Releases from St. Clair Correctional Facility
St. Clair Correctional Facility is operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections. ADOC lists the prison at 1000 St. Clair Road, Springville, AL 35146, with phone 659-444-0033. The ADOC facility page identifies it as a male facility in St. Clair County in the Northern region. Its presence inside the county often creates confusion because searches for "St. Clair released inmate" can refer either to the county jail in Pell City or the ADOC prison in Springville.
The distinction controls the release source. St. Clair County Jail is a sheriff facility and its recent releases may appear on the sheriff's Released roster. St. Clair Correctional Facility is a state prison, so a release from this facility is an ADOC state-prison release. A county roster entry is not a prison discharge record, and an ADOC release will not be confirmed by the sheriff's recent county-jail release feed unless the person also had a separate county booking.
A person may leave St. Clair Correctional Facility by parole, mandatory release to supervision, end-of-sentence discharge, transfer, court order, medical parole, or another ADOC custody change. The release may place the person under the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, return the person to court supervision, require registry follow-up where applicable, or close the prison sentence. The right verification path depends on the sentence and release type, not just the facility name.
How to Confirm a State-Prison Release
ADOC's public inmate search is useful while a person is currently incarcerated, but it is not a complete online archive of released inmates. The ADOC search page says the database only contains currently incarcerated inmates and historical data is not available online. That limitation is central for St. Clair Correctional Facility. If a person disappears from the ADOC current-inmate search, that may be consistent with release, but the public search alone may not show the exact discharge record after release.
- Start with the ADOC inmate search at doc.alabama.gov/inmatesearch.aspx while the person is believed to be in state custody.
- Review the facility, custody status, minimum release date, parole consideration date, and parole status if those fields are present.
- Use ADOC definitions to understand that the minimum release date is the earliest scheduled date for release to probation or end of sentence, and that it can change after disciplinaries, good-time loss, new cases, or sentence changes.
- If the person has been released or no longer appears in ADOC's current-inmate database, check Alabama VNS or VINELink for custody-change notification history if available.
- Check Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles hearing schedules, cancellations, current-year results, previous-year results, and local supervision offices if parole, mandatory release, or probation is involved.
- Use St. Clair County or sentencing-county court records to verify sentence terms, revocation orders, split sentences, dismissals, or court actions that affect the release.
- For a formal prison discharge or sentence record, use ADOC public-records channels and identify the person by full name and AIS number if known.
For users comparing sources, the Projected Release Date page explains why ADOC release dates can move, and the Parole & Probation page explains ABPP's St. Clair County offices and parole result sources. The VINELink Check page covers Alabama VNS and VINELink as notification tools, not replacements for ADOC or court records.
St. Clair Correctional Facility Records and Contact
For facility-level contact, use ADOC's published St. Clair Correctional Facility listing. The address is 1000 St. Clair Road, Springville, AL 35146, and the phone number is 659-444-0033. This is a state-prison contact, not a sheriff jail line. Do not call St. Clair County Jail to confirm an ADOC state-prison discharge unless the person also had a county jail booking or a transfer record through the jail.
Facility contact:
St. Clair Correctional Facility
1000 St. Clair Road
Springville, AL 35146
Phone: 659-444-0033
Agency: Alabama Department of Corrections
ADOC headquarters is listed in the research as 301 South Ripley Street, P.O. Box 301501, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1501, with toll-free number 1-855-WE-R-ADOC (937-2362). For a public-records request, use ADOC's official public-records route from the agency site. A strong request should identify the person by full name, date of birth if appropriate, AIS number if known, facility, and the specific existing record requested, such as a discharge record, sentence-calculation record, or release documentation. Do not ask ADOC to create a new legal analysis.
About St. Clair Correctional Facility
St. Clair Correctional Facility is an ADOC prison for male inmates in Springville. ADOC's facility list and facility page place it in St. Clair County and identify it as part of the state's correctional facility network. The facility page captured during research listed the prison in the Northern region and showed male inmate population and bed-occupancy information. Those figures can change, so the current ADOC facility page should control if a visitor needs today's population or operational status.
