Athens Jail is located in the city of Athens, Alabama which has a population of 24,966 (as of 2016) residents. Prisoners are housed in separate areas depending on the crimes they committed, their current risk assessment, and their behavior. This facility is currently under the supervision of Chief Floyd Johnson and houses male and female offenders.

If you have a family or loved one that is currently incarcerated at Athens Jail, the first thing you should do is contact the prison for information on the inmate. Based on the information you are provided, you would then contact either a criminal defense lawyer or a bail bond service. They will provide you with vital information which can be used to defend an individual and in a lot of cases get them released from detention while awaiting trial.

Athens Jail Facility and Inmate Contact Information:

Phone Number to Reach this Facility is:

256-233-8700

Fax Number for Athens Jail is:

256-233-8769

Email Address for this Facility:

http://www.athensal.us/formcenter/46/46

Send Mail to the Facility (not inmates):

Athens Jail
951 E Hobbs Street
Athens, AL 35611

To Send Mail to an Inmate at Athens Jail:

(please get a list of acceptable mail from the facility)

Athens Jail
Inmate Name, Inmate ID #
951 E Hobbs Street
Athens, AL 35611

Recent News for Athens Alabama Police Department:

MARCH 28, 2017 - ATHENS, Ala. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is reporting a reward for an aggregate of $5,000 after more than 60 weapons were taken from an Athens pawn and weapon shop a week ago. Athens Police have captured a suspect for the situation, 21-year-old Brian James Parker of Athens. Boss Floyd Johnson said they likewise recouped three of the guns. Be that as it may, there is still more data they have to discover the rest, and any other person capable. ATF is putting forth the reward in the measure of up to $2,500, which will be coordinated by the National Shooting Sports Foundation for an aggregate reward of up to $5,000. Anybody with data about this wrongdoing at Bradford's Pawn and Gun ought to contact the ATF at (800) ATF-GUNS (1-800-283-4867) or the Athens Police Department (256) 233-8700. Data can likewise be sent to ATF by means of the portable application http://www.reportit.com by utilizing the Nashville field division as the area. "Commonly, the general population has the data yet they may feel hesitant to approach," said Michael Knight, ATF Special Agent and Public Information Officer. "That is the reason we give this road of the ATF Report It application, in the event that they need to give this data secretly. They can get the data to experts, however they don't need to give their name." "Our main objective is to get these weapons off the road," said Floyd Johnson, Athens Police Chief, "to make it alright for residents of our group." The scan is still on for the majority of the missing weapons, which ATF operators say could be trafficked the nation over and utilized as a part of different wrongdoings. "Any data, regardless of the amount you feel this data might be justified regardless of, it's justified regardless of a ton from the investigative side," said Knight. Knight needs you to be occupied with this case. He said that is on the grounds that wellbeing is a two-way road. "When we battle the fierce wrongdoing issue the whole way across the nation, it's law implementation as well as it's taking proprietorship from people in general side," he clarified. WHNT News 19 got this announcement by means of email from Bradford's Pawn and Gun: "We are working steadily with the nearby, state, and government law requirement offices to recoup every one of the guns stolen in the March 20, 2017, theft of our store. Our fundamental concentration is to get these firearms off the road and out of the hands of crooks at all cost. The person(s) in charge of this wrongdoing has traded off the wellbeing of this group and state by unlawfully putting many guns in the city, conceivably in the hands of different culprits like themselves. Our people group is a considerably more secure place when hoodlums don't have weapons or access to firearms. We ask that the group help law authorization recoup these guns by being vigilant for suspicious conduct, and going well beyond to check the status of guns before they make private individual-to-individual buys. We are sure that the person(s) in charge of this robbery and burglary will be considered responsible and such criminal conduct will be fittingly rebuffed and hindered." Law requirement will keep on working this case until all weapons are recouped. With your help, they trust they can take care of business. "I can't underscore enough the organization between us [ATF and Athens Police]," said Chief Johnson. "They're still in consistent contact and we can't request better participation."