Clicking on any of the Virginia facilities below will direct you to an information page with Inmate Search, Visitation, Mail, Phone, Email, Most Wanted and FAQ for families and friends.
Virginia maintains their own state prison system; thirty-nine facilities which consist of every security level; maximum, medium, and minimum.
The Virginia Department of Corrections is where offenders are sent that have been convicted of felony crimes of murder, rape, assault, serious thefts and drug related offenses. These are offenses of at least one year, and all the way up to life imprisonment. Virginia abolished the death penalty in 2021.
Go here for full instructions on using the Virginia Department of Corrections Inmate Search, as well as for the Bureau of Prisons inmates and ICE detainees.
The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice oversees 24 detention centers and residential centers for juvenile offenders who have been convicted of serious crimes and sentenced to detention, or are awaiting their court dates.
To search for an inmate or juvenile offender, or learn how to communicate with an inmate in the Virginia Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice, start by choosing from the list of facilities below.