Butler Jail Release Paths
The Butler County Correctional Facility / Butler County Jail is operated by the Butler County Sheriff's Office. A person may leave this facility by bond, recognizance, court order, time served, sentence completion, probation disposition, dismissal, transfer to ADOC, transfer to another county, federal or immigration pickup, or another agency hold. The release record from this jail shows the end of the Butler County booking, not always the end of all custody or court duty.
That distinction is important in Greenville. A person released to the community may still have a court date. A person sent to ADOC should be checked through the state inmate search while currently incarcerated. A person released to supervision may report to the ABPP Greenville Field Office. A person picked up by another agency must be checked with that receiving agency, because the Butler jail can only confirm the local handoff.
| Release route | What follows | Best confirming record |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or court order | Case continues outside jail | Butler County court docket |
| Time served | Jail sentence or credited time ends | Jail release record and sentence order |
| Probation | Supervision replaces or follows jail | Court order and ABPP office |
| ADOC transfer | State custody begins | ADOC current inmate search |
| Federal or ICE pickup | Another custodian receives the person | BOP, ICE ODLS, USMS, or docket record |
Confirm Butler Jail Releases
The sheriff's public app is a local first check, but the research did not verify a live release archive. The OCV app manifest lists detention features, including Inmate Search and Recent Arrests, yet the checked live inmate and recent-arrest feeds returned empty arrays. That means an app search can be useful when populated, but a missing result should be confirmed before being treated as a release.
- Check the Butler County Sheriff's Office OCV app for any current detention or recent-arrest entry.
- Call the jail line at (334) 382-3321 for immediate custody or release status.
- Call the sheriff office at (334) 382-6521 if staff directs records questions there.
- Search Alabama VINE for custody status and notification options.
- Check the Butler County court record for the order, bond, sentence, jail credit, or disposition that explains release.
- If the jail record shows transfer, use the receiving agency instead of treating the county release as final status.
The broader Butler County released inmate search explains how to combine the jail, court, VINE, ADOC, and federal paths for a named person.
Butler Jail Records Contact
Use the sheriff or jail for a Butler County booking and release record. The county government page identifies the sheriff office at 801 Walnut Street in Greenville, and the Butler County Judiciary Directory lists the jail phone. For a records request, include enough detail to identify one booking instead of asking for a broad search.
Butler County Sheriff's Office
801 Walnut Street
Greenville, AL 36037
Jail phone: (334) 382-3321
Sheriff office: (334) 382-6521
Sheriff office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Ask for the booking and release record, release date and time, release type or reason, booking charges, bond or court-disposition notation if maintained, and booking photograph if publicly releasable. Ask for the current fee and delivery method. If the request involves a state-prison record after transfer, use ADOC's public-records process instead.
About Butler County Jail
The Butler County Correctional Facility is the local county jail for Greenville and Butler County custody questions. It should not be described as an ADOC prison. County jail records generally concern booking, local detention, local release, and transfers. State prison release dates, minimum release dates, parole consideration dates, and ADOC discharge records belong to ADOC and ABPP channels after a person enters state custody.
The court and sheriff offices are close local record partners. The sheriff and jail handle custody and release confirmation. The Butler County Circuit Clerk handles court events, criminal case records, jail credit, sentencing orders, and disposition documents. When a release-date dispute involves jail credit, ADOC says the circuit clerk of the sentencing county prepares jail credit, so the court record may be needed even when ADOC holds the person later.
Butler Jail App Limits
The county government page directs the public to download the sheriff app, and the Google Play listing identifies the Butler County Sheriff's Office app by OCV, LLC. The manifest proves a detention menu and related features exist. The checked live endpoints did not provide populated inmate or recent-arrest data during research, and no separate 24-hour or 72-hour release list was found.
The official app listing is a useful source to re-check.
The official Butler County Sheriff mobile app listing is the source for the screenshot below.
If the app later shows records, confirm whether the entry is current custody, recent arrest, or release-related. Do not assume that a missing app entry means a person was released.
Important: no confirmed Butler County release-date field, booking-photo field, update cadence, or public retention window was verified from the live app data.
Butler Jail Transfer Checks
After a person leaves the Butler County jail, the court record often explains the legal reason. Look for bond orders, release orders, dismissal, sentencing, probation, revocation, jail credit, and transfer entries. If the record shows a state-prison sentence, use ADOC's inmate search while the person is currently incarcerated. ADOC warns that historical data is not online, so a released state prisoner may require ADOC records, ABPP, VINE, and the sentencing court.
For notification, use Alabama VINE. For supervision, use the ABPP Greenville Field Office. For a federal sentence, use the BOP inmate locator, and for immigration detention use ICE ODLS only when facts point to immigration custody. The research found no reliable official evidence that Butler County, Alabama's jail is an ICE detention facility, so federal or immigration language should be tied to an actual transfer or docket entry.
Butler Jail History
WSFA reported in 2009 that the old Butler County Jail was built in 1927, had housed 52 inmates, and was being torn down after a newer jail with room for 96 was in use. That local detail helps separate current records from older references. It should not be used as a current capacity statement without a newer official source.
The current release path remains records-based. Use the sheriff and jail for the local booking, the court for the disposition, VINE for custody notifications, and ADOC or ABPP only when the person entered a state custody or supervision path.