WETUMPKA, AL Julia Tutwiler Prison View

Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women opened in December 1942 and is located in Wetumpka, AL. The facility was named in honor of the ""Angel of the Stockades"", Julia S. Tutwiler, a noted Alabama educator and crusader for inmate education, classification, and for improving prison conditions. Tutwiler serves as the receiving unit for all female inmates coming in to the state prison system. The facility has a mental health unit, a medical infirmary, and units for inmates who are pregnant or aged and/or infirmed. Additionally, Tutwiler has an auditorium, a chapel, and offers substance-abuse treatment and administrative ancillary services. Tutwiler’s clothing plant manufactures inmate clothing items for ADOC and county jails. As Tutwiler has a female death row unit, it is classified as a close custody facility. Inmate Gender: Female, Inmate Population: 793.

Mailing to Julia Tutwiler Prison Inmates and Staff

Inmate Visiting Days and Hours

Day of Week Hours
Monday 8am–5pm
Tuesday 8am–5pm
Wednesday 8am–3:30pm
Thursday 8am–5pm
Friday 8am–5pm
Saturday 10:30am–1:30pm
Sunday 10:30am–1:30pm

How to Send Money to Julia Tutwiler Prison

Family and friends can send money to inmates at Julia Tutwiler Prison through approved methods to help them purchase essential items from the commissary.