifest matches the sheriff-linked video visitation channel for Fayette County Jail.
The vendor account flow is not a complete jail rulebook, so visit plans should be checked through iWebVisit and the sheriff's phone line before anyone travels.
Fayette County Jail Mail Money
Official Fayette sources did not publish a county jail mail policy, inmate mail address format, legal mail rule, prohibited-items list, scan-and-destroy policy, commissary vendor, money-deposit method, deposit fee, phone vendor, phone rate, or tablet rule. That gap should stay visible because incorrect mail and money instructions can cause delays or returned items. The roster provides a booking number, but the jail must confirm whether and how that number should be used on mail or deposits.
| Service | Published Status |
|---|---|
| Mail address format | Not located in official Fayette sources. |
| Legal mail procedure | Not located in official Fayette sources. |
| Money deposits | No official local vendor or fee table found. |
| Commissary | No official local vendor found. |
| Phone accounts | No official local phone vendor or rate table found. |
| Video visits | iWebVisit is linked; Fayette-specific schedule and fees were not published. |
For state prisoners transferred from Fayette County, county jail mail rules no longer apply. Use ADOC facility and inmate handbook rules for state prison. For federal or immigration custody, use the rules of the actual holding facility rather than Fayette County Jail.
Fayette County Jail Intake
Fayette County official sources do not publish a detailed booking manual, but the public roster and jail page show the local intake result. A person may arrive after an arrest, warrant pickup, municipal case, court sentence, parole or probation hold, or another agency hold. Jail staff create a local booking record, enter or update the booking number, record identity fields, add charge or custody text, and may attach a photo or missing-photo placeholder in the OCV feed.
After booking, the case path can move in several directions. The person may bond out if release is allowed, stay in pretrial custody, serve a county jail sentence, wait for ADOC or Community Corrections placement, or remain on another agency hold. Inspected feed entries did not show bond amounts or court dates, so the roster should not be used as the only source for release conditions. For formal court charges and case events, search Alabama Trial Court Records or contact the Fayette County Circuit Clerk.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest or transfer into custody.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency or jurisdiction that can affect release.
- ADOC
- Alabama Department of Corrections, the state prison system for sentenced prisoners.
- PR bond
- Personal recognizance release based on a promise to appear and follow court conditions.
Fayette County Jail Lookup Limits
Fayette County Jail is a county jail, not a state prison or federal detention center. The sheriff roster covers local jail custody. Once someone is sentenced and moved into ADOC custody, the county roster may no longer be the right lookup. ADOC searches by AIS number, first name, or last name, and ADOC notes that AIS takes precedence when entered. ADOC also states that its inmate search and population totals do not include inmates sentenced under the Youthful Offender Act.
| System | Use It For | Notable Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Fayette sheriff roster | Current county jail custody and booking entries. | No conventional raw search box, no bond or court date in inspected entries. |
| ADOC inmate search | Sentenced state prisoners after transfer. | No Fayette state prison was found. |
| BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates in BOP custody. | Not a county jail roster or mugshot gallery. |
| ICE ODLS | Eligible immigration detainee searches. | Searches by A-number and country of birth or biographical data. |
Note: Confirm custody and visitation with the jail or correct locator before traveling, paying money, or sending mail.
About Fayette County Jail
The official jail page describes the facility's purpose in terms of safe and secure custody, dignity, respect, and accountability. No official local source in the research published a jail construction history, accreditation status, public inspection report, pod layout, parking map, medical-provider contract, grievance procedure, or jail-specific program schedule. Broader sheriff app features include community outreach, drug prevention, crime tips, Project Life Saver, sex offender information, and public feedback tools, but those are not proof of specific in-jail programs.
The Fayette County Sheriff Alabama app remains important for this facility because it exposes Inmates, Jail, and Jail Visitation in one app and web system. The app also advertises alerts, road closures, crime tips, staff contact, and sheriff program information. For emergency reporting, the app's tip form says to dial 911 for a crime in progress.