The Sumter County Inmate Population
The confirmed local detention map for Sumter County is compact. The research found one official local detention facility for the county: Sumter County Jail, operated by the Sumter County Sheriff's Office in Livingston. No ADOC state prison, BOP facility, ICE detention center, regional jail, work-release building, or separate municipal jail was confirmed inside Sumter County. That means the local jail population should be understood as people in county custody, not as all people from Sumter County who may be held elsewhere.
The Sumter County inmate population can include pretrial detainees, people booked after local arrests, short county-sentence inmates, and people waiting on release, bond, court transport, or transfer. A person may leave that local count after release, transfer to another county, transfer to the Alabama Department of Corrections, federal custody, or immigration custody. Each move changes the lookup tool.
Sumter County Inmate Population Statistics
Official Sumter County sources did not publish a current daily jail population, rated capacity, annual booking count, sex breakdown, pretrial split, or facility-level trend table. That is a research finding, not a gap to fill with private directory numbers. The build should not repeat the common third-party bed count as an official fact because it was not verified in county sources.
The U.S. Census QuickFacts page for Sumter County is useful for county context, but it does not publish a live jail count. The Vera Institute Sumter County incarceration trends profile is useful for historical context, but it is not a county roster or Sheriff's daily population report.
The Census QuickFacts page was captured in the image manifest as a Sumter County context source.
Use that context to understand the county, then use the Sheriff's Office for live jail custody.
| Metric | Official Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmed Sumter County detention facilities | 1 | Facility Map research, May 27, 2026 |
| Sumter County Jail rated capacity | Not located in official county sources | Research, May 27, 2026 |
| Current Sumter County Jail population | Not located | Research, May 27, 2026 |
| Average daily county jail population | Not located in official county sources | Research, May 27, 2026 |
Sumter County Jail Record Laws
Public-records law matters more in Sumter County than in counties with a full public roster. The official county sources reviewed did not show a searchable jail list, so the statutory jail record and general public-records law become the fallback path. A requester should identify the person, the booking date if known, the record requested, and the preferred inspection or copy method.
Key Statutes:
Alabama Code Section 36-12-40 gives Alabama residents a right to inspect and copy public writings, subject to exceptions.
Alabama Code Section 36-22-8 requires the sheriff to keep a public county-jail prisoner record.
Alabama Code Section 14-6-1 places legal charge and custody of the county jail and prisoners with the sheriff.
Alabama Code Section 12-21-3.1 supports limits on some law-enforcement investigative material.
Those laws do not mean every detail is online or released without review. Juvenile, youthful-offender, expunged, sealed, investigative, medical, security-sensitive, and court-restricted information may be limited or redacted.
Search Sumter County Inmates
No official county-hosted jail roster was located for Sumter County, Alabama. Start with the Sheriff's Office when the person may be in current county custody. Use court records only after a case has been filed, and use ADOC, BOP, or ICE only when the person has moved out of county jail custody or belongs to a different custody system.
- Call Sumter County Sheriff's Office at (205) 652-7984 and ask whether the person is booked or held at Sumter County Jail.
- Have the full legal name, date of birth or approximate age, arrest date, and arresting agency if known.
- Ask whether staff can confirm booking date, custody status, bond, release status, or the records-request process.
- For filed court charges, search Alacourt or contact the Sumter County Circuit Clerk.
- For sentenced state prisoners, search ADOC. For federal or immigration custody, search BOP or ICE ODLS.
For a deeper custody walkthrough, the Sumter County inmate records page separates jail, court, ADOC, BOP, ICE, and VINELink channels.
Sumter County Inmate Record Fields
A Sumter County jail record is not the same as a court case report. Based on the sheriff public jail-prisoner record duty described in the research, the core county jail record should identify the person, describe why the person is held, show the authority for confinement, and record confinement and release dates when applicable.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Prisoner's name | Identity of the person incarcerated in the county jail. |
| Physical description | Basic public jail book description, with exact Sumter fields not posted online. |
| Reason for being held | Arrest, charge, warrant, hold, sentence, or other custody basis. |
| Authority for confinement | Court, warrant, agency, process, or legal authority for custody. |
| Confinement date | Date booked or confined. |
| Release date | Date released, if release has occurred and is recorded. |
Sumter County Jail vs ADOC
The county jail and the state prison system are separate. A person arrested in Sumter County normally starts in county custody if jail detention is required. A person sentenced to Alabama prison custody is searched through ADOC instead. ADOC facility assignment is not controlled by Sumter County and can depend on classification, bed space, sentence, gender, medical needs, security needs, and institutional placement rules.
