Gloucester County Released Inmates
Gloucester County released inmates records help families, lawyers, and the press find people who have left the Gloucester County Jail or the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail. The Sheriff's Office is the lead agency. Sheriff D.W. Warren, Jr. runs a state accredited 24-hour office at the county seat. Use this page to search a roster, look up a felony case, set up a release alert, or pull a court file. Each tool below is free and links to the right state or local site for a Gloucester County released inmate search.
Gloucester County Released Inmates Overview
Gloucester County Sheriff Inmate Roster
The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office is a full service agency with patrol, jail, civil process, and dispatch staff. The office is open all day and works at the county seat. Released inmates from the local jail go through the Sheriff's records desk. The office is state accredited and follows the rules of the Virginia Department of Corrections for jail care. Phone: 804-693-1376 for the jail and 804-693-1374 for the main office.
The local jail has visit rules based on the inmate's last name. Female inmates A-L visit Saturday at noon. Female inmates M-Z visit Sunday at noon. Male visits run the same days in the afternoon. Each visit lasts 20 minutes. Two visits per week are allowed. Confidential visits for lawyers, clergy, and doctors are not on the public rule list. The jail also offers GED classes, recovery classes, and a free notary service for inmates.
The first image below comes from the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office page, which lists the rules for the corrections division.
The page above is the right first stop for any Gloucester County released inmate question. It also links to the inmate program list and the visit form.
Note: Inmates serving non-consecutive weekends pay a $10 per day fee, and medical needs must be set up 72 hours before arrival.
Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail for Gloucester
Some Gloucester County inmates are held at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail. The jail handles overflow and longer terms from Gloucester, James City, York, Williamsburg, and Poquoson. The lobby is open for DNA work, fingerprinting, video visits, attorney meetings, magistrate access, money deposits, and medication drop-offs. Video visits must be scheduled in advance through the jail visit portal. On-site video is now available again. Updates run on the jail website and Facebook.
The image below is from the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail website, the right place for visit and inmate news.
Use the regional jail page when the local Gloucester County released inmate roster does not show your person.
Gloucester County Circuit Court Records
Felony cases for Gloucester County released inmates live with the Clerk of Circuit Court. The clerk holds criminal records, civil claims, deeds, wills, and marriage records. Land records date back to 1651. The court handles felonies and civil cases over $25,000. The General District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic, and small civil claims. The Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court covers family matters. Use the Virginia Circuit Court case information system and pick Gloucester from the list to start a name search.
For misdemeanor cases, use the General District Court case search. The data is real time and free. The image below is from the Gloucester County government page, which lists each court office.
This is the right place to start when you need a phone number for any Gloucester County released inmate court question.
State Prison Tools for Released Inmates
If a person from Gloucester County was sent to state prison, use the VADOC offender locator. It shows the facility, the projected release date, and the offender status. The data is free and updates each day. VADOC does not list jail or juvenile cases, so the local roster check is still needed for short stays.
The rules for state time live in Virginia Code Title 53.1. Section 53.1-24 makes the Director keep a register of every prisoner with the term, the offense, and the date received. Good conduct credit cuts time. Section 53.1-28 lets the Director discharge a prisoner up to 30 days early.
VINE Alerts for Gloucester County Released Inmates
VINE is the free alert service for victims and the public. Sign up at vinelink.com or call 1-800-467-4943. VINE works for the Gloucester County Jail and the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail. It tracks release, transfer, escape, death, and other custody changes. Sign up is anonymous. The Gloucester County released inmate is not told that someone is watching.
Note: VINE pulls from the same booking system as the jail, so the timing of an alert may lag a release by a few minutes.
Gloucester County FOIA and Records
The Virginia Freedom of Information Act lets you ask for jail and court records. The law lives at Virginia Code § 2.2-3700. The county has five working days to reply. Send a letter to the Sheriff's Office or to the County Administrator, or use the online FOIA form on the county site. Some files are held back. Active criminal investigation files do not have to be shared. Read § 2.2-3706 for the law on police files.
For background checks, the Virginia State Police criminal history check is the formal way. The fee is $15 per name search. Add the sex offender registry for $5 more.
Cities and Nearby Counties
Gloucester County is on the Middle Peninsula in eastern Virginia. There are no qualifying cities inside Gloucester County that have their own pages on this site. For records help in nearby places, use the county pages below.