The Coosa County Inmate Population
The Coosa County inmate population is held at one local facility, the Coosa County Jail at 296 School Street in Rockford. The Coosa County Sheriff's Office runs the jail and reports the numbers. The people counted are mostly pre-trial detainees who have not yet had their cases resolved. A smaller share serve short county sentences, are held on county warrants, or wait to transfer into Alabama Department of Corrections custody after a felony conviction. The jail profile uses a confining-agency field, so it can hold people booked by the sheriff or by municipal police inside the county.
The count moves for the usual reasons. Arrests push it up, while bond decisions, releases, and transfers to state prison pull it down. Because Coosa County is rural, with about 10,500 residents across roughly 675 square miles, the daily number stays low compared with large urban jails. The sheriff publishes recent figures in its newsletters and weekly updates, which is the basis for the sourced numbers below.
Coosa County Inmate Population Statistics
The sheriff's own figures give the clearest picture. A July 2018 sheriff newsletter states the office manages a 72-bed jail. The February 2024 newsletter reported a daily jail inmate average of 33 for January 2024. Using those two figures, the jail ran near 46 percent of its stated bed capacity that month, which is an arithmetic comparison of the official numbers rather than a separate sheriff statement.
The table lists the figures the research could source, each tied to its sheriff publication and date. Weekly snapshots are time-sensitive and reflect a single week, not a settled average.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jail bed capacity | 72 | Sheriff newsletter, 2018 |
| Daily jail inmate average | 33 | Sheriff's Star, Jan. 2024 |
| Weekly jail population | 50 (42 male, 8 female) | Sheriff press release, Jan. 25, 2026 |
| Arrests made (month) | 19 | Sheriff's Star, Jan. 2024 |
| Warrants served (month) | 25 | Sheriff's Star, Jan. 2024 |
Coosa County Inmate Population Trends
The sheriff's monthly averages show the inmate population moving within a fairly narrow band through 2025. The high month was January 2025 at 43, and the low was May and June 2025 at 26. The numbers rose again into late summer. None of these monthly averages approached the 72-bed capacity, which points to a jail running well under its stated limit.
| Year | Average Daily Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 2024 | 33 | February 2024 Sheriff's Star activity table. |
| Jan. 2025 | 43 | Highest monthly average in the 2025 table. |
| Mar. 2025 | 37 | Mid-range monthly average. |
| May-Jun. 2025 | 26 | Lowest monthly average in the 2025 table. |
| Aug. 2025 | 40 | Late-summer rise; September Sheriff's Star table. |
Note: These are sheriff monthly averages, and weekly snapshots run higher or lower, so confirm any current number on the live roster before relying on it.
Who Makes Up the Coosa County Inmate Population
The sheriff's weekly snapshots break the count by sex, though no official split by pre-trial versus sentenced or by charge level was published. The jail holds far more men than women in every snapshot located. The figures below come from dated sheriff press releases and should be read as single-week counts.
- Male vs female - 42 male and 8 female in the Jan. 25, 2026 weekly snapshot.
- Earlier weekly split - 32 male and 9 female in the Jan. 4, 2026 snapshot.
- Confining agency - the roster tags each person by the agency holding them, often the sheriff or a municipal department.
- State holds - sentenced felons wait in county custody until transfer into Alabama Department of Corrections.
Coosa County Jail Capacity and Overcrowding
The numbers do not show overcrowding. Against the sheriff's stated 72-bed capacity, the January 2024 daily average of 33 put the jail near 46 percent full. Every monthly average through 2025 stayed under the bed count, and the weekly snapshots peaked around 52. The jail had real headroom in every period the research could source.
No recent overcrowding declaration, consent decree, or capacity lawsuit specific to the Coosa County Jail turned up in the official sources reviewed. If a current crowding question comes up, the sheriff's office is the office to ask, since the live roster and the newsletters are the published channels for these figures.
Laws Governing the Coosa County Inmate Population
A short set of Alabama laws shapes who holds the inmate population and what jail data is public. The sheriff must keep a prisoner record and report jail commitments and discharges, while the state open-records right supports public access to those writings. Expungement and juvenile rules limit what stays visible.
