Locate Limestone Correctional Facility Inmates

Limestone Correctional Facility Overview

Limestone Correctional Facility is operated by the Alabama Department of Corrections. ADOC lists the prison in the Northern Region, identifies the inmate gender as male, and labels the facility as Maximum. The research also describes it as a close-custody correctional facility. It opened in October 1984 on a 1,600-acre site in Harvest, roughly between Athens and Huntsville.

This facility is not the same as Limestone County Jail. The county jail handles local arrests, pretrial custody, short local custody, and holds listed in the county roster. Limestone Correctional Facility houses sentenced Alabama state prisoners after admission to ADOC. A person arrested in Limestone County may appear on the county Zuercher roster first, then later appear in the ADOC locator after conviction, sentencing, transfer, and prison classification.

ADOC's facility page also lists prison programs. Limestone offers a 90-day reentry program, and Ingram State Technical College programs at the prison include Horticulture, Welding, Industrial Maintenance, Carpentry, Electrical, and Drafting and Design Technology. Those programs are state-prison programs, not county jail services. The county sheriff does not operate or schedule them.

The facility image comes from the official ADOC Limestone Correctional Facility profile, which publishes the prison's address, custody level, population, history, and program links.

Use that ADOC source for the state prison profile, then use the statewide inmate search for individual custody lookup.

Limestone Correctional Population

ADOC's current facility page inspected in the research listed Bed Occupancy and Inmate Population as 2401 for Limestone Correctional Facility. The official 2023 PREA audit reported a designed facility capacity of 2,459. The same audit reported audit-day population figures of 2,284 or 2,296 in different audit sections and average daily population figures of about 2,280 or 2,289. Those paired numbers should be treated as PREA audit figures rather than a live daily count.

The statewide ADOC inmate search page also displayed total statewide population figures during research, including 27,601 total inmates. Those statewide totals help frame the ADOC system, but Limestone Correctional Facility's page should use the facility-specific ADOC and PREA figures for local prison population details.

Limestone Correctional Inmate Search

Use the ADOC inmate search for Limestone Correctional Facility. Do not use the Limestone County Zuercher jail roster for this prison. The ADOC database contains current incarcerated ADOC inmates only, and historical data is not available online. ADOC also states that Youthful Offender Act inmates are excluded from inmate search and population totals. The AIS number is the fastest route when known because it takes precedence over name fields.

1. Open the statewide ADOC inmate search page.
2. Enter the AIS number if it is known. AIS is the six-digit Alabama Institutional Serial number assigned by ADOC.
3. If the AIS number is not known, search by first name, last name, or both. Last-name searches can match from the beginning of the field.
4. Review the result list carefully because the ADOC page limits displayed records to 50 at one time.
5. Confirm that the facility shown is Limestone Correctional Facility before sending mail, planning a visit, or making a money deposit.

Limestone Correctional Contact

Contact the prison when a locator result needs confirmation, when visitation hours are needed, when mail rules are unclear, or when an attorney or approved contact needs facility-specific instructions. The ADOC facility page says to contact the facility for visitation hours and information. Because custody, visitation, and movement can change, callers should verify the inmate's ADOC status before sending personal mail, packages, legal mail, or funds.

Limestone Correctional Visits

ADOC's Limestone Correctional Facility page directs readers to contact the facility for visitation hours and information, and the research did not locate a current public day-by-day visitation schedule on that page. State prison visits are different from county jail visits. ADOC visitation can depend on approval status, custody level, institutional rules, lockdowns, movement limits, staffing, and the inmate's classification. Contact the facility before travel, even if a person appears in the ADOC locator.

Limestone Correctional Mail

ADOC's 2025 mail notice states that personal inmate mail is digitally delivered by tablet and must be sent to the centralized processing address. The sender's full name and physical address must be on the top left corner of the envelope. Personal mail sent to a facility after November 10, 2025 will be returned to sender under the notice. Packages and legal mail continue to go to the local facility address, so the personal-mail address and the physical prison address should not be mixed.

Corrlinks is referenced in the ADOC mail notice for digital messages. The ADOC facility page also provides service links for money, incentive packages, footwear packages, and phone or e-message access. The research did not capture a facility-specific fee schedule for those services, so verify the current vendor fees before depositing funds or buying a package.

Limestone Correctional Admission

Limestone Correctional Facility does not perform street-arrest booking for ordinary Limestone County cases. A state-prison admission usually follows conviction, sentencing, transfer from county custody, and ADOC classification. Classification means ADOC assesses custody level, housing, security, medical, and program placement. A newly arrested person in Athens or elsewhere in Limestone County should be searched first in the county jail roster. A sentenced prisoner should be searched through ADOC after transfer into the state system.

The custody distinction matters for mail and money. County jail mail uses the JailATM mailing address listed by the sheriff for Limestone County Jail. Limestone Correctional Facility personal mail uses the ADOC processing address in San Antonio, while legal mail and packages continue to the Harvest facility address. Sending the right item to the wrong system can cause delay or return.

ADOC

Alabama Department of Corrections, the state agency that operates Limestone Correctional Facility.

AIS number

Alabama Institutional Serial number, the six-digit identifier used in ADOC inmate search.

Close custody

A high-security prison classification requiring more control than lower custody levels.

Limestone Correctional Programs

ADOC states that Limestone Correctional Facility offers a 90-day reentry program to prepare inmates returning to the community. Ingram State Technical College programs listed for Limestone include Horticulture, Welding, Industrial Maintenance, Carpentry, Electrical, and Drafting and Design Technology. ADOC's broader rehabilitation and reentry materials also describe statewide addiction recovery, education, work skills, personal growth, residential substance abuse treatment, relapse prevention, and Alabama Correctional Industries work opportunities.

Program access is not the same as public enrollment. It can depend on custody level, sentence status, institutional space, classification, discipline history, medical needs, and ADOC policy. Family members should use the ADOC locator to confirm facility placement and then contact the facility for any program-related communication rule. Program staff, case managers, or approved ADOC contacts are better sources for individual eligibility than the public inmate search result.

Limestone Correctional Records

For a public prison records request, use ADOC's public-records process rather than the county sheriff. The research found that ADOC requests must be written on ADOC Form 23-A with the applicable processing fee. The ADOC contact page lists the public-records policy and coordinator contact. For a current custody lookup, the inmate search is the first step. For records beyond the locator, use ADOC's written request process and describe the record sought with the inmate's name, AIS number, facility, and date range when known.

County court records remain separate. If the question is about the conviction, indictment, court date, or case disposition that led to a prison sentence, search Alacourt ACCESS or contact the Limestone County Circuit Clerk. If the question is about state prison custody, location, mail, programs, or institutional status, ADOC is the records holder. The Limestone County inmate population hub distinguishes county jail, state prison, federal, and immigration systems for broader custody searches.

Prison Not County Jail

Limestone Correctional Facility is physically in Limestone County, but it is not a county facility. It does not serve as the public roster for Athens arrests, sheriff bookings, misdemeanor pretrial custody, or ordinary county detainees. The Limestone County Sheriff's Office runs the local jail at 101 West Elm Street in Athens. ADOC runs Limestone Correctional Facility at Nick Davis Road in Harvest. Use the correct system based on custody stage.