This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule release, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the official contact that controls the record.
Where to Look for Jail and Court Records
For Albemarle County adult jail custody, start with Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail at 160 Peregory Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22902. The main jail number is 434-977-6981. ACRJ Records is supervised by Brandi Thompson and can be reached at 434-977-6981 ext. 303, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Formal ACRJ FOIA requests go to Theresa Schwab at 434-977-6981 ext. 268 or foiarequests@acrj.org.
Albemarle County Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Chan Bryant at 411 East High Street, Building B, Charlottesville, VA 22902, but local jail records route through ACRJ rather than the sheriff alone. Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney is at 410 East High Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902, phone 434-972-4072, for prosecution-office matters.
- For someone held in the local jail, use jail inmate records, Virginia VINE at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/search/VA/Person, or ACRJ Records.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and use ACRJ FOIA if no public image is online.
- For charges and court dates after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Virginia court case portals.
- For a facility-specific overview, see Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.
- For a sentenced Virginia prisoner, use the VADOC locator at https://vadoc.virginia.gov/general-public/inmate-and-supervisee-locator/.
- For federal prison custody, use the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/; for immigration detention, use ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/.