Colonial Heights Released Inmates Lookup
Colonial Heights released inmates records track people freed from the Riverside Regional Jail and from holds made by the Colonial Heights Police Department. This page helps you search for a Colonial Heights released inmate by name, by case, or by booking date. The city is an independent city just north of Petersburg. The Colonial Heights police book the arrests, then the regional jail holds the inmate. We line up the right tools so a Colonial Heights released inmate search starts fast and stays free.
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Colonial Heights Released Inmates Jail Roster
The Riverside Regional Jail holds people booked by Colonial Heights police and the city sheriff. The jail sits in Hopewell and serves a wide swath of central Virginia, including Chesterfield, Prince George, Surry, Hopewell, and Petersburg. The roster updates each day. You can search by name to find a Colonial Heights released inmate or to see who is still in custody. The list shows the booking date, the charges, and the held or released status.
The screenshot below comes from the official City of Colonial Heights website, which links to the police, the courts, and city services.
Use the city site to reach the police records unit and the court clerks. Each page is the start of a fresh Colonial Heights released inmate search.
Note: Riverside Regional Jail is one of the larger jails in Virginia, so the same roster can show inmates from many nearby cities and counties.
Colonial Heights Released Inmates Weekly Reports
The Colonial Heights Police Department posts a weekly arrest report on the city site. The report lists the name, the date, and the charge for each person taken into custody that week. The data feeds the Colonial Heights released inmates pipeline at the front end. Police take the booking, then the regional jail takes the inmate.
The image below comes from the Colonial Heights weekly arrest report page, the most current source for new arrests.
Use the weekly report to spot a fresh Colonial Heights released inmate, then move to the jail roster or the court file for more.
Colonial Heights Released Inmates Court Files
Felony charges in Colonial Heights go through the Colonial Heights Circuit Court at 401 Temple Avenue. Misdemeanors and traffic charges go to the General District Court. Both courts post case files online. Use the Virginia Circuit Court case search for felony files. Use the General District Court case search for the rest. Pick Colonial Heights from the locality list.
Court files are a top source for the sentence, the credit for time served, and the projected release date for a Colonial Heights released inmate. You can search by name or case number. The CR prefix means a circuit criminal case. The GC prefix is general district criminal.
Note: Cases that cross city lines into Petersburg or Chesterfield may end up in those court systems too, so check both lists.
State Locator for Colonial Heights Released Inmates
If a Colonial Heights released inmate served more than a year, the case likely moved to the Virginia Department of Corrections. Use the VADOC offender locator to look up a state prison record. Search by name or by the seven-digit Offender ID. The result shows the facility, the projected release date, and the sentence info. There is no fee to search.
VADOC tracks about 24,000 state inmates in 26 prisons. People sent up from Colonial Heights pass through one of these sites. The locator does not show local jail time, so use the Riverside Regional Jail roster first for short terms.
Note: A name match in VADOC is not always the right person, so check the date of birth or Offender ID before you act.
VINE Alerts for Colonial Heights Released Inmates
VINE is the free alert tool for Colonial Heights released inmates and for jails across the state. Sign up at vinelink.com or call 1-800-467-4943. Pick the inmate, then pick how you want the alert: text, email, or phone. VINE will let you know about a release, a transfer, an escape, or a court date change. The service is private, so the inmate is not told that someone is watching the case.
VINE works with Riverside Regional Jail and with the state prison system. You can register more than one person at a time.
Criminal History and FOIA in Colonial Heights
For a full criminal history, ask the Virginia State Police. The VSP Criminal Records page lists the SP-167 form. The fee is $15 per name search. Mail the form, with a notarized signature, to the Civil and Applicants Records Exchange in Richmond. You can add a sex offender registry check for $5 more.
For city-held files on a Colonial Heights released inmate, file a Virginia FOIA request with the police records unit. The law lives at Virginia Code § 2.2-3700. The agency has five working days to reply, with seven more if needed. Law enforcement records have extra rules under § 2.2-3706. Juvenile records are off limits except in narrow cases under Virginia Code § 19.2-389.
Colonial Heights Released Inmates Resources
Use these tools to start most Colonial Heights released inmate searches:
- City of Colonial Heights official site
- Weekly Arrest Report
- Circuit Court case search
- General District Court search
- VADOC offender locator
- VINE Link alerts
For state rules on prisons, see Virginia Code Title 53.1.
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