Lexington Released Inmates
Lexington released inmates records cover people freed from the Rockbridge Regional Jail and from the Lexington and Rockbridge County courts. This page helps you search for a Lexington released inmate by name, ID, or case file. The Lexington Police Department books the arrests, and the regional jail on Greenhouse Road holds the inmate. You can pull a roster, look up a court date, or get an alert when someone walks out of custody. We link the right tools so a Lexington released inmate search starts fast.
Lexington Released Inmates Snapshot
Lexington Released Inmates Jail Roster
The Rockbridge Regional Jail holds people booked by Lexington Police, Buena Vista Police, and the Rockbridge County Sheriff. The jail sits at 258 Greenhouse Road, Lexington, VA 24450. The phone is 540-464-1188. The roster updates each day. You can search by name to find a Lexington 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 jail also serves the towns of Glasgow and Goshen.
The Lexington Police Department non-emergency line is 540-463-9177. The Rockbridge County Sheriff is at 540-463-7328.
Note: The same Rockbridge Regional Jail roster covers Lexington, Buena Vista, and Rockbridge County, so a search may show people from any of those places.
Lexington Released Inmates City Records
You can also use a third-party tool to look up a Lexington released inmate. The portal pulls city and court records and lets you sort by name, charge, or date. Police take the booking, then the regional jail takes the inmate.
The image below is from the Lexington city records page on Virginia State Records.
This kind of page can group arrest data and link it back to the right court file for a Lexington released inmate.
Lexington Released Inmates Court Files
Most felony charges in Lexington go through the Rockbridge County Circuit Court, which serves both the city of Lexington and the city of Buena Vista. Misdemeanors and traffic charges go to the Rockbridge County 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 Lexington or Rockbridge from the locality list.
Court files often show the sentence, the credit for time served, and the projected release date. That makes them a top source when you trace a Lexington released inmate. The case prefix CR means a circuit criminal case. GC means general district criminal. Per Virginia Code § 17.1-208, court records are presumed public.
State Locator for Lexington Released Inmates
If a Lexington 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 Lexington pass through one of these sites. The locator does not show local jail time, so use the Rockbridge Regional Jail roster first for short terms.
Note: A name match in VADOC is not always the right person, so confirm the date of birth or Offender ID before you act.
VINE Alerts for Lexington Released Inmates
VINE is the free alert tool for Lexington 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 call. VINE will let you know about a release, a transfer, an escape, or a court date change. The service is private. The inmate is not told that someone is watching the case.
VINE works with the Rockbridge Regional Jail and with the state prison system. You can register more than one person at a time. The alerts go out the moment the jail logs the change. Many people use VINE to track a Lexington released inmate from the moment of booking through the day of release. The free toll-free line works in any part of the state, day or night.
VINE also covers court date changes for a Lexington released inmate. That helps families and victims get to the right hearing on time. The alert can come as a text, an email, or a voice call.
Criminal History and FOIA in Lexington
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 Lexington released inmate, file a Virginia FOIA request with the Lexington 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.
Lexington Released Inmates Resources
Use these tools to start most Lexington released inmate searches:
- Lexington city records page
- Circuit Court case search
- General District Court search
- VADOC offender locator
- VINE Link alerts
- VSP criminal history records
For state rules on prisons, see Virginia Code Title 53.1.
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