Winston County Jail
The Winston County Jail is located in Double Springs, Alabama and is operated by the Winston County Sheriff's Office. This facility houses adult male and female inmates who have been arrested by local county or city law enforcement and is the primary detention center for all law enforcement agencies in Winston County.
Inmates are incarcerated for crimes ranging from a violation of misdemeanors to felonies. The Winston County Jail houses:
- Persons who have been charged with a crime and are awaiting trial
- Those who have been arrested on warrants
- Those who have been sentenced to the county jail for one year or less for a misdemeanor crime
- Those who've been placed on hold by Alabama Probation and Parole
- Inmates sentenced by municipal courts in the county
- People who have been placed in the jail "on hold" by other agencies, and
- Inmates who are waiting to be transferred to their assigned Alabama Department of Corrections facility
Prison Insights
Winston County Jail
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Visiting Hours and Rules
The Winston County Jail offers video visits at the facility or from home. They also offer video visits on demand through the Getting Out app. Click here to set up an account and schedule your visits.
Physical Address
Winston County Jail
11 Blake Dr
Double Springs, AL 35553
Driving Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/GNdafqGzpTd5dzQa9
General Phone Number
(205) 489-5205
(205) 489-2115
Inmate Mailing Address(es)
Winston County Jail
Inmate Name
11 Blake Dr
Double Springs, AL 35553
The Winston County Jail offers email and picture messaging through GettingOut.com. Click here to set up an account so you can send messages and pics.
How to Call an Inmate
You can't call an inmate who is housed at the Winston County Jail, but they do have access to phones in their housing units (upon completion of the booking process) and can make outgoing collect calls.
You can set up an account at GettingOut.com to put money on your inmate's phone account. You can open a prepaid account, a quick connect account, or a collect call account. The rates and fees are as follows:
Call Rates and Related Fees *
Prepaid calls within Alabama | $0.25 per minute |
Collect calls within Alabama | $0.25 per minute |
Prepaid calls between two states | $0.21 per minute |
Collect calls between two states | $0.25 per minute |
International calls | $0.95 per minute |
Voice messages | $1.25 per message |
Quick Connect | $3 fee plus applicable per minute rate |
Automated prepaid deposits | $3.00 |
Live person-assisted prepaid deposits | $5.95 |
* The above rates and fees do not include taxes and third party transaction costs, all of which are passed through to the end user without markup.
How to Send Money
When inmates are booked into the Winston County Jail, the cash that they have on them is placed into an account at the Sheriff’s Office that allows them to purchase items from the jail commissary.
You can put money on your inmate's book at gettingout.com. Your inmate also has access to tablets. When you make a deposit to their account, they have more ways to be productive and you have more ways to stay connected.
Programs For Inmates
This information is not publicly available.
Pictures of Winston County Jail
Careers at Winston County Jail
If you are interested in a career with the Sheriff's Department and would like more information about the job openings at the Winston County Jail, click here.