The ADOC inmate search page was captured in the image manifest and is the correct official path for current Alabama state-prison inmates.
The ADOC locator should be used after a sentence or transfer to state prison, not for fresh county jail bookings.
| Question | County Jail | ADOC State Prison |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs it? | Sumter County Sheriff's Office | Alabama Department of Corrections |
| Who is searched? | Local arrestees, pretrial detainees, short holds | Current sentenced state-prison inmates |
| Primary lookup | Sheriff phone, in person, mail, or records request | AIS number, first name, or last name in ADOC search |
| Historical records | Ask sheriff or court for request process | ADOC says historical data is not available online |
Federal and Immigration Search
No BOP or ICE detention facility was found inside Sumter County. FCI Aliceville appears in west Alabama federal searches, but it is in Pickens County and should not be listed as a Sumter County detention facility. A federal inmate can be searched through the BOP inmate locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. Federal pretrial custody may require checking the federal court case, counsel, or U.S. Marshals channel.
Immigration detention uses the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. ICE ODLS searches by A-number and country of birth or by biographical information. ICE detainers can affect jail release, but Sumter County did not publish a local detainer policy. VINELink is a useful notification support where Alabama data is available, but it does not replace the sheriff, court, ADOC, BOP, or ICE.
Sumter County Detention Facility
The only confirmed local detention facility for this project is Sumter County Jail. The jail is operated by the Sheriff's Office and handles local arrests, pretrial detention, short county custody, and holds pending release or transfer. No separate Livingston city jail roster or municipal lockup details were found in official city sources.
Sumter County Jail
118 Hospital Drive
Livingston, AL 35470
(205) 652-7984
County jail for local bookings, custody checks, records questions, bond questions, and release confirmation.
Sumter County Court Records
A booking record says why a person is held. A court record says what charge has been filed and what is happening in the case. The Sumter County Circuit Clerk page names Devon A. James as official record keeper for District and Circuit Court proceedings. The official county judicial page also lists Circuit Judge Gregory S. Griggers, District Attorney Racheal England, District Judge Tammy Jackson Montgomery, and the Circuit Clerk.
Alacourt ACCESS / Just One Look provides paid trial-court record access. The research found $9.99 name searches, $9.99 case-number searches, document image fees, and case monitoring options. For filed charges after booking, use the court path rather than assuming the jail's arrest charge is final. The Sumter County arrest records and court charges page covers that pathway.
Sumter County Jail Mugshots
No official Sumter County online mugshot gallery, daily booking report, or recent-bookings page was located. A booking photo may be requestable through the Sheriff's Office, but release depends on agency policy and public-records limits. Juvenile, youthful-offender, expunged, sealed, investigative, and restricted records may not be available to the public.
Do not rely on commercial mugshot pages or similarly named Sumter County results from Florida or Georgia. For booking-photo request steps and removal issues, use the Sumter County jail mugshots page.
Sumter County Jail Visits
No official Sumter County Jail visitation schedule, mail policy, phone provider, video vendor, commissary vendor, deposit method, dress code, or child-visitor rule was located. Call the Sheriff's Office before travel, before mailing anything, and before sending funds. Ask whether the person is still in custody, whether visits are allowed, what identification is required, and whether the visitor must be approved first.
| Topic | Official detail found | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Visiting schedule | Not posted | Call before travel. |
| Mail format | Not posted | Ask for exact inmate-name and number format. |
| Money deposits | Not posted | Do not assume ADOC deposit rules apply to county jail. |
| Phone or video provider | Not posted | Ask jail staff for current provider and account rules. |
Sumter County Inmate Population FAQ
Is there an official Sumter County online jail roster? No official Sumter County, Alabama online jail roster was located in the reviewed sources. Start with the Sheriff's Office phone, in-person, mail, or public-records request channel.
How many people are in Sumter County Jail? The current jail count was not posted in official county sources reviewed on May 27, 2026. Do not treat private directory numbers as official jail population data.
Where do sentenced prisoners appear? Sentenced Alabama state-prison inmates are searched through ADOC, not the county jail. ADOC says its online search covers current inmates and does not provide historical data online.
Are Sumter County mugshots online? No official county mugshot gallery was found. Booking-photo access should be requested through the Sheriff's Office and may be limited by law, policy, or court order.
Why do some Sumter search results look wrong? Search results are polluted by Sumter County, Florida and Sumter County, Georgia. Check the state, city names, statutes, and agency names before relying on a result.