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Pickens County is a county located on the west central border of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census , the population was 19,123. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Carrollton , located in the center of the county. [ 2 ]
The Old Jail, also known as the Gordo Jail and Mayor's Office, is a historic former jail and office building in Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama. [2] The two-story brick structure was completed in 1914. It originally contained two jail cells and a mayor's office downstairs, with a courtroom upstairs.
The prison is on a 650-acre (260 ha) plot of land along Alabama State Route 14, in southwest unincorporated Pickens County. The prison is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Aliceville, [1] and between Aliceville and Pickensville. The local area is served by the Aliceville post office.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Alabama.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 417 law enforcement agencies employing 11,631 sworn police officers, about 251 for each 100,000 residents.
An Alabama man was tased, ... a Pickens County, Alabama, sheriff's deputy, to come to the scene. The pair then detained Washington, Henry, and S.W., and took Washington and Henry to a local jail ...
The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km 2) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km 2). [8] The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least 600 square miles (1,600 km 2) in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state. [9]
An Alabama sheriff said Wednesday a jail official visited a murder suspect in prison before helping him escape last week and her actions suggest their plan had been in the works for some time. (May 5)
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