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DeKalb County Detention Center, AL

Updated on: March 5, 2024
DeKalb County Detention Center

DeKalb County Detention Center - General Information

Facility Name: DeKalb County Detention Center
Facility Type: County Jail
Address: 2801 Jordan Road Southwest, Fort Payne, AL, 35968
Phone: 256-845-8565
Telephone Carrier: TelMate Inmate Calling
Capacity: 245
Facility Type: Adult
Security Level: Medium
City: Fort Payne
Postal Code: 35968
State: Alabama
County: DeKalb County
Official Website: http://www.dekalbcountysheriff.org/

Dekalb County Sheriffs Department

Sheriff: Jimmy Harris
Address: 2801 Jordan Road Southwest, Fort Payne, Alabama, 35968
Phone: 256-845-3801
Fax: 256-845-8564
Website: www.dekalbcountysheriff.org

DeKalb County Detention Center offender search: Bond, Court Type, Degree, Last Name, Warrant No, DOB, Release Date, Institution, Who’s in jail, Grade, Mugshots, Disposition, Jail Roster, Charges, Warrant #, Last Name, Current Housing Block, Booking Date, Arrests, Bookings.

DeKalb County Detention Center is in Fort Payne, Alabama. DeKalb County Detention Center started holding their employee orientation and training classes. It was not until a few months later that inmates started arriving.

DeKalb County Detention Center entire goal is to keep a humane, secure, and safe place for inmates and their staff members.

The facility can hold up to 245 inmates (Adult). There is an administrative office as well.

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DeKalb County Detention Center has their inmate roster public. You can find their inmate roster on the official DeKalb County Sheriff’s website. You can search the inmate roster by the inmates name, the charge they are being charged with (or already charged with), or by the how many numbers of days they’ve been in the DeKalb County Detention Center.

In the DeKalb County Detention Center, you can find their name, mugshot, the charge they are in on, date of birth, and other personal identifying information. From here, you can schedule visitation too.

Sending a Mail/Care Package

Inmates can receive mail. All mail is scanned into the Smart Communications system and then available to the inmates.

To send mail, you will need to use the following address:

DeKalb County Detention Center
INMATE NAME, ID NUMBER
2801 Jordan Road Southwest, Fort Payne, AL, 35968

The inmates then will be able to check their mail at the inmate kiosks. This is to keep both staff and inmates safe from things that people try and sneak into letters, postcards, and other postal mail.

However, inmates can still choose to send letters through the snail mail, but many inmates prefer to use the Smart Communications system to send an email because it is faster.

Both inmates and their family and friends must pay $0.50 per message. It also costs $1 for inmate’s family and friends to send a photograph. Inmates are not permitted to print out photographs.

Sending Money

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You can send money to inmates in DeKalb County Detention Center a few different ways.

Phone

You can contact Keefe Commissary at this phone number 866-345-1884. You can also add money by contacting Correct Solutions at the phone number 877-618-3516.

In-Person

If you are close to the jail, you can come in to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Lobby from 7am to 11pm minus holidays.

Online

The last way you can send money is by going online and setting up an account with Access Corrections. There is a fee involved with this service.

Visitation

Jail clerks are no longer in charge of setting up visitation appointments. In order to visit, you must have a government ID. There are only four people allowed to visit at one time.

Depending on what pod the inmate is being held in, visitation can be between 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM. Each housing pod has two designated visitation times.

All visitors in DeKalb County Detention Center need to be registered, even children. You must call and schedule an appointment with 24 hours of the visit. You can also schedule visitation times online too.

Video visitation is available too. Video visitation is through Smart Communications.

How Often Can I Visit?

You are only permitted one visit a week. Visitation days in DeKalb County Detention Center are typically Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Visiting Hours

Monday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Tuesday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Wednesday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Thursday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Friday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Saturday 7:30 Am to 2:30 PM
Sunday 7:30 Am to 2:30 PM
Holiday

The visiting starts in first in, first out type of fashion. No new visitors will be allowed in 45 minutes before the end of the visit day. 45 minutes before the end of the visit day officers start escorting those who were first in out of the visitor room.

DeKalb County Prison Statistics

Alabama Jail & Prison Phone Call Rates
In-State Phone Call Rate Per Minute $0.26
Out of State Phone Call Rate Per Minute $0.26
DeKalb County Jail Admissions
Total Jail Admissions 1,981
Total Jail Population 13
Female Jail Population 1
Male Jail Population 15
DeKalb County Jail Admissions By Race
Asian Jail Population -
Black Jail Population 1
Latino Jail Population 45
Native Jail Population -
White Jail Population 15
DeKalb County Pretrial Jail Population
Pretrial Jail Population 11
Female Pretrial Jail Population 2
Male Pretrial Jail Population 6
DeKalb County Jail Held Inmates
Jail Population Held for State Prison 22
Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Prison -
Jail Population Held for State Jail 20
Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Jail -
Jail Population Held for Federal Agencies 50
Jail Population Held for ICE -
DeKalb County Prison Admissions
Total Prison Admissions 126
Female Prison Admissions 23
Male Prison Admissions 103
Asian Prison Admissions -
Black Prison Admissions 5
Latino Prison Admissions -
Native Prison Admissions -
White Prison Admissions 121
Other Prison Admissions -
DeKalb County Prison Population
Total Prison Population 188
Female Prison Population 21
Male Prison Population 167
DeKalb County Prison Population By Race
Asian Prison Population -
Black Prison Population 18
Latino Prison Population -
Native Prison Population -
White Prison Population 169
Other Prison Population 1

DeKalb County, Alabama Warrants, Arrests

Directions

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