Meet the Commissioner
Governor Kay Ivey appointed Greg Lovelace as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) on May 1, 2026. Commissioner Lovelace is a veteran corrections and law enforcement professional with more than 50 years’ service in law enforcement and corrections, including 26 years with the ADOC, where he has served in key leadership capacities under 6 commissioners.
Immediately prior to his appointment, he served as chief deputy commissioner, a role he has held since 2022, overseeing the department’s operations, administrative divisions and statewide prison system functions. In that capacity, he has played a key leadership role in major initiatives, including the development and construction of new correctional facilities and system-wide operational improvements.
Commissioner Lovelace’s career spanning decades in corrections includes extensive experience in prison operations, infrastructure, construction, and maintenance. He has long been involved in planning and executing large-scale projects across Alabama’s correctional system and is recognized for his expertise in managing complex, multi-layered challenges within corrections.
As commissioner, Lovelace is responsible for ongoing reforms and guiding the department through a critical period of transition, including the completion of new prison facilities and continued efforts to enhance safety, staffing and accountability across the system.
He oversees the full scope of the department’s responsibilities and operations, including adult correctional facilities, work release and community work centers across the state, while managing an inmate population of over 21,000 and the various other administrative functions of the state agency. He employs a workforce of more than 3,600 correctional personnel and support staff.
Mission
Dedicated professionals providing public safety through the safe and secure confinement, rehabilitation, and successful re-entry of offenders
Vision
Impacting lives for a safer Alabama
Values
- Professionalism
- Integrity
- Accountability
Inmates are not allowed to have social networking accounts (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc.) while incarcerated in the ADOC. Such accounts are a security violation. When they are discovered, ADOC immediately makes a request to the pertinent social networking site to shut the account down and takes appropriate internal actions.
Per Alabama Code § 14-11-70 (2013), no inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections or city and county jails shall establish or maintain an account on any Internet-based social networking website, which means an Internet-based website that has any of the following capabilities: 1.) allows users to create web pages or profiles about themselves that are available to the general public or to any other users, 2.) offers a mechanism for communication among users, such as a forum, chat room, electronic mail, or instant messaging. Any inmate or other person working in conjunction with a state correction’s inmate who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
Further, per Alabama Code § 14-11-50 (2012), it is a Class C felony for inmates to possess a cell phone, wireless communication device or computer. Likewise, it is also a Class C felony for a person to possess with the intent to deliver or to deliver such devices to inmates.
If you suspect or know of an inmate in violation of these policies, or if you suspect or know of someone delivering communication devices to inmates, please report the suspicious activity or website to ADOC’s I&I Division by clicking here to send us an email or by submitting the Investigation Request Form here.
The Public Information Office (PIO) is the primary source of information for the public and members of the media. The office also coordinates internal and external communications for the department and advises executive leadership on matters of media relations and communications. It is also the duty of the PIO to coordinate public events, tours, and interviews at all state facilities.
The PIO distributes all department press releases ensuring that information provided is current, complete, and accurate. It also ensures that all applicable laws, regulations, and policies involving the release of information are followed so that maximum disclosure is made without jeopardizing investigations, operation security, and violating individual’s rights.
It is the policy of ADOC to promptly respond to properly submitted Public Record Requests and, upon receipt of prepayment of applicable fees, to disclose and provide ADOC Public Records to residents permanently domiciled in Alabama in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
Submitting a Public Records Request
The Requesting Party shall submit all requests to physically inspect or copy ADOC Public Records in writing on a properly completed ADOC Form 23-A, Public Records Request Form, together with the Processing Fee, to ADOC’s Public Records Coordinator in accordance with the procedures provided in ADOC Administrative Regulation No. 23, Public Records.
What To Expect
ADOC strives to promptly respond to all properly submitted Public Record Requests consistent with the demands of ADOC’s businesses and activities as determined by state law.
The nature of a Public Records Request will dictate how promptly ADOC may respond. ADOC can likely respond more quickly to a Public Records Request that specifically and discretely identifies a Public Record than one that vaguely requests information that ADOC either cannot easily identify and retrieve or cannot disclose or provide without first withholding information not subject to public disclosure.
Additionally, ADOC will provide the Requesting Party with advanced notice of any fees it requires to process properly submitted Public Records Requests and to disclose or provide Public Records.