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Jefferson County Jail

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Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

AL

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

809 Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North, Birmingham 35203
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Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

0/100
Low concern0/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.

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Reports

  • marshall-project13 May 2020

    ctured by about a dozen companies nationwide, Stines said, adding that some products aimed at consumers don’t deliver on the level of disinfection they promise. An officer at the Jefferson County Jail in Madison, Indiana, uses a handheld device to operate a machine that emits strong ultraviolet light, which is being used to disinfect the jail in the fight against coronavirus. Larry Perez/Skytron

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  • marshall-project9 Apr 2015

    s kind of mind-boggling, to tell you the truth. I really haven't gotten quite used to it. I think I’m getting there, but I still have a ways to go. Anthony Ray Hinton leaving the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Ala. on April 3, the day he was released. Hal Yeager/Associated Press What’s boggling your mind? I haven't seen the razor wire fence and the guards in the guard towers. Or the police

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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Jefferson County Jail},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jefferson-county-jail-us-4},
  urldate = {2026-10-26}
}