Find Kilby Release Records

Kilby Release and Transfer Paths

ADOC's Kilby facility page says Kilby opened in December 1969 and sits on 154 acres outside Montgomery. It receives most male inmates into the Alabama prison system for evaluation, classification, and assignment, except death row and youth offenders. It also provides hospital services, including medical and mental health treatment. Because Kilby is a receiving and classification facility, a person may leave Kilby by transfer rather than by community release.

That distinction matters. A release from Kilby can mean transfer to another ADOC facility, release to ABPP supervision, mandatory release to supervision, parole, or end-of-sentence discharge. The county jail portal cannot verify any of those state-prison events. Use ADOC records, Alabama VNS fields, ABPP records, and court sentencing records.

The ADOC source page is the facility reference for Kilby Correctional Facility.

The facility screenshot supports the state-prison classification path, not a county jail release-list path.

Confirm a Kilby Release

Start with the ADOC inmate search if the person may still be incarcerated. Search by AIS number when possible. ADOC warns that historical data is not available online, so a released or discharged person may not appear in the public search. If the record is missing and a state sentence is known, move to Alabama VNS, ADOC records, ABPP, and the court record.

1. Identify whether the person was in ADOC custody at Kilby rather than county custody.
2. Search by AIS number or name in the ADOC current-inmate search.
3. Read release fields through VNS: Release Date, Minimum Release Date, and Mandatory Release to Supervision.
4. Check ABPP when parole, delinquency, revocation, or mandatory supervision may apply.
5. Request an ADOC custody or discharge record when public lookup does not answer the release question.

Kilby Records and Contact

For release records, the ADOC central office and public-records route are more useful than the county jail. Identify the person by AIS number, full name, date of birth if known, facility, and approximate custody dates.

Kilby Release Date Terms

Minimum Release Date is the earliest scheduled ADOC release to probation or end of sentence, and it can change if disciplinaries remove good time or if the circuit clerk sends new cases or sentence changes. Mandatory Release to Supervision is a projected supervised release to ABPP. Release Date is the actual ADOC release date in VNS terminology. Parole Consideration Date is not a release date; it is a board review date.

Kilby Classification Outcomes

Kilby's receiving and classification role makes it different from a prison whose main public question is final release. Many people leave Kilby because ADOC assigns them to another facility after intake, evaluation, or medical review. That movement can look like a release from Kilby in a narrow facility sense, but it is still ADOC custody. A family member or researcher should ask whether the person left Kilby, left ADOC, or moved to ABPP supervision.

If the person moved to another ADOC facility, the ADOC search or records office is still the controlling source. If the person moved to parole, mandatory supervision, or final discharge, VNS and ABPP become more important. The county jail roster should not be used to answer those state-custody questions.

Hospital Services Context

ADOC notes that Kilby provides hospital services, including medical and mental health treatment. That detail affects release research because a transfer for treatment, classification, or placement is not the same as community release. Public release pages should avoid assuming that every departure from Kilby is a final discharge. The safer question is whether ADOC still has custody or whether the person has an actual VNS Release Date or ABPP supervision status.

Reconcile Kilby Records

A Kilby release question often needs reconciliation across multiple records. ADOC current search may show whether the person is still incarcerated. VNS may show the actual Release Date, Minimum Release Date, Mandatory Release to Supervision, current location, offense, county of offense, sentence date, last action date, or statutory validation date. ABPP may show parole hearing schedules, results, or supervision status. The sentencing court may explain why the person entered ADOC custody in the first place.

If the person was originally booked in Montgomery County before transfer to ADOC, two separate release events may exist. The county jail release record can show transfer from Mac Sim Butler to state custody. Kilby or ADOC records can then show later transfer, parole, mandatory supervision, or discharge from state custody. Do not merge those events. A release from county jail to ADOC is not a release from prison to the community.

For older Kilby matters, public online visibility is limited. ADOC says historical data is not available through the public inmate search, so the records request path is not optional when a person has fully discharged. Provide the AIS number, facility, full name, and approximate dates to reduce mismatches. Include the sentencing county if known, since VNS fields can reference county of offense. Also preserve any court case number because sentencing changes can affect state release dates.