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Ventress Correctional Facility Custody

Ventress Correctional Facility is operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections in Clayton. ADOC lists Ventress as a male, medium-custody prison. Its main role is different from Barbour County Jail, even though both are in the Clayton area. The sheriff jail handles local detention after arrest, while Ventress houses sentenced state prisoners who have entered ADOC custody.

The custody distinction is the first lookup rule. The Barbour County Jail roster is for current sheriff custody, such as pretrial detention, county sentences, local holds, probation matters, failure-to-appear cases, or people waiting for transfer. Ventress is searched through ADOC because it is a prison assignment after state sentencing and classification. County booking numbers are not ADOC AIS numbers, and a county roster charge line should not be treated as a prison sentence record.

ADOC says Ventress opened in August 1990. The facility's primary mission is alcohol and drug treatment for ADOC's inmate population. The research found program references for an eight-week SAP, a six-month Crime Bill drug treatment program, academic and vocational programs through Sparks Technical College, and Ingram State Technical College HVAC and Carpentry. ADOC also says the facility provides community services to local city, county, and state agencies.

Ventress Facility Population

Official ADOC pages checked on May 27, 2026 showed Ventress with 1,298 inmates on the facility page and 1,300 bed-occupancy entries on the statewide facility address table. Those values came from official ADOC pages, but the research cautions that facility-page and address-table values may not always synchronize exactly. Current public copy should therefore point live population checks back to ADOC.

Barbour County's incarceration footprint includes both the county jail and two state prisons, but those populations should not be merged into one jail figure. Ventress and Easterling together account for roughly 2,600-plus ADOC prisoners in the county according to official ADOC pages checked on May 27, 2026. Barbour County Jail is a different current-custody channel with a separate sheriff roster.

Ventress ADOC Custody Search

Use the ADOC inmate search for Ventress. ADOC says the online database contains currently incarcerated inmates and does not provide historical data online. The search can use AIS number, first name, or last name. AIS is the six-digit Alabama Institutional Serial number and is the quickest exact search. Name searches can return many matches, and ADOC displays a maximum of 50 records at one time.

1. Open ADOC inmate search instead of the Barbour County Jail roster.
2. Enter the AIS number if known, or search by first and last name.
3. Use a last-name prefix only when the spelling is uncertain, then narrow the result list.
4. Check the Institution result field to confirm Ventress Correctional Facility or another ADOC placement.
5. Review release-date notes with care because projected release dates can change.

The official Ventress ADOC facility page was captured for this project from the state corrections site.

The facility page is useful for contact and service links, while ADOC inmate search confirms the current prison assignment.

Ventress Facility Contact

The main ADOC facility page lists Ventress at Hwy 239 N in Clayton. Research also found an ADOC recruiting or event address formatted as 379 AL Hwy. 239 N., Clayton, AL, so the main ADOC facility page should control unless staff confirm a different visitor or mailing address. Use the facility phone for prison-specific questions before sending mail, money, or traveling for a visit.

Ventress Prison Visits

Ventress visitation is governed by ADOC and the facility's current rules, not the sheriff's Barbour County Jail visitation page. Prison visits normally require attention to approved visitor status, scheduling, identification, dress rules, conduct rules, and any current limits. The research did not extract a facility-specific Ventress visit-hour block, so the facility page and ADOC policy should be checked before plans are made.

Note: The Barbour County Jail's Saturday and Sunday visit rules are county rules, not Ventress prison rules.

Ventress Mail and Money

The Ventress ADOC page includes links for Send Money, Send Incentive Package, Send eMessage, Inmate Phone System, and Send Footwear Package. The page also includes a communication-provider notice that beginning Friday, August 1, 2025, ICSolutions will provide inmate communication services. ADOC's statewide information further states that inmate mail goes digital as of October 27, 2025. These state prison rules are separate from the county jail's Pay Tel and JailATM links.

Ventress Prison Intake

Ventress does not perform the same public booking function as Barbour County Jail. A local arrest is booked through the jail, then court records track formal charges and case outcomes. If a sentence sends the person to ADOC, the prison system receives the inmate, assigns or uses the AIS number, and handles classification and facility placement. Classification is the state review used to match the inmate with custody level, housing, treatment needs, and program options.

ADOC

Alabama Department of Corrections, the state prison agency that operates Ventress.

AIS

Alabama Institutional Serial number used for state prison lookup.

Medium custody

ADOC prison security classification listed for Ventress.

Substance abuse program

Treatment programming tied to Ventress's official mission.

About Ventress Facility

Ventress has a more specific program mission than many generic facility descriptions suggest. ADOC identifies alcohol and drug treatment as the facility's primary mission and names both shorter and longer treatment programs. Sparks Technical College and Ingram State Technical College are tied to educational and vocational offerings, and Ingram programs listed in the research include HVAC and Carpentry. Those details matter because Ventress is not just a Barbour County location on a map. It is an ADOC prison with state programming, state communications rules, and state inmate records.

The official record sources should be kept in order. Use ADOC for Ventress inmate placement, facility service links, mail, phone, money, and current prison policy. Use Alacourt for the Barbour County case record after an arrest. Use the sheriff roster only for current county jail custody. For users comparing Barbour County facilities, the Barbour County Jail page covers local detainees, while Ventress covers sentenced ADOC prisoners.

Ventress also has address nuance. The main ADOC facility page lists Hwy 239 N in Clayton, while an ADOC recruiting or event source observed in the research used 379 AL Hwy. 239 N. Because the main facility page is the controlling correctional source, the page uses the Hwy 239 N listing and directs users to ADOC before travel. The jail address on Robertson Airport Drive is not the Ventress visitor destination.

For lookup work, the most reliable search key is the ADOC AIS number. Name searches can work, but common names may return multiple Alabama prison records, and ADOC caps large result sets. If the person has not yet transferred from jail to prison, ADOC may not show the inmate even after sentencing. In that window, the Barbour jail, Alacourt, and ADOC each answer a different part of the custody question. Court records show the sentence path, the jail can confirm local custody, and ADOC becomes the prison locator after transfer. Families should save each agency's answer with the date because custody can change quickly after sentencing or classification.