Montgomery Women's Facility Overview
Montgomery Women's Facility is operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections, usually shortened to ADOC. ADOC lists the facility at 12085 Wares Ferry Road in Montgomery, Alabama, behind the larger Kilby correctional complex area. The facility is a state prison and community based facility for female inmates, so it serves a different population than the Mac Sim Butler Montgomery County Detention Facility downtown. A woman booked on a local arrest may appear first in the Montgomery County sheriff roster, but after sentencing or transfer into state custody, the ADOC locator becomes the correct search tool.
ADOC describes Montgomery Women's Facility as a medium-custody institution and community work center. It opened in March 1976 as the Montgomery Women's Community Based Facility and Community Work Center. The official facility description notes a visiting pavilion, a supply and storage building, and a hobby craft and classroom building. Its placement near Montgomery's job market matters because community work opportunities are part of the facility's stated purpose. Ingram State Technical College adult education and GED services are also documented for the facility.
The ADOC Montgomery Women's Facility page was captured in the project manifest as a successful screenshot source.
The screenshot belongs on this page because it shows the state-prison source users should rely on for this facility, not the county jail roster or the sheriff app.
Montgomery Women's Facility Capacity and Population
The research file records an ADOC bed occupancy or inmate population figure of 284 for Montgomery Women's Facility on the inspected ADOC page dated May 27, 2026. Treat that as a facility population from the state source at the time inspected, not a promise that the same number is still current when a family checks custody. ADOC populations can change with transfers, releases, disciplinary movement, medical assignments, and classification decisions.
Montgomery County has several custody systems, and population numbers should not be merged. The sheriff's downtown jail count describes county custody. ADOC numbers describe sentenced state-prison custody. BOP numbers describe federal custody at FPC Montgomery. Montgomery Women's Facility belongs in the ADOC group, which means its population is part of the state prison system rather than the Montgomery County jail population.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Montgomery Women's Facility
Use the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search for Montgomery Women's Facility. The sheriff's CountyGovServices portal is built for current county jail inmates, recent arrests, and Montgomery County warrants. It does not track women after they have been received into ADOC custody. ADOC's locator is current-inmates only, historical data is not available online, and the search excludes inmates sentenced under Alabama's Youthful Offender Act.
- Open the ADOC inmate search page and choose the statewide prison locator, not the Montgomery County current-inmates grid.
- Search by AIS number when available. ADOC says the AIS field takes precedence over first and last name.
- If there is no AIS number, search by first name, last name, or both, then review the result list carefully.
- Confirm that the institution field points to Montgomery Women's Facility or another ADOC location before relying on the result.
ADOC limits displayed search results to 50 at one time, so partial name searches can be too broad. If the result is missing, try a fuller name, a former name, or the AIS number from court paperwork. For a person who was just arrested in Montgomery County and has not been sentenced to state custody, start instead with the sheriff's current-inmate or recent-arrest portal. For victim notification after a state conviction, Alabama's victim notification system and VINELink may be relevant, but pretrial county custody still routes through the sheriff.
Montgomery Women's Facility Address and Contact
Use the local facility contact for visit questions, local facility rules, package restrictions, and current operating instructions. Use ADOC central records or the ADOC search page for statewide custody identification questions. Facility staff can change visiting procedures for security, staffing, health, or operational reasons, so a phone check is practical before travel to the Wares Ferry Road area.
Montgomery Women's Facility
12085 Wares Ferry Road
Montgomery, AL 36117
(334) 215-0756
Contact facility for visitation hours and information.
Visiting Someone at Montgomery Women's Facility
ADOC facility pages direct visitors to contact the facility for visitation hours and information. That is different from the Montgomery County jail's published video visitation schedule, which should not be copied onto a state-prison page. State prison visitation commonly depends on approval, inmate eligibility, facility schedule, identification, dress rules, and security conditions. The research file also notes a 2024 ADOC news item about playground installation at women's facilities for mother and child visitation, including a ribbon cutting in October 2024, but it does not provide a standing public schedule for this facility.
| Visit Topic | Documented Rule | Source Path |
|---|---|---|
| Public schedule | Contact facility for hours and information. | ADOC facility page |
| Facility type | State prison and community work center, not county video visitation. | ADOC facility page |
| Visitor preparation | Confirm approval, identification, dress, and schedule before travel. | Facility contact |
| Special visits | Research notes mother and child visitation improvements, but not a public timetable. | ADOC news context |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Montgomery Women's Facility
ADOC statewide rules control money and personal mail for Montgomery Women's Facility. The research file says ADOC inmate mail went digital as of October 27, 2025. Personal mail is delivered by tablet through the ADOC processing address, while packages and legal mail continue to use the local facility address. Personal mail sent to a facility after November 10, 2025 is returned under the documented ADOC notice.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal Mail | ALDOC Inmate Mail Processing, Inmate Name - AIS number, P.O. Box 17339, San Antonio, TX 78217; sender full name and physical address required. |
| Legal Mail / Packages | Use the local facility address and confirm current package rules with ADOC. |
| Money Deposit | Access Secure Deposits / Access Corrections online, phone, walk-in CashPayToday, or money order with coupon to Secure Deposits - Alabama DOC. |
| Deposit Fees | Documented ranges include Internet fees from $2.95 to $7.95, phone fees from $3.95 to $9.95, walk-in fee $3.95, and no charge for money orders. |
Do not send Montgomery County jail mail to this facility and do not send ADOC personal mail to the county jail's P.O. Box. The identifier also changes: county jail mail uses a booking number, while ADOC mail and money depend on the AIS number.
State Intake and Facility Assignment
Montgomery Women's Facility is not the first stop for every Montgomery County arrest. A local arrest begins with the city or county custody system, then court processing, then sentencing if the case results in a prison sentence. After a person enters ADOC custody, ADOC classification and assignment decide the institution. For women placed at Montgomery Women's Facility, the record should be checked through ADOC's institution field rather than through a county BookNum profile.
This distinction prevents common search errors. A person who disappeared from the sheriff's current-inmates list may have bonded out, been released, transferred to another jurisdiction, moved to ADOC, entered federal custody, or had a record removed from the public portal after custody changed. The right next step depends on case status and custody agency, not only on the person's last known location in Montgomery County.
About Montgomery Women's Facility
The facility's history and role are unusually specific to Montgomery. ADOC says it opened in March 1976 behind Kilby and was designed around community based custody and work-center functions for women. The Wares Ferry Road location places it near other state correctional resources in east Montgomery County rather than in the downtown courthouse and jail corridor. Programs documented in the research include Adult Education and GED services through Ingram State Technical College, plus spaces such as the hobby craft and classroom building.
For users, the most important practical feature is not the building history but the custody boundary. Montgomery Women's Facility is an ADOC institution. Its lookup path, mail rules, money vendor, and visitation process come from state corrections sources. County jail roster pages can help with earlier booking facts, but they should not be treated as the current source once ADOC custody begins.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation approval, and current facility rules with ADOC before traveling to Montgomery Women's Facility.