Marengo County Detention Center Overview
Marengo County Detention Center is operated by the Marengo County Sheriff's Office at 101 Dunn Street in Linden, Alabama. It is the verified county detention facility in the Facility Map for this project. The Marengo County E911 detention and warrants page says people arrested in Marengo County, including arrests inside Demopolis or Linden city limits, are held at the detention center after the arresting agency processes them.
The facility population includes people arrested in Marengo County, pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, and city or state inmates housed locally when applicable. The Alabama Sheriffs Association jail administrator spreadsheet lists the facility as a 120-bed detention center and identifies jail administrator Aquanetta Daniels in the captured research. No separate published local security level was found beyond the county detention center role.
Marengo County Detention Center Capacity
The strongest facility statistic located is capacity. The Alabama Sheriffs Association jail administrator spreadsheet lists Marengo County Detention Center with 120 beds. No official current daily population count, average daily population, gender breakdown, conviction-status breakdown, or recent trend table was located for the facility. Capacity should not be described as the current inmate count.
| Facility Measure | Verified Detail | Source Context |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Marengo County Sheriff's Office | Facility Map and sheriff sources |
| Capacity | 120 beds | Alabama Sheriffs Association jail administrator spreadsheet |
| Current population | Not located | No official daily dashboard or roster count found |
| Facility type | County detention center | Local jail for county and municipal arrest custody after processing |
Marengo County Detention Center Lookup
No official online roster was located for Marengo County Detention Center. The official sheriff detention-center page was captured as under construction, while the jail-information page publishes visitation, phone, and funds rules. Current inmate lookup therefore runs through the jail phone line first. The E911 page specifically directs inmate, bail, visitation, and arrest-status questions to the detention center.
- Call Marengo County Detention Center at (334) 295-2257.
- Give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and arresting agency if known.
- Ask whether the person is held, released, transferred, in court, or held for another agency.
- Ask whether bond, warrant, probation, parole, federal, or immigration holds affect release.
- If the person has been sentenced to state prison, search ADOC instead of the county jail.
For formal court charges after a jail arrest, use the Marengo Circuit Clerk or Alacourt rather than the jail. Booking charges can differ from court-filed charges, and court status may change after prosecutor review.
Marengo County Detention Center Contact
The jail line is the right first call for custody, bail, visitation, and arrest-status questions. The sheriff office line is broader and may help route records, business-office, warrant, subpoena, work release, or administration questions.
Marengo County Detention Center
101 Dunn Street
Linden, AL 36748
(334) 295-2257
Jail fax: (334) 295-1557. Jail administrator in captured spreadsheet: Aquanetta Daniels.
Marengo County Sheriff's Office
101 Dunn Street
Linden, AL 36748
(334) 295-4208
Fax: (334) 295-2226. Mailing: P.O. Box 480698, Linden, AL 36748-1552.
Marengo County Detention Center Visitation
The sheriff's jail-information page publishes a basic visitation schedule. Visitors must sign the visitation register 30 minutes before visitation begins. The captured official page does not publish a full dress code, ID list, locker rule, child-visitor rule, or property rule, so visitors should call the jail before travel.
| Visitor Group | Day | Time | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male inmates | Tuesday | 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Sign register 30 minutes early. |
| Male inmates | Saturday | 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Sign register 30 minutes early. |
| Female inmates | Sunday | 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Sign register 30 minutes early. |
The facility's jail-information rules are shown in this screenshot from the official Marengo Sheriff jail information page.
The page confirms published visitation, phone, and funds details for the county jail.
Marengo County Detention Center Funds
Marengo County research did not locate a full mail policy, mail format, prohibited-mail list, package rule, money-deposit vendor, online commissary portal, or deposit fee schedule. The jail-information page does publish what happens to inmate money at committal and after release. It says inmates surrender any and all money when committed to the facility, and those funds can be used to purchase commissary items or released to an outside source.
| Service | Published Detail |
|---|---|
| No full official mail policy located; call the jail before sending mail. | |
| Phone | Housing-unit phones available daily 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except meals and lockdown. |
| Calls | Collect calls or inmate-account calls; calls may be recorded or monitored. |
| Money at committal | Inmates surrender money when entering custody. |
| Balance after release | Released inmates may return in 7 to 13 days for balances owed, during times designated by the commissary officer. |
Marengo County Detention Center Booking
The official sheriff site does not publish a detailed local booking manual. The reliable local path is that the arresting agency processes the person first, then the person is held at the Marengo County Detention Center when local custody follows. Standard jail intake may include identity details, property handling, fingerprints, and a booking photograph, but Marengo County does not publish a public booking-photo feed in the located official sources.
Alabama Code Section 36-22-8 requires the sheriff's public prisoner book to include description, name, age, sex, color, distinguishing marks, charge, order and date of commitment, and order and date of release. For formal court charges after booking, use the Marengo Circuit Clerk or Alacourt because booking charges and court charges may not match.
The sheriff administration screenshot below comes from the official administration page.
The page documents sheriff business-office responsibilities tied to warrants, subpoenas, work release, and city or state inmates housed at the detention center.
Marengo County Detention Center Bail
Official Marengo County pages reviewed did not publish a bond schedule, bond-posting location, accepted payment methods, online bond portal, after-hours bond rules, or bonding-company list. The E911 source directs bail questions to the detention center. A caller should ask whether a bond has been set, what type of bond applies, where payment must be made, and whether another hold blocks release.
- Cash bond
- Money paid directly under court rules.
- Surety bond
- Bond posted through a bonding company or surety.
- PR bond
- Release based on a written promise to appear and follow court conditions.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that can prevent release after local bond.
Marengo County Detention Court Records
The jail and court offices should not be merged. The jail answers custody, bail, visitation, and arrest-status questions. The Marengo Circuit Clerk maintains court pleadings, court notices, fines and fees, subpoenas, court settings, and trial-court record divisions. The courthouse record address in the research is 101 E. Coats Ave. in Linden, with the clerk phone listed by the court site as (334) 295-2224.
Alacourt ACCESS / Just One Look is the paid public court-record system for many Alabama trial-court records. Use it to check court settings, case action summary, party details, costs, and document images when available. Use the jail for current custody.
Marengo County Detention Transfers
A person does not appear in ADOC just because they were arrested in Marengo County. ADOC becomes relevant after state sentencing and transfer into Alabama Department of Corrections custody. ADOC's inmate search covers currently incarcerated inmates, not historical county jail custody, and excludes Youthful Offender Act inmates from the public search and totals.
Federal and immigration custody also use separate systems. The BOP locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present, while federal pretrial custody may involve U.S. Marshals Service custody before BOP placement. ICE ODLS covers current ICE custody or qualifying CBP custody and cannot search people under 18. These systems do not replace the detention center line for current local jail custody.
Marengo County Detention Center Directions
The facility is at 101 Dunn Street in Linden. The research did not locate a detailed official parking map, public-transit instruction, ADA entrance instruction, or visitor-property rule. Call the jail at (334) 295-2257 before travel if accessible entry, parking, or visit status matters.
Note: Confirm custody and visitation directly with the jail before traveling to Linden for a visit.