Key Statutes:
Ala. Code § 36-12-40 - Alabama citizens have the right to inspect and copy public writings unless a statute creates an exception, which supports access to jail data.
Ala. Code § 36-22-8 - The sheriff must keep a record of prisoners committed to the county jail, including identifying and confinement or release information.
Ala. Code § 14-6-15 - The sheriff must report new jail prisoners and discharges to the circuit clerk within statutory timeframes.
Ala. Code § 15-27-1 - Alabama expungement law provides a path to petition for clearing eligible criminal records.
Ala. Code § 12-15-133 - Juvenile court records are confidential except as allowed by statute or court process.
Note: An unserved arrest warrant is not a public record until it is served, so the roster will not surface a person held only on a sealed or pending warrant.
Coosa County and the State Prison Population
When a person from Coosa County is convicted of a felony and sentenced to state time, they leave the county inmate population and join the state prison count. From that point the search tool changes. The Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search covers sentenced state prisoners, while the county roster does not. No ADOC prison sits inside Coosa County, so a sentenced person is held elsewhere in the state.
For context, the ADOC search page showed a statewide total of 27,601 inmates when reviewed in May 2026, made up of about 25,007 men and 2,592 women. Those are statewide figures, not a Coosa County jail count. Note that the ADOC search and its totals leave out inmates sentenced under the Youthful Offender Act.
How to Search the Coosa County Inmate Population
The official Coosa County jail roster runs on the sheriff's website and lists both current and released bookings. The roster app has three search tabs for inmate name, charge description, and number of days, plus a current and released toggle. It is free, and no login was observed during research.
Before you start, have the person's full name handy. A name search begins after you type two characters, so a partial spelling can still surface a match.
- Open the sheriff roster page at the Coosa County Sheriff roster.
- Leave the toggle on Current for people now in custody, or switch to Released for someone recently let go.
- Select the Inmates tab and type at least two characters of the last name, then run the search.
- To browse everyone, use View all inmates and filter the grid by name, age, race, sex, or admit date.
- Click the name in the Full Name column to open the profile with the mugshot, charges, bond, and court details.
- If the person was sentenced to state prison, search the ADOC inmate locator instead.
Current Inmate Lookup in Coosa County
The current side of the roster shows everyone presently held at the Coosa County Jail. The result grid and search controls let you filter by name, charge, or recent admissions. The table below lists the roster's search-home controls so you know what each input does before you start.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current / Released | Toggle | One selected | Current is the default; Released switches to past bookings. |
| By name | Text (autocomplete) | No | Autocomplete starts after two characters; searches inmate names. |
| By charge description | Text (autocomplete) | No | Searches charge descriptions; links back to inmates with that charge. |
| Over the last number of days | Number | No | Searches recent admissions; placeholder value is 5. |
| Search | Button | n/a | Separate Search buttons for name, charge, and days. |
Once a Coosa County inmate is sentenced and transferred, the ADOC statewide inmate search takes over with its own AIS-number and name fields.
This statewide form is the right lookup for a former Coosa County inmate now in the state prison population rather than the county roster.
Past and Released Inmate Records
Finding someone no longer in custody is built into the same roster. Switch the toggle to Released and the app loads past bookings. The released grid adds a release date and a time-in-jail column, so you can see how long a person was held. The jail inmate records page walks through these steps and the phone fallback in more detail.
The roster did not publish how far back the released list reaches. For an older booking record, an incident report, or a copy of a mugshot that is no longer online, submit a public-records request to the sheriff or use the county open-records form. A person sentenced to state time moves to the ADOC locator, and court charges live with the Coosa County Circuit Clerk rather than the jail.
Switching the released inmate grid shows past bookings with admit date, release date, and time-in-jail columns.
The released grid is the quickest way to confirm when someone left the Coosa County jail population before you fall back to a records request.
