Guntersville Supervision Release Path
The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles Guntersville Field Office is the local ABPP office serving Marshall County. It is not a jail, prison, or holding facility. Its release value is different: it helps confirm whether a person who left ADOC custody, avoided jail through probation, or moved from court into supervision is now under ABPP field supervision in Marshall County.
A person can be released from physical custody and still have active obligations. Parole is supervised release from a prison sentence. Probation is a court sentence served in the community under conditions. Mandatory supervision is a state-law release period before the end of certain ADOC sentences. Each status can affect where a released person must report, what records exist, and which agency can confirm current status.
| Status | Where to verify | Not the same as |
|---|---|---|
| Parole | ABPP field office, hearing results, and ADOC/VNS context | A new jail release entry |
| Probation | Sentencing court and field office | ADOC prison discharge |
| Mandatory supervision | ADOC, VNS, and ABPP supervision route | End of all legal control |
| Absconder alert | ABPP alert source and law enforcement | Proof of current jail custody |
Verify Marshall County Supervision
Start with the source of the supervision. If the person was sentenced in Marshall County, the court file may show probation, a split sentence, revocation, or a community-corrections condition. If the person left state prison, ADOC, Alabama VNS, and ABPP can help connect the prison release to parole or mandatory supervision. If the person was just booked in the county jail, the sheriff released roster only confirms the jail booking ended.
- Check the ABPP Guntersville Field Office listing for the local supervision contact.
- Use the Marshall County Circuit Clerk route for probation orders, sentencing orders, and revocation records.
- Search ADOC only if the person may still be in state prison or if release-planning fields are needed before release.
- Use ABPP scheduled hearings and hearing results when the question is parole consideration or a recent parole decision.
- Use the sheriff released roster only to confirm a related county jail booking, not the supervision status itself.
The Marshall County parole and probation page gives the broader supervision workflow. The field office page stays focused on the local ABPP contact and how that office fits after a release.
Guntersville Field Office Contact
The Guntersville Field Office listing places the ABPP contact inside the Marshall County Courthouse. The office serves Marshall County and lists its public phone, fax, and weekday business hours. Because supervision records can include nonpublic file material, ask for public verification and routing rather than assuming that all details can be released.
ABPP Guntersville Field Office
Marshall County Courthouse, Room BG01
424 Blount Avenue
Guntersville, AL 35976
Phone: 256-571-7830
Fax: 256-571-7854
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; courthouse offices close at 4:30 p.m.
For parole eligibility, hearing dates, hearing results, or questions about an inmate granted parole but not yet released, ABPP's Public Information Unit is also listed in the research as a routing source. The field office is best for local Marshall County supervision after release.
About Guntersville ABPP
ABPP field operations supervise people on probation and parole and maintain file materials for active parolees supervised by field offices. In practical release research, that means the Guntersville office may matter after the jail or prison part is already over. A person may no longer be in ADOC custody and may not appear in the sheriff current roster, yet still have reporting conditions through ABPP.
The screenshot from the ABPP Guntersville Field Office source confirms the local office that serves Marshall County.
The local office is important because it gives Marshall County readers a county-specific supervision route instead of only a statewide parole board contact.
Parole Hearings and Results
Parole hearing information is separate from local field-office supervision. ABPP publishes scheduled parole hearings and a hearing-results archive. The general hearing information source says parole and pardon hearings are held in open public meeting weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday unless otherwise noted, in Montgomery. A hearing result can help explain why a state prisoner may be close to release, but a grant still needs processing.
Use the scheduled-hearings source for upcoming consideration, the results archive for decisions, and the Public Information Unit for routing. Do not treat a parole decision as the same thing as a sheriff release date. The actual release may depend on processing, no-disqualifying-hold checks, and supervision placement. For a Marshall County person, the Guntersville office may become relevant once local supervision begins.
- Parole consideration
- A board review date, not a physical release date.
- Parole grant
- A decision that may lead to release after processing and hold review.
- Field supervision
- The local reporting period after release, handled through ABPP field operations.
Absconder and Violation Status
ABPP's Absconder Alerts source tells users to contact local law enforcement if they have information about people listed there. An absconder alert is not the same as a jail release record. It indicates an alleged supervision issue. The person may or may not be in jail, and the sheriff roster should be checked only for a booking that has actually occurred.
Violation and revocation questions often require both ABPP and court records. A probation violation can lead to a court hearing. A parole violation can lead to ABPP action. If the person is booked into Marshall County Jail on a warrant or hold, the sheriff roster may show a new custody event. Keep the record types separate so the same person is not counted as released, currently held, and absconded based on one source alone.
For a family or case participant trying to locate the right office, the practical order is field office first for active supervision, court second for probation orders, and sheriff only if a new Marshall County Jail booking appears.
Marshall Reentry Contacts
Marshall County has more local supervision detail than many counties because both the Guntersville Field Office and the Sand Mountain Day Reporting Center Lite serve the county. Research also identified R.O.S.S. Marshall County Community Center in Albertville as a local recovery and reentry resource connected to a Sand Mountain DRC Lite graduation report. That source should be treated as local context, not a guarantee of services for any one person.
When a released person is under supervision, practical verification may involve the field office, the sentencing court, the day-reporting center if assigned, and any support resource named by the supervising officer or court order. For custody status, stay with the custodian source: sheriff for county jail, ADOC for current prison custody, ABPP for supervision, and court records for orders.