Franklin Released Inmates
Franklin released inmates records track people freed from the Western Tidewater Regional Jail and from holds made by the Franklin Police Department. This page helps you search for a Franklin released inmate by name, by case, or by booking date. The City of Franklin is a small Virginia independent city in Southampton County, and it is not the same place as Franklin County. The Franklin police book the arrests, then the regional jail holds the inmate. We line up the right tools so a Franklin released inmate search starts fast and stays free.
Franklin Released Inmates Snapshot
Franklin Released Inmates Jail Roster
The Western Tidewater Regional Jail holds people booked by Franklin City police. The jail sits in Suffolk and serves Franklin City, Suffolk, Southampton County, and Isle of Wight County. The roster updates each day. You can search by name to find a Franklin 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 Franklin 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 is the start of a fresh Franklin released inmate search.
Note: Do not confuse Franklin City with Franklin County, which sits near Roanoke and uses a different jail.
Franklin Released Inmates Police Records
The Franklin Police Department books most local arrests. The records unit holds the report after the case moves on to the jail or court. You can ask for an arrest report by mail or in person at the Franklin police headquarters.
The image below is from the Franklin police records page, the city's official records unit.
Use this page to file for arrest data, incident reports, or other city-held files for a Franklin released inmate. Franklin police can also point you to the right court clerk for case records.
Franklin Released Inmates Court Files
Felony charges in Franklin go through the Franklin Circuit Court. 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 Franklin City from the locality list, not Franklin County.
Court files are a top source for the sentence, the credit for time served, and the projected release date for a Franklin 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.
The image below is from the Franklin arrest records page, a third-party court records site.
This kind of page can pull together arrest data and link it to the right court file for a Franklin released inmate.
State Locator for Franklin Released Inmates
If a Franklin 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 Franklin pass through one of these sites. The locator does not show local jail time, so use the WTRJ roster first for short terms.
Note: The WTRJ holds inmates from four localities, so the same roster may show people from places near Franklin too.
VINE Alerts for Franklin Released Inmates
VINE is the free alert tool for Franklin 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.
VINE works with the Western Tidewater Regional Jail and with the state prison system. You can register more than one person at a time.
Criminal History and FOIA in Franklin
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 Franklin 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.
Franklin Released Inmates Resources
Use these tools to start most Franklin released inmate searches:
- City of Franklin official site
- Circuit Court case search
- General District Court search
- VADOC offender locator
- VINE Link alerts
- VSP Criminal Records
For state rules on prisons, see Virginia Code Title 53.1.
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