Huntsville is home to the Madison County Jail. This prison facility serves Huntsville and other cities in the Madison County area areas. Always call first to make sure an inmate can receive visitors and is at the facility at Huntsville AL, 35801-5821 in Madison before traveling or booking hotels.

Maintaining contact with friends and family is important for the health and wellbeing of both inmates and their family. Sadly, many prisons don’t make this easy. Phone charges of up to $14 a minute for long distance calls create financial burdens on inmate families who must pay for these calls. Thankfully services from Securtel help avoid these additional charges by creating a local phone number an inmate can call that will connect to any long-distance number. By eliminating the long-distance surcharge, inmates can talk to friends and family at the local rate no matter where they might live. You can set this up with Securtel.coml at inmate calls. To send mail to an inmate you can visit send postcards. Once you are able to communicate with your inmate, you can start making plans for visitation. There are many types of prison facility in AL. City Jails, County Jails, State Jails and State Penitentiaries. Each will have it’s own rules and times for visitation, calls and mail.

Madison County Jail is a County Jail. It’s important to know the type of prison facility because this will largely determine what is permitted. Prison is expensive. Phone calls are the most costly, especially without a local number, But also items an inmate needs like soap, envelopes and stamps will all cost money. So the first thing to do is ensure phone calls are economical so you can discuss a budget.

Madison County Jail is in the EST time zone. So make adjustments in your call times if you aren’t in that same timezone. It’s important for prison families to help each other to help their loved ones inside and out. By sharing information about Madison County Jail with other families, it will help them avoid mistakes and confusion that no one needs or wants.
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