Locate Camden CBF/CWC Inmates

Camden CBF/CWC Overview

The Alabama Department of Corrections Camden facility page identifies Camden Community Based Facility / Community Work Center as a state community-based facility and work center in Wilcox County. It is operated by ADOC, holds male inmates, and uses minimum-custody classifications tied to community work and work-release assignments.

This facility should not be merged with Prince Arnold Detention Center. Prince Arnold is the Wilcox County jail for arrests, booking, pretrial detention, misdemeanors, and local custody. Camden CBF/CWC is a state prison/community work center for Alabama Department of Corrections inmates. If a person has been sentenced to state custody and assigned to Camden, the correct locator is ADOC inmate search, not a Wilcox County jail roster.

The ADOC profile reports that Camden opened in March 1976 and lists community service assignments to local and state governmental agencies, a work-release program, and religious volunteer programs. The 2024 PREA audit adds older site history, noting that the property began as an Alabama Department of Transportation road crew facility in 1959 and later operated as an ADOC community-based work center location.

The ADOC Camden facility profile shows the facility name, custody type, gender, address, phone, population figure, history, programs, and service links. The captured source anchors the Camden inmate lookup path in the state source rather than the county jail source.

The ADOC profile is the key public facility page for Camden CBF/CWC because the facility is part of the state corrections system.

Camden CBF/CWC Population

ADOC lists Camden's inmate population or bed occupancy as 63. The 2024 PREA audit lists a maximum capacity of 70 and reports 62 inmates confined on the audit day. The same PREA audit records 47 admissions in the prior 12 months and lists 18 staff, 4 volunteers, and 2 contractors. Those figures are facility-specific and should not be used as Wilcox County jail population numbers.

The facility houses adult male ADOC inmates in minimum custody. It is not used for Wilcox County street-arrest booking in the way Prince Arnold Detention Center is. A person may pass from county jail to ADOC after conviction and sentencing, but after transfer the county jail is no longer the main lookup channel.

Camden ADOC Inmate Search

Use the ADOC inmate search to locate a person at Camden Community Based Facility / Community Work Center. ADOC says the database contains current inmates only and does not provide historical online data. Youthful Offender Act inmates are not included in the search and population totals. The AIS number is the best exact-match key because it overrides name fields.

1. Open the ADOC inmate search, not a Wilcox County roster.
2. Search by AIS number if available, since ADOC treats it as the controlling field.
3. Use first name, last name, or both if the AIS number is unknown.
4. Check the result for facility or location details showing Camden CBF/CWC.
5. If records beyond the locator are needed, use ADOC public records rather than the county sheriff.

Camden Facility Contact

Facility contact should go to Camden CBF/CWC for visit information and day-to-day facility questions, while statewide records and locator issues route through ADOC. The ADOC correctional facilities address list also lists Camden under community-based facilities and work centers.

Camden Custody Levels

Camden CBF/CWC is listed with MIN-COMM and MIN-OUT custody. ADOC defines Minimum-Out as a level for inmates who may be eligible for off-property work details without direct correctional-officer supervision and are generally assigned to community work centers. Minimum-Community is tied to full-time gainful community employment and supervision at a community-based facility when the inmate is not working.

MIN-OUT

Minimum custody connected with community work center placement and off-property work details.

MIN-COMM

Minimum community custody for inmates approved for community employment and supervised housing.

Work release

A structured program where eligible inmates work in the community under ADOC rules and return to custody.

Community service assignment

Work assignment with local or state governmental agencies, as described by ADOC for Camden.

These custody labels are not the same as county jail housing pods. They describe state classification and program placement, which is why Camden records belong in ADOC search and ADOC records channels.

Camden CBF/CWC Visitation

The ADOC Camden facility page says to contact the facility for visitation hours and information. It does not publish a pod-by-pod public schedule in the same way Prince Arnold Detention Center does. The Prince Arnold Sunday schedule should not be reused for Camden because Camden is a state community work center.

Camden Mail and Services

ADOC's personal mail notice routes ordinary personal mail through a centralized processing address. The format is ALDOC Inmate Mail Processing, Inmate Name - AIS number, P.O. Box 17339, San Antonio, TX 78217. Legal mail and packages continue to be sent to the local facility address under the ADOC notice, but mail rules are time-sensitive and should be verified with the facility or ADOC before mailing.

Camden Work Release Programs

ADOC says Camden has community service assignments with local and state governmental agencies. It also states that inmates involved in community service receive payment from those agencies. The facility has a work-release program and religious volunteer programs. This is distinct from the Wilcox County sheriff audit's discussion of a county work-release fund at the jail.

The ADOC Camden recruiting page gives local context for Camden and Wilcox County while still presenting the facility as part of the ADOC system. It references the rural Camden setting and community features, which helps explain why this facility is a community-based placement rather than a high-security prison.

The recruiting page is useful for local context, but inmate lookup, custody status, and records still belong to official ADOC channels.

Camden Facility Layout

The 2024 PREA audit describes Camden CBF/CWC as a site about 90 miles from Montgomery, on a hill away from the highway and surrounded by trees or forested area. It says there is no security fence. The audit describes multiple buildings, including an administration, kitchen, dining, laundry, dorm, and day-room main building, five open-bay dormitories, a canteen, nurse building, chapel, multipurpose building, maintenance and supply areas, outdoor seating, a walking track, and recreation area.

Those layout facts should be cited to the PREA audit when used. They help explain the facility's minimum-custody and community-based character. They should not be generalized to every ADOC prison and should not be copied to the Prince Arnold Detention Center page.

Camden ADOC Records

For Camden CBF/CWC records beyond the public locator, use ADOC rather than the Wilcox County Sheriff's Office. ADOC public records route through the ADOC contact page and public.records@doc.alabama.gov. A request should include the inmate's name, AIS number if known, the facility name, and the record type requested.

Victim notification is also state-based after conviction and ADOC sentencing. The Alabama Victim Notification System says it is for offenders convicted in Alabama and sentenced to ADOC custody. Pretrial Wilcox County matters still route to the sheriff in the county where the crime occurred.