What a Coosa County Inmate Record Shows
Clicking a name opens a detailed profile. It leads with the booking photo and basic identity data, then lists each charge with its own bond and court fields. The table below summarizes the fields seen on a typical profile.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | A booking photo with a larger pop-up and a next-photo control. |
| Admit Date / Time | The date and time the person was booked into the jail. |
| Charges | Each charge with its offense date, court type, and court date. |
| Bond | A per-charge dollar amount and bond type, such as surety, when set. |
| Confining Agency | The agency holding the person, often shown as Coosa. |
| Physical Descriptors | Race, sex, height, weight, eye color, and hair color. |
A few terms help when reading any record. Booking is the jail intake event after arrest. A charge is the alleged offense, which is not the same as a conviction. Surety bond means a bonding company guarantees the appearance for a fee.
County Jail vs. State Prison: Where to Look
The most common mistake is searching the wrong system. Pre-trial detainees and people serving short county terms sit in the county jail. Sentenced felons serve their time in a state prison run by ADOC, which keeps a separate locator. The table sorts out which system covers which part of the inmate population.
| County Jail | State Prison (DOC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who Is Held | Pre-trial + short sentences | Sentenced felons |
| Run By | Coosa County Sheriff | Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) |
| Where to Look | Coosa County online roster | ADOC statewide inmate search |
| Stays Listed | Current, plus a released archive | While in state custody |
State and Federal Inmate Search
Three custody levels use three different tools. For a sentenced Alabama state prisoner, use the ADOC inmate search, which takes an AIS number or a name. For a sentenced federal prisoner, use the federal Bureau of Prisons locator, which searches by number or by name. For an immigration detainee, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator, which works by A-number plus country of birth or by biographical details.
The federal Bureau of Prisons locator tracks people in federal custody and sits outside the Coosa County roster population entirely.
For release or transfer alerts, register the person on VINELink Alabama where they appear in the system. VINELink is a supplement to the roster, not a replacement, and availability depends on agency participation. None of these tools work like the county roster's booking gallery.
Coosa County Detention Facilities
The county inmate population is held at a single confirmed local facility. The research found no separate jail annex, regional jail, work-release building, ICE center, BOP facility, or state prison inside the county. The historic stone jail in Rockford is a museum-grade landmark, not an operating facility.
- Coosa County Jail - the county jail in Rockford holding pre-trial detainees, sentenced county inmates, and people held on warrants or other-agency matters.
Coosa County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Coosa County inmate population?
The sheriff reported a daily jail inmate average of 33 for January 2024, against a stated 72-bed capacity. Monthly averages through 2025 ranged from 26 to 43, and weekly snapshots in early 2026 ran in the 40s and low 50s. These are sheriff figures from newsletters and press releases, so for today's exact number the live roster is the best source.
How do I search the Coosa County inmate population?
Open the sheriff's online roster and leave the toggle on Current. Select the Inmates tab and type at least two characters of the name, then run the search. You can also browse all inmates and filter the grid, or search by charge or by recent days. Click a name to open the profile with the mugshot, charges, and bond.
Can I look up a released or past inmate?
Yes. Switch the roster toggle to Released and the app loads past bookings, with a release date and time-in-jail column added to the grid. The roster did not publish how far back it reaches. For an older record or a mugshot no longer online, file a public-records request with the sheriff or use the county open-records form.
Does the Coosa County roster show mugshots?
Yes. Each inmate profile leads with a booking photo, with a larger pop-up image and a next-photo control. Booking photos are treated as part of the public booking record under Alabama open-records law. The jail roster mugshots page explains what is and is not public and how removal works after an expungement.
What is the difference between the county jail and ADOC?
The county jail holds pre-trial detainees and people serving short county sentences, run by the sheriff. ADOC runs the state prisons that hold sentenced felons. They keep separate records and separate search tools. A person moves from the county jail to ADOC after a felony conviction and sentencing.
How do I find the court charges after an arrest?
The roster shows the charges listed at booking, but the formal court case lives with the Coosa County Circuit Clerk and the state Alacourt system, not the jail. The clerk's office offers a public access computer for court record searches. Booking charges can be amended, dropped, or refiled, so confirm the current status with the court.