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Gloucester County Jail Overview

Gloucester County's Corrections page identifies Gloucester County Jail as the county's current jail and describes its custody role, inmate services, visitation, mail, phone, and canteen rules. The jail is operated by the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's main page describes the office as a state-accredited, full-service agency with law enforcement, corrections, civil process, communications, and support staff. Captain Cheslie Smith is listed on the sheriff page as the command officer for Jail and Civil Process.

The jail holds people arrested in Gloucester County who are awaiting bond, held before trial, serving an active local sentence, or waiting for transfer. It also functions as a transport point. The county says corrections deputies transport inmates to court, other detention facilities, doctors, and hospitals. That matters because a Gloucester arrest does not always mean the person remains in the Justice Drive jail. Sheriff Darrell Warren's official biography states that the bulk of Gloucester County inmates are held at Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, and Gloucester's pretrial page names Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center as another booking location for pretrial defendants.

The current jail is part of the Justice Drive public-safety and court complex. The county's history notes are unusually specific. The old jail dates to an 1872 bid advertisement, was completed in 1873, was damaged by fire in 1974, and remained in sheriff use into the 1980s. The current Justice Drive jail was constructed in 1984 and has been in continuous use since then. Current custody questions should use the Justice Drive facility, not the historic jail building.

The county corrections screenshot from the official Gloucester Corrections page shows the local jail history and the main inmate service topics used for Gloucester County Jail custody research.

The image is useful because it matches the facility subject directly and shows the official county source for visitation, canteen, phone, mail, and program rules.

Gloucester County Jail Population

Several sourced figures describe Gloucester County Jail, and each figure should be read with its source date. The county Corrections page states that the jail houses an average of 38 inmates daily. The 2023 Virginia Jail Capacity Report lists Gloucester County Jail with a rated capacity of 94 and an annualized average daily population of 31.43. Sheriff Warren's biography says the county jail houses around 30 inmates and that most Gloucester County inmates are held at Northern Neck Regional Jail. These figures are not conflicting in a practical sense. They describe a small local jail and a broader Gloucester custody system that also uses regional housing.

The safest way to read the numbers is to separate physical jail population from Gloucester-origin custody. A person may begin in Gloucester County Jail, transfer to Northern Neck Regional Jail, appear on the Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center pathway, enter Virginia Department of Corrections custody after sentencing, or move to a federal or immigration locator if another agency takes custody. No official consolidated daily dashboard for all Gloucester-origin inmates was located in the research.

Gloucester County Jail Lookup

No official public Gloucester County Jail online roster was located on the sheriff or corrections pages during research. That means the correct Gloucester County Jail inmate lookup starts with direct custody confirmation, then branches to records requests and regional systems. For a current local jail question, call the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office or jail at 804-693-3890. If the person was moved, ask whether the current holding location is Northern Neck Regional Jail, Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center, VADOC, BOP, ICE, or another agency.

1. Start with the custody stage. For a recent Gloucester arrest, ask the jail whether the person is currently held locally, released, or transferred.
2. Use identifying details. Full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and incident or case number can help staff or a FOIA officer locate the right record.
3. Check regional jail paths. Northern Neck Regional Jail is central because the sheriff biography says most Gloucester inmates are held there, while MPRSC is relevant for pretrial defendants named by the county pretrial page.
4. Use state, federal, or notification tools when custody changes. VADOC covers state custody and supervision, BOP covers federal prisoners from 1982 forward, ICE ODLS covers immigration detention, and Virginia VINE can provide custody and case notifications.

For a broader walkthrough of these custody channels, the Gloucester County jail inmate records page separates county jail, regional jail, state DOC, federal, ICE, and VINE lookup paths.

Gloucester County Jail Contact

The public contact point for Gloucester County Jail is the same Justice Drive address used by the Sheriff's Office. The sheriff page describes the agency as a twenty-four-hour office, but the research did not locate public jail lobby hours, public parking lot names, or a separate records counter schedule for jail visitors. Call before traveling when the question involves bond, inmate property, release timing, or a visit that could be denied by schedule, ID, or visitor-list rules.

Gloucester County Jail Visits

Gloucester County Jail visitation is split by inmate sex and last-name range. Each inmate receives a Visitation List Form and may list up to three visitors for that week. If the form is altered or has more than three names, the form is void. The jail will not tell callers who appears on an inmate's visitation form. Visitors must show valid government-issued photo ID, follow dress rules, and may be banned for misconduct. Visitors with prior felony convictions need Jail Administrator permission, and anyone held at the facility in the last two months must wait 90 days after release and obtain permission before visiting.

Visitors under 18 must be with a parent or legal guardian, and minor children may not be left unattended in the building or parking lot. Visitors may escort one child at a time because the booth has limited space. The county visitation rules also state that visitors entering secured areas may be searched under Virginia Code § 53.1-127, and firearms, explosives, alcohol, narcotics, and controlled substances are prohibited.

Gloucester Jail Mail and Money

Gloucester County Jail has separate rules for mail, canteen money, and phone accounts. Canteen orders use Keefe Commissary Network. Orders are placed on Sundays and delivered on Wednesdays unless an inmate's canteen is suspended for disciplinary reasons. Money for canteen must be sent by money order to the inmate at the jail address. Cash and personal checks are not accepted. Phone service uses Global Tel*Link, also known as GTL, for collect calls and prepaid Advance Pay accounts. Not all phone carriers accept collect jail calls.

Contraband rules prohibit cigarettes, drugs, inappropriate or suggestive photographs, lighters, matches, and personal checks. For non-consecutive or weekend sentences, the county has a separate reporting rule: the person must bring picture ID, avoid alcohol and illegal drugs for 24 hours before arrival, contact the jail nurse at 804-693-1090 at least 72 hours before arrival for special medical needs or medication, and pay $10 per day or $20 per weekend by money order only.

Gloucester Jail Public Records

Virginia FOIA governs many requests for existing sheriff and jail records, but it does not require the Sheriff's Office to create a new record, answer a general question as a document, or release exempt material. Gloucester's FOIA page states that requests do not have to be written or use the words FOIA, yet they must identify existing records with reasonable specificity. The sheriff's FOIA officer is Jennifer Kurr. The office normally has five business days to respond, excluding weekends and holidays, and may ask for seven more working days when a response is practically impossible within the first period.

Fees depend on the request. The county page lists $10 for insurance companies or agencies seeking reports, $5 for citizens, and no fee for Gloucester residents who are crime victims seeking a report tied to their incident. Larger requests may include hourly staff charges, printed copies at $0.25 per page, and deposits if estimated costs exceed $200. Body-camera footage has a one-hour minimum listed at $23.40, and 911 Center calls have a one-hour minimum at $25 per incident. Adult booking photographs and identity or charge-status information are addressed under Virginia Code § 2.2-3706, with limits when release would affect a felony investigation or another exemption applies.