Macon County Jail Inmate Search

Macon County Jail in the State of Alabama is located at Tuskegee, Alabama. The jail is a county jail and detention center and a maximum security facility. Jail inmates include minor offenders and inmates who are convicted of violent crimes. These violent crimes include robbery, rape or murder. Inmates are allowed contact with their family and friends from outside by the prison authorities. The prison also has very strict rules regarding visitation, communication and mailing inmates. Family and friends of inmates are provided all information about how and when they can contact inmates of the prison. The Macon County Jail is Tuskegee is a modern facility and has all modern features to ensure maximum security and modern means of communication for inmates and their families and friends. The prison also has strict rules and correction officers are expected to ensure that tough measures are used to ensure that the prison and Macon County are safe.

The inmates at Macon County Jail consist of men, women and juveniles. Some are detained and awaiting trial by the county court. Other inmates have been sentenced and the period of their sentence is one year or less. If the sentence is imprisonment for more than one year, they are sent to the State Prison or the Federal Prison system. The prison is equipped with security cameras, reinforced fencing with razor wire on the top and electronic detention facilities. Correction officers within the prison are allowed to use physical violence as a self- defence measure and to protect other prisoners from attacks by other violent inmates. They are armed with and are trained to use mace to physically assault violent inmates to prevent crime within the prison and to prevent attempts to escape prison. Visitation hours in the jail are from 7.30 in the morning to 2.30 in the afternoon seven days a week. Inmates, their family and friends are allowed to contact one another only if they adhere to the visitation rules and schedules of the jail strictly.

The health and welfare of inmates at the Macon County Jail in Tuskegee are a concern to the authorities and efforts are made to look after them well. Inmates get three meals of 2,500 calories in a day. They are allowed to phone friends and family. However, communication facilities are expensive and higher than regular local call rates. Some companies provide low cost phone services for prison inmates and their families. Inmates are given bathroom and shower facilities at the jail. They are given reading facilities and access to books and newspapers and magazines from trusted publishers are delivered to them by the correction officers. Inmates are also expected to exercise for one hour in a day.