Piedmont Regional Jail Inmate Lookup

Piedmont Regional Jail Overview

Piedmont Regional Jail is operated by the Piedmont Regional Jail Authority and sits in Farmville, Virginia. It serves Amelia, Buckingham, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, and Prince Edward counties, which means Lunenburg County does not maintain a separate public jail roster or a standalone Lunenburg County Jail for routine inmate searches. The jail holds male and female offenders for local, state, and federal authorities, including people held for the U.S. Marshal. Its custody mix can include pretrial detainees, short-sentence inmates, state-responsible offenders waiting on transfer, and federal hold cases.

The facility describes itself as the original regional jail in Virginia and gives an opening date of May 11, 1988. Current public material from the jail says it operates as a minimum-to-high-security facility with more than 100 staff members. Lunenburg County Sheriff Arthur Townsend, Jr. is part of the local regional-jail context because the Lunenburg County Sheriff's Office may hold arresting-agency records even though PRJ holds the jail custody record. For Lunenburg County readers, the practical point is simple: a current jail search for a recent county arrest usually starts with the Piedmont Regional Jail offender lookup, while a sentenced state-prison search belongs in the Virginia Department of Corrections locator.

The Piedmont Regional Jail home page identifies the regional service area and the official family and offender resources.

Use that official jail site for current facility notices, then use the offender lookup or phone line for custody confirmation.

Piedmont Regional Jail Capacity and Population

Piedmont Regional Jail publishes several capacity references that should be read by date and source. The current about material says the jail has a maximum population of 600 male and female offenders. PREA history material says the original rated capacity was 103 and that the rated capacity was raised to 274 in 2010. A 2024 PREA-related snippet describes an average daily population not to exceed 500 with a capacity of 600. Because these figures come from different facility contexts, the 600 number is the best supported current maximum, while the older rated-capacity history explains how the jail grew.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Piedmont Regional Jail

The correct current-custody tool is the Piedmont Regional Jail Offender Lookup, which embeds a JailTracker search for this jail. It is a free public lookup, but a CAPTCHA may appear. Search by last name and first name, and remember that the roster is a current custody locator rather than a historical archive of everyone ever booked into the regional jail. If a Lunenburg County arrest does not appear, the person may be newly processed, released, transferred to VADOC, held under a federal or immigration process, or entered under a spelling variation.

1. Open the official PRJ offender lookup and complete any CAPTCHA shown by the JailTracker frame.
2. Search by last name first, then narrow with the first name if the result list is broad.
3. Confirm that the listed facility or booking detail points to Piedmont Regional Jail before relying on the match.
4. If the name is missing, call PRJ, check the VADOC locator for sentenced custody, use Virginia VINE for custody notifications, and check BOP or ICE when a federal or immigration hold is possible.

For a broader explanation of when to use the jail roster, VADOC locator, VINE, BOP, or ICE tools, compare the process with the Lunenburg County jail inmate records page.

Piedmont Regional Jail Address and Contact

Use the main number for custody, visit, and general routing questions. Records inquiries can use the records extension or records fax, and public-records questions can be routed to the listed FOIA contacts on the PRJ contact page. The jail also publishes multiple fax numbers, so use the records fax for records matters unless staff instruct otherwise.

Visiting Someone at Piedmont Regional Jail

Piedmont Regional Jail uses a housing-unit visitation schedule. Call at least 48 hours ahead, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., to request a slot. Each offender may receive one slot per week, visits may last up to 30 minutes, and as many as six visitors may attend when approved. Visitors should arrive 15 minutes early, expect searches, and leave food, drinks, weapons, tobacco, and alcohol outside the facility. Online visits are handled through GettingOut.com, require a debit or credit account, and carry a fee.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Piedmont Regional Jail

Personal mail is digitally delivered through a TextBehind-style service. Address personal mail to Piedmont Regional Jail, VA, with the inmate's name and identifier, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131, and include the sender's full name and address. Do not send checks, money orders, or attorney mail to that personal-mail address. For money, PRJ supports postal money orders by mail or front desk, a lobby kiosk, OffenderConnect online deposits, and phone deposits. Commissary timing matters: funds should arrive before 6:00 a.m. Monday for regular commissary, while Keefe out-of-house orders are accepted until 7:00 a.m. Thursday.

Booking and Intake at Piedmont Regional Jail

A Lunenburg County arrest routed to Piedmont Regional Jail enters a regional booking process rather than a county-only jail process. Intake can involve identity checks, custody classification, medical screening, housing assignment, property handling, and entry into the jail management system that feeds the public lookup. Timing varies, so a person may not appear online immediately after arrest. If court action or sentencing later changes custody status, the person may leave the local roster and become searchable through VADOC, VINE, or a federal locator depending on the authority holding them.

About Piedmont Regional Jail

Piedmont Regional Jail's public materials emphasize its role as a multi-county regional jail and its history as Virginia's first regional jail. The facility also publishes information about work release and home electronic monitoring. Eligibility is limited: the sentence must be under 18 months, the offense must be non-violent, the employer must have a business license, there must be no detainers, transportation must be available, and the participant must pass a drug test. Work release is capped at six days per week and lists fees of $220 upfront plus $90 weekly; home electronic monitoring lists $500 upfront plus $115 weekly.

PREA reporting contacts include an investigator at extension 241, a coordinator at extension 248, a manager at extension 316, a message line at (434) 392-3819, and the YWCA hotline at 888-947-9273. Those numbers are for sexual-abuse and sexual-harassment reporting channels, not general inmate lookup questions. Lunenburg County readers should also distinguish this regional jail page from the state-prison page for Lunenburg Correctional Center, which uses VADOC systems rather than the PRJ roster.