The prison's function is different from the county jail's function. A person at St. Clair Correctional Facility is serving or being held under state-prison authority. The records that matter are ADOC custody records, sentence calculations, parole consideration information, mandatory-release rules, board decisions, supervision records, and the sentencing court file. County jail fields such as local bond, jail booking number, and the sheriff's Released roster usually do not answer a state-prison release question.
| Question | Best Starting Source |
|---|---|
| Is the person still in ADOC custody? | ADOC current inmate search. |
| What projected date was shown before release? | ADOC minimum release date field and ADOC definitions. |
| Was parole granted or denied? | ABPP hearing and result pages. |
| Is the person now supervised locally? | ABPP Pell City or Ashville field office, depending on assignment. |
| What did the court sentence require? | Sentencing court record, including Alacourt where available. |
ADOC Date Fields Are Not Guarantees
ADOC defines Minimum Release Date as the earliest scheduled date an inmate can be released to probation or end of sentence. The agency also warns that this date can change if the inmate receives disciplinaries that take away good time or if the circuit clerk sends new cases or changes the current sentence. For St. Clair Correctional Facility, this means a projected date should be treated as an administrative calculation while the person remains in custody, not a promise that release will happen on that day.
ADOC also defines Parole Consideration Date as the tentative date set by the Parole Board. A parole consideration date is not the same thing as a release date. It means the person may be considered under board procedures. ADOC defines Parole Status as whether an inmate is on parole, delinquent, or revoked. These fields need to be read together with ABPP result pages, court records, and any mandatory-release rules that apply to the sentence.
Alabama release-date calculations can be affected by correctional incentive time, sentence class, statutory exclusions, disciplinary forfeiture, split-sentence minimum confinement, court-credit changes, and new or changed cases. A person with a split sentence may be barred from parole or correctional incentive time during the minimum confinement period ordered by the court. Listed Class A felony parole consideration follows special timing under Ala. Code Section 15-22-28(e). Those issues are sentence-specific, so court records matter.
VNS, ABPP, and Court Records
Alabama VNS states that it is for offenders convicted in Alabama and sentenced to prison in ADOC custody. That makes it relevant to St. Clair Correctional Facility releases, especially where registered users need release or custody-change notification. VINELink Alabama is the broader public notification portal. These systems should not be expected to show the same fields as a jail roster. Do not expect charges, bond amounts, booking photographs, or a county booking number from VNS or VINELink.
ABPP is the local supervision and parole-board layer after many state-prison releases. The Pell City Field Office is at 111 20th Street North, Pell City, AL 35125, and the Ashville Field Office is at 35755 US Hwy 231, Ashville, AL 35953. ABPP hearing pages include scheduled parole hearings, cancellations, current-year results, and previous-year results. The current-year results page notes that special parole conditions are in the minutes for the date of the hearing and that a reset date is the first month and year for possible future docket placement, not a new hearing date.
Court records remain the durable layer. A sentencing order may explain sentence length, jail credit, split sentence terms, probation, revocation, or the end of a case. St. Clair County court records may matter for a St. Clair case, but state prisoners can be sentenced from any Alabama county. Use the sentencing court file and Alacourt where available to check case action summaries, court actions, setting dates, and disposition entries.
Registry and Special Release Cases
If the person released from St. Clair Correctional Facility has a registrable sex offense, ALEA's Alabama Sex Offender Registry or the local OffenderWatch process may show current registration information after release. That registry is not a general released-inmate list. ALEA notes that some offender information is not publicly disseminated because of juvenile, Youthful Offender Act, out-of-state, or other limits. Use the registry only when the offense type makes it relevant.
St. Clair County's sheriff page gives local sex-offender registration details for county registration. It says registration is every Wednesday except holidays at the White House next to the Sheriff's Office in Pell City at 3 17th Street South, Pell City, AL 35125. The Wednesday direct number is 205-814-3569, and other-day calls go to 205-884-3333. This is a local registration process, not a general ADOC discharge record.
Federal and immigration custody are separate again. A person leaving ADOC may still have another detainer, federal sentence, or court obligation. Use the Bureau of Prisons locator for federal inmates and ICE's Online Detainee Locator System only when those systems apply. Do not treat a missing ADOC current-inmate search result as proof that no other custody or supervision exists.