Kilby Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections facility in Montgomery, AL. It opened in December 1969 and serves as ADOC's statewide Receiving and Classification Center, where nearly every new inmate is evaluated before assignment to a long-term facility, and also as ADOC's statewide hospital. This guide covers how to find someone with the ADOC inmate locator, visitation, sending money through Access Corrections, ICSolutions phone calls, and Alabama's digital mail system, verified from doc.alabama.gov.
City
Montgomery
County
Montgomery County
State
AL
Facility Type
State Prison
Gender
Male
Capacity
1,345 beds
Custody Levels
Maximum and Medium / Close Custody
Operator
Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC)
Address
12201 Wares Ferry Road, Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone
(334) 215-6600
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Search by AIS number or name. Since Kilby is ADOC's statewide intake point, recheck often if the person was recently sentenced.
View ArticleADOC doesn't publish specific visiting hours for Kilby. Call (334) 215-6600 to confirm before you travel.
View ArticleADOC's statewide vendor for deposits. Send money online, by phone, in cash, or by mailed money order.
View ArticleICSolutions handles calls and tablets. Check icsonline.icsolutions.com or call the facility for current rates.
View ArticlePersonal mail now goes to a centralized processing center in San Antonio, TX. Packages and legal mail still go to Kilby directly.
View ArticleUse the ADOC inmate locator at doc.alabama.gov/inmatesearch.aspx to find anyone in custody at Kilby. Search by AIS number for an exact match or by first and last name for an open-ended search returning up to 50 results. Since Kilby is ADOC's statewide Receiving and Classification Center, many people there are only staying temporarily before a transfer to their long-term facility.
See the full breakdownADOC's website does not list Kilby's specific visiting days or hours. The facility's own page tells families to contact the facility directly for visitation information. Call (334) 215-6600 to confirm the current schedule, and ask specifically about visiting someone who was recently admitted and is still going through classification.
See the full breakdownAccess Corrections is ADOC's statewide, endorsed vendor for deposits. Deposit online, by phone, in cash at a CashPayToday retail location, or by mailed money order. Fees vary by amount and method. You need the inmate's full name and AIS number, and since Kilby holds many people only temporarily, confirm their current location before sending funds.
See the full breakdownICSolutions handles phone calls and tablets for Kilby, linked directly from the facility's official ADOC page. Specific per-minute rates were not confirmed in this research. Check icsonline.icsolutions.com or call the facility for current pricing and account setup.
See the full breakdownEffective November 10, 2025, ADOC moved to digital-only personal mail statewide. Letters, photos, drawings, and cards go to ALDOC Inmate Mail Processing, PO Box 17339, San Antonio, TX 78217, where they're scanned to the inmate's tablet. Packages and legal mail still go to Kilby's own address at 12201 Wares Ferry Road, Montgomery, AL 36117. Confirm the person is still at Kilby before mailing anything, since transfers out of this intake facility happen often.
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Use the ADOC inmate locator at doc.alabama.gov/inmatesearch.aspx. Search by AIS number for an exact match, or by first and last name. Since Kilby is ADOC's statewide intake point, check back periodically if the person was recently sentenced, since a transfer to their long-term facility can happen within weeks.
Inmate SearchKilby Correctional Facility is ADOC's Receiving and Classification Center. It receives nearly every new person entering the Alabama state prison system, except death row and youth offenders, for evaluation and assignment to their eventual long-term facility. Being at Kilby right after sentencing usually means someone is going through intake and classification, not that they'll stay there long term.
GeneralADOC doesn't publish a fixed timeline for the classification process, and it can vary by case. Because Kilby's core role is intake and classification instead of long-term housing for most of its population, families should recheck the inmate locator regularly in the weeks after sentencing to see if the person has been transferred to a different ADOC facility.
GeneralADOC does not publish specific visiting days or hours for Kilby on its website. The facility's own page tells families to contact the facility directly for visitation information. Call (334) 215-6600 before you plan a trip, and ask specifically whether a newly arrived person still being classified has visiting privileges yet.
VisitationUse Access Corrections, ADOC's statewide deposit vendor. Deposit online at accesscorrections.com, by phone at (866) 345-1884, in cash at a CashPayToday location, or mail a money order with a deposit coupon to Secure Deposits, Alabama DOC, PO Box 12486, St. Louis, MO 63132.
Send MoneyNo Kilby-specific handbook or standalone visitor-application form was found during research. ADOC's statewide Public Male Inmate Handbook, revised March 2026, applies to Kilby as an all-male facility. Call (334) 215-6600 to ask about the current visitor approval process, including any differences for someone still in classification.
GeneralADOC's facility directory lists Kilby as both maximum and medium security, reflecting the mixed population it receives before classification sorts people to their eventual custody level. Kilby's own descriptive page calls it close custody. This guide presents all three terms as ADOC states them instead of picking one.
GeneralBeyond intake and classification, Kilby serves as ADOC's statewide hospital, providing medical and mental health treatment, dental services, and free-world specialty care for the entire prison system. It also runs a pre-release program, a printing and graphic arts industry, and an institutional garden.
GeneralADOC's facility page lists Kilby's bed occupancy at 1,345.
GeneralKilby opened in December 1969. It sits on 154 acres outside Montgomery, AL, at 12201 Wares Ferry Road.
GeneralIngram State Technical College operates at Kilby, offering Adult Education and GED services.
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