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Frank Lee Facility Overview

Frank Lee Community Based Facility and Community Work Center is an Alabama Department of Corrections community-based facility and community work center in Deatsville. ADOC lists custody as MIN-COMM and MIN-OUT, inmate gender as male, and county as Elmore. The facility opened in 1964 as a camp for first-time offenders and was named for A. Frank Lee, a former Department commissioner.

Frank Lee differs from a secure county jail or a medium-custody prison because ADOC describes work-release and community-service opportunities. The facility lets minimum-custody inmates secure employment with businesses in surrounding communities and perform roadside or grass-cutting duties for nearby cities and county municipalities. It remains an ADOC facility, so the search route is still the statewide inmate locator, not the Elmore County Jail roster.

Frank Lee Facility Population

ADOC listed Frank Lee Community Based Facility and Community Work Center bed occupancy or inmate population as 271 in the research file. This is a state corrections count for a minimum and community-custody facility, not a local jail count. The number should be read alongside the facility's work-release and community-service role rather than compared directly with a county jail's pretrial population.

Frank Lee's population is part of Elmore County's broader inmate-population landscape because the county contains multiple ADOC facilities in addition to the sheriff-run jail. A person may start in Elmore County Jail after arrest, move to ADOC after sentencing, and later be classified to a work center if custody level and program rules allow. The ADOC locator is the public way to confirm whether Frank Lee is the current state facility.

Search Frank Lee Work Center Records

Search Frank Lee inmates through the ADOC inmate search. The locator covers currently incarcerated ADOC inmates and does not provide historical online prison records. AIS number is the best exact-match search field. If the AIS number is not known, first and last name searches can be used, but ADOC may limit broad results to the first 50 matches in name order.

1. Open ADOC inmate search and enter the AIS number if available.
2. Search by first and last name if the AIS number is unknown.
3. Confirm that the facility field lists Frank Lee Community Based Facility or another current ADOC location.
4. If the person is not found, check whether the person is still in county jail, released, federally held, or outside ADOC custody.

Work-release status does not mean the inmate is outside the ADOC system. It means ADOC has classified the inmate for a community-based or minimum-out setting under rules that can include employment, supervision, and facility accountability. Mail, deposits, phone setup, and visits should still follow ADOC instructions and current facility location.

Frank Lee Facility Contact

Use Frank Lee's ADOC contact information for facility questions, visitation instructions, work-release contact, and current facility procedures. Do not call the sheriff's jail to arrange ADOC services for a person listed at Frank Lee. If the person is still waiting in Elmore County Jail before ADOC transfer, then the jail remains the proper contact until ADOC receives the inmate.

Frank Lee Work Center Visits

ADOC facility pages say to contact the facility for visitation hours and information. Frank Lee's community-custody and work-release role makes confirmation especially important because work schedules, community-service duties, classification, facility restrictions, or temporary holds can affect visit timing. Call the facility before travel and confirm the inmate's current ADOC location first.

Frank Lee visits should not be scheduled through Elmore County Jail's NCIC video system. The county jail's visit rules apply to jail inmates, not ADOC work-center inmates. ADOC rules control approval, identification, scheduling, screening, and facility access. If the inmate is transferred from Frank Lee to another ADOC facility, follow the new facility's visit instructions.

Note: Work-release or community-service assignments can affect whether an inmate is available for a planned visit.

Frank Lee Mail and Money

ADOC service channels apply to Frank Lee. Facility pages link to Send Money, Send Incentive Package, Send eMessage, Inmate Phone System, and Send Footwear Package. ADOC also publishes inmate mail guidance. Use the AIS number and current listed facility before sending money, mail, or packages. Work-release status does not make county jail commissary or deposit rules apply.

Elmore County Jail uses different vendors and rules, including correctpay and postcard-only mail. Those county jail details should not be used for Frank Lee unless ADOC directs otherwise. The best practice is to verify the current ADOC location, follow the ADOC mail format, and use the state service links tied to the inmate's AIS number.

Frank Lee Facility Intake

Frank Lee is not the Elmore County arrest-booking site. It is an ADOC community-based facility and work center for male minimum-custody or community-custody state inmates. A person arrested in Elmore County begins in local or municipal custody if booked, then may later enter ADOC after sentencing. Placement at Frank Lee depends on ADOC classification, custody level, program eligibility, and facility needs.

Classification matters more here than ordinary booking language. Minimum and community custody can allow work-release, private employment in surrounding communities, or public service details, but those opportunities are still controlled by ADOC. If a person is not listed at Frank Lee in the ADOC locator, do not send money or mail to the work center based on an old assumption.

About Frank Lee Work Center

ADOC says the Frank Lee building resembles a school more than a prison. The adjacent J.F. Ingram Trade School provides upholstery, welding, cabinetry, auto mechanics, barbering, furniture restoration, and GED classes. Frank Lee also offers work-release and community-service opportunities that can allow inmates to secure employment with businesses in surrounding communities. ADOC further notes roadside and grass-cutting duties for nearby cities and county municipalities.

The ADOC Frank Lee Community Based Facility page is the image source for the screenshot below.

The screenshot ties Frank Lee's work-center role, custody level, population, and contact data to ADOC's own facility record.