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Kilby Correctional Facility Overview

The official ADOC Kilby page lists Kilby Correctional Facility at 12201 Wares Ferry Road in Montgomery County. ADOC identifies Kilby as a male facility in the Southern Region with Maximum and Medium security labels. It is a state prison and receiving unit, so it should not be described as a county jail, municipal jail, or federal facility.

Kilby's local role is larger than its address suggests. ADOC states that Kilby receives all Alabama state-prison inmates except death row and youth offenders for evaluation, classification, and assignment. A person sentenced out of Montgomery County may first appear at Kilby for state processing even if the final institution changes later. The sheriff roster is for county custody before transfer, while ADOC controls the post-sentence prison record.

The facility opened in December 1969 on 154 acres outside Montgomery. Its services include prison-system hospital care, medical and mental-health treatment, dental care, specialty care, employee training, and multiple programs. Those details make Kilby different from a local holding jail. It is part of the statewide correctional system.

The ADOC Kilby screenshot captured in the manifest comes from the official Kilby Correctional Facility page.

Kilby Inmate Population

ADOC listed Kilby Correctional Facility inmate population or bed occupancy as 1,341 on the inspected facility page. That figure is a facility-level ADOC population number, not a Montgomery County jail count. The ADOC statewide inmate search page inspected in the research also listed 27,601 total inmates across Alabama, but statewide totals should not be applied to Kilby beyond their statewide context.

Kilby's population count changes over time and should be rechecked before a time-sensitive visit, legal filing, or family travel. The research cautions that live counts and ADOC figures can change. For county jail pretrial custody, use the MCSO roster, not the Kilby page.

Kilby ADOC Inmate Search

Use the ADOC inmate search for Kilby Correctional Facility. ADOC says the database contains currently incarcerated inmates and that historical data is not available online. The search excludes inmates sentenced under the Youthful Offender Act. AIS is the strongest field because it is the Alabama Institutional Serial number and takes precedence over name fields.

1. Open the ADOC inmate search and enter the six-digit AIS number if known.
2. If AIS is unknown, search by first name, last name, or both.
3. Review the result fields for institution, release date, and code definitions.
4. Confirm that the institution shows Kilby or a Kilby-related ADOC abbreviation before treating it as a Kilby custody record.

The county jail handoff matters. A person held pretrial in Montgomery County belongs in the sheriff roster. A male sentenced to ADOC may move through Kilby for classification. Once that transfer happens, ADOC is the record source.

Kilby Correctional Contact Details

Kilby contact information comes from ADOC's facility listing. Use the facility phone for institution-level questions and ADOC Central Records for statewide records matters. The research did not locate public lobby hours, local records-counter hours, parking instructions, or a detailed visitor arrival checklist on the inspected Kilby page.

Kilby Correctional Visitation

ADOC facility pages link visitation information and tell users to contact the facility for visitation hours and information. The research did not locate a Kilby day-by-day public visiting schedule in the inspected sources. Unlike the county jail, a state prison visit generally depends on ADOC approval, facility rules, inmate eligibility, and current institutional status. Confirm the approved-visitor process before travel.

ADOC victim-notification content belongs mostly after conviction and state sentence. For a case that has not yet gone to trial, Alabama victim notification guidance directs users back toward the sheriff in the county where the crime occurred. That means a pretrial Montgomery County case and a Kilby state-prison case use different notification channels.

Kilby Mail and Money

ADOC mail changed after the research date. The ADOC homepage notes that as of October 27, 2025, inmate mail has gone digital. ADOC personal mail is digitally delivered by tablet and must be addressed to ALDOC Inmate Mail Processing with the inmate name and AIS number. Packages and legal mail continue to follow local facility rules, while personal mail sent to a facility after November 10, 2025 is returned.

Kilby Intake and Classification

Kilby does not perform street-arrest booking for Montgomery County in the way Mac Sim Butler does. Its key function is ADOC receiving and classification. ADOC states that Kilby receives all state-prison inmates except death row and youth offenders for evaluation, classification, and assignment. Classification is the prison system's custody and placement assessment. It can affect the final institution, security setting, programs, and movement.

AIS

Alabama Institutional Serial number used by the ADOC locator.

Receiving unit

A prison intake and classification function after sentencing to ADOC.

Close custody

A higher custody classification referenced in ADOC's Kilby detail.

Youthful offender exclusion

ADOC search and population totals exclude Youthful Offender Act sentences.

About Kilby Correctional Facility

Kilby has one of the strongest program profiles in the Montgomery County facility map. ADOC lists anger management, NA/AA, Volunteers in Corrections, sex offender therapy, GED/ABE, 12-step alcohol and drug counseling, chaplaincy, individual and group mental-health therapy, pre-release, correctional industries printing and graphics, an institutional garden, and Ingram State Technical College adult education and GED.

The facility also provides hospital services, medical and mental-health treatment, dental services, specialty care, and employee training. Those functions support Kilby's statewide receiving role. For a Montgomery County reader, the most important distinction is the handoff: county arrest and pretrial custody are searched through the sheriff, while post-sentence state custody is searched through ADOC.