Houston County Jail Roster Overview
The official local jail source is the Houston County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Donald Valenza's office lists its address as 411 N. Foster Street, Dothan, Alabama 36303, with phone numbers (334) 677-4882 and (334) 677-4808. The Houston County Jail phone is (334) 712-0762, and emergency contact is 911. The Sheriff's Office publishes weekday office hours of Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office states that it covers 587 square miles and approximately 109,000 residents.
The Sheriff's homepage links to Citizen Connect for "Inmate Listing" or "Inmate Search." The Citizen Connect jail page is titled "Inmate Confinements" for the Houston County Sheriff's Office and includes current confinements, date-range searches, name searches, charge searches, and arresting-agency filters. It lists non-emergency (334) 677-4882, emergency 911, 411 N. Foster St., Dothan, AL, and info@houstoncountysheriff.org.
The Sheriff's Office official homepage is the best starting point for jail contact details at Houston County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff site confirms the local agency, sheriff, jail phone, office address, and the path to the Citizen Connect roster.
The roster does not replace every custody source. A county jail confinement search is different from an Alabama state prison search, a sex offender registry search, or a victim notification registration. People sentenced to state custody should be checked through ADOC. People seeking notification about custody changes should review the Alabama Victim Notification System or VINELink Alabama.
How to Use the Houston County Inmate Roster
The direct local roster is the Citizen Connect inmate confinements page at Houston County Inmate Confinements. Because the page loads current booking data dynamically, search results may change during the day. Use the built-in tabs instead of assuming a single name box is the only search route.
The Citizen Connect screen is useful because it exposes current confinement, admissions, releases, name, charge, and arresting-agency search paths in one place.
- Open the Houston County Citizen Connect inmate confinements page.
- Select the tab that matches the need: Current Confinements, Admits by Date Range, Releases by Date Range, Name, Charges, or Arresting Agency.
- For admissions or releases, choose Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, or a custom start and end date. Keep a custom date range to 31 days or less.
- For a name search, enter first name, middle name, last name, or a partial name if the interface allows broader matching.
- For a charge search, enter the charge keyword shown on paperwork or court records.
- For arresting agency, use the dropdown to narrow to Houston County Sheriff's Office, Dothan Police Department, a municipal police department, ADOC, U.S. Marshals, or another listed agency.
- Review the loaded result and confirm identity by comparing available booking, charge, agency, and confinement status details.
Roster Search Fields
Citizen Connect exposes more than a simple last-name lookup. The research captured tabs and fields from the public interface, including quick date filters and a broad arresting-agency dropdown. No field should be described as a guaranteed required field for every search mode because the portal uses different tabs for different searches.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Confinements | Tab | No | Shows the current jail roster view. |
| Admits by Date Range | Tab | No | Searches admissions using date filters. |
| Releases by Date Range | Tab | No | Searches releases using date filters. |
| Name | Tab | No | Opens first, middle, and last name search fields. |
| Charges | Tab | No | Searches by charge keyword. |
| Arresting Agency | Tab/dropdown | No | Filters by agency, including HCSO, Dothan PD, municipal departments, ADOC, U.S. Marshals, and other listed agencies. |
| Start Date | Date | Conditional | Used for a custom range; limit the range to 31 days or less. |
| End Date | Date | Conditional | Used with start date for admissions or releases. |
| Last 24 hours | Quick filter | No | Preset date range. |
| Last 7 days | Quick filter | No | Preset date range. |
| First Name / Middle Name / Last Name | Text | No | Name filters for the Name tab. |
| Charge | Text | No | Charge keyword search. |
What an Inmate Profile Shows
The inspected public page was a dynamic search interface and did not expose a stable full inmate profile in the text capture. The research therefore supports a cautious sample inventory, not a promise that every profile displays every field. Do not assume mugshots, date of birth, bond amount, housing pod, magistrate name, or court date appear unless the live roster displays them for the person being checked.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Inmate name | The listed person in the jail roster result, useful only after comparing with other identifiers. |
| Booking or admit date | The date tied to jail admission if the loaded record exposes it. |
| Charges | Booking or confinement charge language; charges can change after court or prosecutor review. |
| Arresting agency | The law-enforcement agency associated with the booking or roster entry. |
| Release status | Whether the person appears in current confinements or release search results. |
| Current confinement status | Whether the person appears to be held in the Houston County Jail at the time of the search. |
Houston County Jail Contacts
The research identifies one local Sheriff's Office and jail location for county inmate questions. For people who cannot find a person online, call the jail or sheriff non-emergency number before making assumptions about release, transfer, spelling, or state custody. For court status after booking, use the Circuit Clerk division numbers, such as Circuit Criminal at (334) 677-4858 and District Criminal at (334) 677-4869.
