Camden ADOC Releases

Where Camden Releases Go

ADOC identifies Camden as a Community-Based Facility / Community Work Center with MIN-COMM and MIN-OUT custody. Someone leaving Camden may be released at end of sentence, released to parole, released to mandatory supervision, moved within ADOC, returned from a community placement, or revoked to another ADOC facility. The Wilcox County jail does not control this release record just because the facility is located in Camden.

This is the local state-release angle for Wilcox County. Some searches for Wilcox County released inmates are actually about ADOC custody at Camden CBF/CWC, and those should be verified through ADOC records, Alabama VNS, and ABPP supervision, not through the sheriff booking desk unless there was a separate county jail booking.

Confirm a Camden ADOC Release

Use ADOC search while the person is still in custody. ADOC says its public database contains only currently incarcerated inmates and historical data is not available online, so a missing public search result is not a standalone proof of discharge. If the person is current, capture the AIS number, facility, Minimum Release Date, Parole Consideration Date, Parole Status, jail credit, good time, and sentence data.

1. Search ADOC by AIS number when available because ADOC says the AIS field takes precedence.
2. Use name search only with care because partial and duplicate names can produce uncertain matches.
3. Use Alabama VNS when the person was convicted in Alabama and sentenced to ADOC custody.
4. Contact the ABPP Camden Field Office if release may involve parole, probation, or mandatory supervision.
5. Use ADOC Form 023-A for a formal historical release or discharge record.

Camden Facility Contact

ADOC lists Camden Community Based Facility / Community Work Center at 1780 Alabama Highway 221, Camden, AL 36726, phone 334-682-4287. The facility is in Wilcox County, Southern Region, and the ADOC source identifies it as a male minimum-custody community-based facility with bed occupancy or population shown as 69. For records copies, use ADOC public records rather than asking the county jail to produce a state custody file.

About Camden CBF/CWC

The ADOC Camden page says the facility opened in March 1976. ADOC classifies the custody types as MIN-COMM and MIN-OUT. Minimum-Out custody can include off-property work details without direct correctional-officer supervision, and Minimum-Community custody involves community placement with supervision at a community-based facility when not on assignment. The record significance is simple: Camden is a state correctional facility, so release confirmation follows state systems.

Camden State Release Fields

Camden CBF/CWC release research should follow the ADOC field set while the person is current. The AIS number is the strongest identifier. ADOC's public definitions connect release timing to jail credit, good time received, good time revoked, minimum release date, parole consideration date, parole status, time served, total term, and sentence type. Those fields can explain why a person is nearing release, but they do not replace an actual release or discharge record after the person leaves ADOC custody.

If the person stops appearing in the ADOC public search, do not treat that alone as a certified release. ADOC says historical data is not available online. Use Alabama VNS for ADOC-sentenced notification fields, ABPP if the release was to parole or mandatory supervision, and ADOC public records for a formal copy. If Wilcox County was the sentencing county, the Circuit Clerk may also matter because jail credit is prepared by the sentencing county's circuit clerk.

This facility also creates a local search trap. Camden is in Wilcox County, but its release record is a state record. The Wilcox County sheriff may have no booking sheet for a person whose current custody was only at Camden CBF/CWC. Start with the facility and ADOC status, then move to ABPP, VNS, and court records based on the release type shown.

Release from a community-based ADOC facility can be easy to misread because the person may be close to the community before the legal release date. Minimum custody, work-center status, community assignment, furlough, parole consideration, mandatory supervision, and end of sentence are not the same event. The record should be read by field name. Minimum Release Date is a projected ADOC date while current. Release Date in VNS is an actual ADOC release field when shown. ABPP supervision records describe the period after release to parole, probation, or mandatory supervision. Court records explain the sentence and jail credit that fed the state calculation.

For families or other permitted personal checks, the practical sequence is steady: confirm whether ADOC still lists the person, save the AIS number and facility details if available, check VNS for ADOC-sentenced notice fields, then use ABPP Camden when supervision is involved. For a formal copy after release, use ADOC's public-records process. That path is slower than a phone status check, but it is the documented route for historical state release confirmation.

Camden Release Handoff Points

The handoff after Camden CBF/CWC depends on the release type. End of sentence points toward VNS release fields and ADOC records. Parole or mandatory supervision points toward ABPP, including the Camden Field Office for Wilcox supervision routing. A move to another ADOC facility is not a release from state custody at all. A court sentence or jail-credit dispute points back to the sentencing court, which may be the Wilcox County Circuit Clerk when Wilcox was the sentencing county.

The safest wording is specific to the system: released from Camden CBF/CWC, released from ADOC custody, released to ABPP supervision, moved within ADOC, or discharged at end of sentence. Those phrases prevent a state-prison release from being confused with a county jail release from Prince Arnold Detention Center.