Youth Facility Record Limits
The official Montgomery County Youth Facility page describes a facility that serves children within juvenile court jurisdiction. Its purpose is care, protection, discipline, and involvement of parents or legal guardians in the process. That mission is different from the adult detention mission at Mac Sim Butler and different from sentenced adult state prison custody.
Juvenile records are not handled like adult inmate records. Alabama law makes juvenile legal, social, and court records confidential except for listed exceptions. The adult sheriff roster should not be used to search for children in juvenile detention, and adult booking-photo language should not be applied to the Youth Facility. Family members, guardians, counsel, and court-approved parties should follow the facility and juvenile court channels.
The county page gives useful facility history and capacity, but it does not publish a public youth roster, online juvenile booking search, mail policy, commissary vendor, or public daily population list. Those gaps are not failures of the public web page alone. They reflect the stronger privacy rules around juvenile custody.
Youth Facility Detention Capacity
Montgomery County's youth detention history is unusually detailed. The county states that juvenile detention once operated on the third floor of the old courthouse with four detention rooms and a kitchen area. On September 24, 1969, the operation moved to a new Youth Facility built for $844,032 with 34 detention beds. A 1990 expansion and renovation added administrative space and a detention wing, raising detention capacity to 52 beds at a listed cost of $3.7 million.
The research did not locate a current daily youth population, annual average, demographic table, detention admissions trend, or bed-use report. Do not compare the 52-bed juvenile capacity with the county adult jail roster count as if the two populations are one system. They are legally and operationally separate.
Montgomery Youth Custody Lookup
A public lookup workflow like Current Inmates does not apply to Montgomery County Youth Facility. The correct path depends on the requester's legal relationship to the child and the juvenile court matter. The facility phone is the first facility contact in the research. Juvenile court, counsel, or a case worker may be the proper route for case status or release questions. Adult jail, ADOC, BOP, and ICE locators do not answer juvenile detention custody for this county facility.
- Use the Youth Facility phone for facility-level questions from approved family or legal contacts.
- Use juvenile court or counsel for case details, hearings, release orders, and legal access.
- Do not search the adult MCSO roster for children held under juvenile court jurisdiction.
- Do not request or publish juvenile booking photos as if they were adult jail mugshots.
| System | Covers | Does Not Cover |
|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County Youth Facility | Children under juvenile court jurisdiction | Adult county jail inmates |
| MCSO Current Inmates | Adult county jail custody | Confidential juvenile detention records |
| ADOC inmate search | Current adult state prisoners, with stated exclusions | County youth detention |
| DYS Mount Meigs | State youth custody for adjudicated youth | County Youth Facility records |
Montgomery County also has the state DYS Mount Meigs Campus in the facility map. That is a separate state youth facility for adjudicated male youth, while Montgomery County Youth Facility is the county juvenile detention facility.
Youth Facility Contact Details
The Facility Map lists Montgomery County Youth Facility at 1111 Air Base Boulevard, but the research notes that the address was not clearly displayed on the official county facility page text and should be verified before publication. Because the user specifically provided the map as the facility source, the page presents that address with a verification caution. The official phone found in the research is the safer contact point.
Montgomery County Youth Facility
1111 Air Base Blvd
Montgomery, AL 36108
(334) 261-4100
Address listed in Facility Map; official page text should be verified for address display
Juvenile Court Context
Montgomery County juvenile matters
Montgomery, AL
Use court or counsel for case records
Juvenile legal records are confidential except as law allows
Youth Facility Visitation
The Montgomery County Youth Facility research did not locate a public day-by-day visiting schedule, online scheduling vendor, visitor dress code, mail rules, or approved-contact list. Juvenile detention visitation is usually tied to parent, guardian, legal, and court-approved access, but this page does not invent local hours or rules. Use the facility phone or court-approved case contacts before travel.
| Visit Category | Published Schedule | Record Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Parent or guardian | Not located in official research | Confirm with Youth Facility |
| Attorney or legal contact | Not located in official research | Use court or facility channel |
| Public visits | No public schedule located | Juvenile privacy limits apply |
| PREA reporting or safety contact | PREA zero-tolerance statement located | Use official facility guidance |
Because juvenile records are confidential, a lack of public visitation detail should not be treated as permission to use adult jail visitation practices. The county adult jail video schedule belongs to Mac Sim Butler. State youth custody visitation at Mount Meigs uses the youth's case manager. Neither schedule should be substituted for Youth Facility rules.
Youth Facility Mail and Money
The research did not locate a Montgomery County Youth Facility mail format, package rule, commissary vendor, phone account provider, e-message option, deposit fee schedule, or publication policy. Adult county jail mail uses MCDF and a post office box, but that format is not a Youth Facility rule. ADOC digital mail applies to state prison inmates, not county juvenile detention.
| Service | Documented Youth Facility Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | No public format located in research |
| Money deposits | No vendor, kiosk, or fee table located |
| Phone or tablet accounts | No public provider located |
| Packages | No public package rule located |
Ask the facility or the youth's authorized case contact before sending anything. For minors, even basic contact information can be controlled by court order, placement rules, guardian status, or safety restrictions.
Youth Facility Intake Records
The county page describes the Youth Facility mission, history, capacity, and PREA stance, but not a public intake manual. Juvenile intake is not the same as adult booking into the sheriff roster. A child's record may involve juvenile court petitions, legal files, social records, detention status, guardian involvement, and services. Alabama Code Section 12-15-133 treats juvenile court, legal, and social records as confidential except for allowed access.
- Juvenile detention
- Secure custody for a child under juvenile court jurisdiction.
- Adjudication
- A juvenile court finding, not the same term as an adult conviction.
- Guardian involvement
- The county mission text emphasizes parent or legal guardian integration.
- PREA
- The Prison Rape Elimination Act framework, which the facility addresses through zero tolerance language.
About Montgomery Youth Facility
The Youth Facility's local history makes it distinct from the adult detention pages. The original juvenile detention space was in the old courthouse. The 1969 facility moved juvenile detention into a dedicated building with 34 beds, then the 1990 expansion increased detention capacity to 52 and added administrative space. Those details are useful, but they do not make youth detention records public adult inmate records.
The county page also publishes a PREA zero-tolerance statement for sexual abuse and harassment. The research captured a December 2024 news item that Sheriff Derrick Cunningham's office requested an FBI investigation after two detention officers were charged in alleged sexual assaults at the youth detention facility. That item is relevant to conditions and oversight, but it does not change the rule that juvenile records remain confidential and must not be treated as public mugshot or jail roster material.
Note: Confirm youth custody, visitation, mail, and case access through authorized juvenile facility or court contacts.