Houston County Sheriff's Office / Jail
411 N. Foster Street
Dothan, AL 36303
Sheriff: (334) 677-4882
Jail: (334) 712-0762
Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Houston County Circuit Clerk
114 N. Oates Street
Dothan, AL 36303
Main: (334) 677-4800
Circuit Criminal: (334) 677-4858
District Criminal: (334) 677-4869
County Jail vs Alabama State Prison Search
Houston County's Citizen Connect roster is for local jail confinement information. If a person has been sentenced to state prison, transferred to ADOC custody, or is no longer in the county jail, use the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search at doc.alabama.gov/inmatesearch.aspx. ADOC states that its online database contains currently incarcerated inmates only and that historical data is not available online. ADOC also notes that Youthful Offenders are not included.
Victims and family members who need notification support should use statewide notification tools rather than refreshing the county roster. The Alabama Victim Notification System at victims.alabama.gov is for convicted Alabama prison offenders, and VINELink Alabama provides custody lookup and notification support. For ADOC public records, the research lists public.records@doc.alabama.gov and (334) 353-3883.
Visitation Hours and Rules
Houston County Jail visitation rules are detailed and strict. Inmates are allowed one 30-minute visit on the designated weekend. Only two people, including children, may have a face-to-face visit with an inmate each visitation day. Split visits are not allowed; all visitors must arrive and leave together. People not visiting cannot wait in the jail lobby, and children cannot be left unattended there.
Face-to-face visitation lists are updated in January and July, with new lists taking effect in February and August. No additions or deletions are made except at update time. Sheriff's personnel may refuse visitation privileges. Inmates on lockdown or disciplinary action are not allowed family visitors, while inmates housed in modified roll-out areas may have face-to-face visits.
The Sheriff's Office publishes telephone and visitation rules at Inmate Telephone and Visitation.
The visitation page is also the source for jail call rules, visitor restrictions, ID requirements, and phone-provider instructions.
| Topic | Rule | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Visit length | One 30-minute visit on the designated weekend. | Face-to-face |
| Visitor count | Two people including children per visitation day. | Face-to-face |
| Split visits | Not allowed. | Face-to-face |
| ID age 16+ | Current government-issued photo ID required. | Entry rule |
| ID under 16 | Social Security card or birth certificate required. | Entry rule |
| Class A felony restriction | No visitor with a Class A felony conviction in the last five years or a pending Class A felony. | Eligibility |
| Prior jail restriction | No visitor incarcerated in Houston County Jail within the last six months. | Eligibility |
| Warrant check | All visitors are checked; active warrants lead to arrest. | Security |
| Electronics | No electronic devices of any type in the jail. | Security |
| Violation penalty | Minimum 90-day ban from Houston County Jail and all forms of visitation. | Sanction |
How to Contact an Inmate
Houston County uses ICSolutions for inmate telephone service. Friends and family can set up prepaid accounts or fund an inmate debit account by calling 1-888-506-8407 or visiting ICSolutions. Inmates receive one free two-minute call upon initial booking. Calls may be monitored and recorded. Call forwarding and three-way calling are not permitted, and the maximum call time is 15 minutes.
The initial phone PIN is the inmate ID plus date of birth in MMDD format. Later use is inmate ID plus the four-digit passcode created. For prepaid collect calls, the process described by the jail is to select a language, press 1 to place a call, enter the PIN followed by pound, press 0, and enter the 10-digit number. For debit calls, select language, press 1, and enter the PIN followed by pound.
ICSolutions publishes the inmate telephone platform used by Houston County at icsolutions.com.
Phone-account setup is separate from the jail roster, so search results and calling access should be handled as separate tasks.
Inmate Mail Rules
The Sheriff's Office publishes a separate official page for personal mail. The research did not capture enough text to support detailed claims about scan policies, envelopes, package limits, or vendor-specific mail handling. Use the official page and call Houston County Jail at (334) 712-0762 when mail rules matter for a specific inmate or delivery.
The personal mail source is Houston County Sheriff's Office Personal Mail.
Because mail rules often change by jail policy, the official sheriff page and jail phone should control over older third-party summaries.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
The Houston County Sheriff's Office also publishes a commissary page, but the research did not capture a verified deposit vendor, kiosk location, deposit limit, price list, or fee schedule. Do not assume those details from another Alabama jail. For current commissary instructions, use the official sheriff page or call the jail. If an inmate has just been booked, confirm the inmate's status in Citizen Connect and then ask the jail whether funds, property, or commissary privileges are currently available.
The official commissary source is Houston County Sheriff's Office Commissary.
The commissary page is useful as the official access point, but the jail phone remains the fallback when current deposit details are not visible online.