Alabama Therapeutic Overview
The ADOC facility address list places Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility at 102 Industrial Parkway in Columbiana. Research describes it as an ADOC-contracted or private facility rather than a sheriff-run county jail. That makes the lookup path different from the Shelby County Jail, the juvenile detention facility, and Shelby County Community Corrections.
Current ADOC facility materials located during research did not publish a detailed facility profile, custody-level writeup, active daily population, or facility-specific visitation and commissary rules for Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility. A prior source located during research described ADOC-linked therapeutic or reentry services and a capacity around 718, but the current ADOC table did not publish that capacity. Treat the capacity and current operating profile as a source gap unless a newer ADOC profile is found.
The manifest image for this page comes from the ADOC facility address list, which includes Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility.
The image supports the state facility contact path and reinforces that this facility belongs to ADOC channels, not Shelby County Jail roster channels.
Alabama Therapeutic Capacity
The research file preserves a careful gap for Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility capacity. It notes that an ADOC annual-report source located during research listed approximately 718 beds, while current ADOC facility-table material did not publish a current capacity, custody level, program description, or daily population. Because the current table is thinner, the page should not state a live population or current rated capacity as settled fact.
Do not use Shelby County Jail population numbers for this facility. The county jail holds municipal, county, state, and federal inmates in adult jail custody. Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility is an ADOC-linked facility in the same county, but that geographic fact does not place its residents on the county's public adult jail listing.
Lookup Alabama Therapeutic Inmates
The correct lookup channel is the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search. ADOC search fields are AIS number, first name, and last name. ADOC says the AIS number is the unique six-digit Alabama Institutional Serial number and takes precedence over name fields when entered. The database covers currently incarcerated ADOC inmates only. ADOC states that historical data is not available online and Youthful Offender Act inmates are excluded from the search and population totals.
- Open the ADOC inmate search rather than the Shelby County Jail roster.
- Use the AIS number if known, because ADOC treats it as the most precise search key.
- If AIS is unknown, search by first name, last name, or both.
- Confirm the person's listed location, custody, sentence fields, and ADOC status.
- Call ADOC or the facility when the online result does not answer placement, visit, or program questions.
The Shelby County Jail roster may still matter during a transfer window. A sentenced person can remain in county jail for a period before transfer to ADOC. During that period, the person may still show in the adult jail roster if physically held by Shelby County. Once ADOC custody controls, ADOC is the lookup source.
Alabama Therapeutic Contact
Contact should start with the facility phone for facility-specific questions and ADOC for state custody records. The ADOC contact block in the research file lists Alabama Department of Corrections in Montgomery, a toll-free line, a main number, Central Records, and public-records channels. Those state contacts are better for prison records than the Shelby County Sheriff's Office.
Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility
102 Industrial Parkway
Columbiana, AL 35051
205-669-1187
Facility-specific public hours were not located in the research file.
Alabama Department of Corrections
301 South Ripley Street
P.O. Box 301501, Montgomery, AL 36130-1501
334-353-3883
Central Records listed in ADOC contact materials: 334-353-9738.
Alabama Therapeutic Visits
Current facility-specific visitation rules for Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility were not located in the official sources inspected. That means Shelby County Jail's NCIC lobby video schedule should not be applied here. ADOC-linked facilities may use approval, scheduling, identity checks, dress rules, and facility-specific visit limits that differ from county jail rules. Use ADOC and facility contacts for the current rule set before traveling.
| Visit Topic | Documented Detail | Correct Path |
|---|---|---|
| Facility-specific schedule | Not located in current source set | Call the facility or ADOC |
| County jail video visits | Documented for Shelby County Jail only | Do not apply to this facility |
| ADOC approval | State prison visits can require approval and scheduling | Use ADOC guidance |
| Travel confirmation | Needed due to source gap | Call before arrival |
Families should keep the facility type in view. A visit to the adult county jail lobby is not a visit to an ADOC-linked therapeutic education facility. The person may also be moved within ADOC, so an ADOC locator check should come before travel.
Note: Confirm ADOC location and visit approval before traveling because current facility-specific visit rules were not found.
Alabama Therapeutic Mail
Research did not locate current facility-specific mail, money, phone, or commissary rules for Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility. Do not apply Shelby County Jail mail scanning, Inmate Canteen deposits, NCIC phone rates, or lobby kiosk procedures to this ADOC-linked facility. Those county jail rules are documented for the sheriff-run jail, not for this state-linked placement.
| Service | Documented Detail |
|---|---|
| Facility-specific public rule not located in inspected sources | |
| Phone | Facility-specific phone vendor not located in inspected sources |
| Money | Facility-specific deposit vendor not located in inspected sources |
| Records | Use ADOC locator, ADOC contacts, and public-records channels |
ADOC definitions can help interpret a prison profile once found. ADOC fields include AIS, admit date, case number, commit county, custody, minimum release date, offense, parole consideration date, parole status, sentence date, term, total term, jail credit, and time served. Those fields are sentence and prison records, not county booking rows.
ADOC Intake and Placement
Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility should be framed as an ADOC-linked placement after or within state custody, not a street-arrest booking point for Shelby County. When a felony sentence sends a person to ADOC, the county jail may hold the person while waiting for transfer. ADOC then handles classification, placement, sentence fields, parole-date fields, and release-date fields.
- AIS
- Alabama Institutional Serial number, the six-digit ADOC identifier used for precise searches.
- Commit county
- The county connected to the sentence or commitment in ADOC records.
- Custody
- ADOC status or classification language for a person in state custody.
About Alabama Therapeutic
Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility belongs on the Shelby County facility map because it is physically located in Columbiana. Its presence in the county does not make it a county jail or a sheriff-operated inmate roster source. Readers trying to find a sentenced Alabama prisoner should start with ADOC. Readers trying to find a newly arrested Shelby County adult should start with the jail roster. Readers trying to find a juvenile should use juvenile court or facility channels, not either adult system.
This page preserves the main research gaps: no current ADOC profile with a detailed custody description was located, no current daily population was located, and no facility-specific public visit, mail, phone, or money schedule was located. Those missing items should be filled only from a later official ADOC or facility source.
Note: Use ADOC for sentenced state custody and Shelby County Jail only for current county jail custody.