Prince George County Inmate Records

Prince George County Jail Roster Overview

The official local lookup path is the Riverside Regional Jail inmate locator, not a Prince George Sheriff's Office booking page. Riverside is a regional adult local jail that serves Prince George County and six other member localities. The Sheriff's Office is still important for transport, courthouse security, civil and criminal process, home incarceration, and extraditions, but the public roster and custody services are maintained by Riverside Regional Jail Authority.

Riverside's IML system supports two search paths. A name search accepts first name, last name, and date of birth. An identifier search accepts booking number, permanent number, state ID, county ID, FBI number, or ICE number. This matters in Prince George County because a person may be booked under a common name, may have a federal or immigration identifier, or may have been released before a simple current-custody search is run.

The Riverside inmate database search form is the public interface documented in the research file.

Prince George County inmate records Riverside Regional Jail roster search form

The form shows why identifier searches are useful when a Prince George County inmate record is hard to match by name alone.

Use the Prince George County Inmate Roster

Start with the official Riverside route because it covers the local jail population serving Prince George County. If the arrest was recent, search by last name first and then narrow with first name or date of birth. If the person has already been released, transferred, or bonded out, run the search again with Include released inmates selected. Riverside did not publish a roster update frequency in the source material, so a missing new booking should be checked again before a records request is filed.

Open the Riverside Regional Jail inmate lookup entry page.
Use the name option for first name, last name, and optional date of birth.
Select Include released inmates if the custody window may have been short.
Use the identifier option for booking number, permanent number, state ID, county ID, FBI number, or ICE number.
Click a results row in the live browser session to view any profile details available there.
If no local record appears, check VADOC, BOP, ICE ODLS, VINELink, and court records.

Prince George County Roster Search Fields

The Riverside form is more detailed than a simple name box. It has a date-of-birth mask, released-inmate checkboxes, and a separate identifier path. During research, a last-name Smith search with released inmates included returned a table of 15 results, which shows that last name alone can work but may produce broad matches.

Field Label	Type	Required	Notes
First Name	Text	Unspecified	Can be paired with last name.
Last Name	Text	Unspecified	Last name alone returned results in testing.
Date of Birth	Date mask	Optional or unspecified	Uses mm/dd/yyyy format.
Include released inmates	Checkbox	No	Available on name and identifier searches.
Select Identifier	Dropdown	Yes for ID search	Booking, Permanent, State, County, FBI, or ICE number.
Value	Text	Yes for ID search	Use the exact number when known.

What Prince George County Inmate Records Show

The verified Riverside results table is limited. It shows enough to identify a booking record, but the research did not verify charge, bond, housing, or mugshot fields on the full profile because direct profile POST requests returned to the search form outside the live session. The page should therefore treat those fields as unverified unless the live tool displays them in a normal browser session.

Field	What It Shows
Inmate Name	Uppercase last, first, middle format.
Booking Number	Local booking number, observed in YY-NNNNN format.
Permanent ID	Riverside person-level numeric identifier.
Date of Birth	Displayed in MM/DD/YYYY format.
Release Date	Blank for some entries, populated for some released inmates.
Clickable Row	Live row path can open profile information, but exact profile fields were not verified.

Note: Do not treat a blank release-date field as a guaranteed current custody confirmation without checking the live profile or the jail.

Find Prince George County Jail and Prison Records

Prince George County inmate records divide by custody stage. Riverside covers local and regional jail custody. VADOC covers state prison and supervision records. BOP covers sentenced federal inmates, including the Petersburg federal institutions near Prince George and Hopewell. ICE ODLS is the official immigration detention locator. VINELink Virginia can help with notification and release-status alerts when the agency participates.

Custody	Where to Look	Use When
Pretrial or short local sentence	Riverside Regional Jail locator	A Prince George arrest was routed to the regional jail.
State sentenced or supervised	VADOC locator	The case moved into state custody or supervision.
Federal sentenced custody	BOP inmate locator	The person is in BOP custody or a federal institution.
Immigration custody	ICE ODLS	The person may be held under ICE authority.
Release notification	VINELink Virginia	You need custody or release alerts.

Prince George County Jail Facilities

Riverside Regional Jail is the main local facility serving Prince George County jail custody. The related Pre-Release Center sits nearby and supports work release and community corrections functions. The two FCI Petersburg pages are separate federal prison pages and should not be used as local jail roster pages.

Riverside Regional Jail

500 FOLAR Trail

North Prince George, VA 23860

(804) 524-6600

Regional jail roster, custody, visitation, mail, commissary, and FOIA contact.

Riverside Regional Jail Pre-Release Center

400 FOLAR Trail

North Prince George, VA 23860

(804) 524-6600

Work release, weekenders, community corrections, and program populations.

Booking Process in Prince George County

A typical custody path starts with an arrest or warrant service by Prince George Police, the Sheriff's Office, or another law-enforcement agency. The person is transported for processing, appears before a magistrate or court for charge and bond decisions, and is placed at Riverside Regional Jail if detention is ordered. Riverside intake creates the jail booking record and assigns local identifiers such as the booking number and permanent ID.

After intake, communication and classification rules begin. Riverside's family communications page says inmates receive free calls at incarceration and two free calls per week. In regular housing, inmates may make collect or debit calls. Housing and movement are tied to direct-supervision pods and housing units, which is why the visitation calendar is organized by unit or pod rather than a simple public visiting day.

Prince George County Jail Visitation Rules

Riverside requires all inmate visits to be scheduled online through the visitation portal. The jail uses housing-unit schedules, so visitors should confirm the person's housing and available time before travel. Visitors must arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled visit, and being more than 15 minutes late can result in denial of the scheduled visit. All visitors except minors need valid federal, state, or passport photo ID with date of birth.

Visit Type	Scheduling	Timing / Cost	Notes
On-site RRJ visit	Online through the RRJ visitation portal	Housing-unit schedule controls; examples include morning and afternoon slots	Arrive early; ID and search rules apply.
Remote/video visit	Online registration and scheduling	Brochure listed 15 minutes at $6.00; verify current price	Schedule at least one day and not more than seven days ahead.
Professional visit	Email professionalvisits@rrjva.org for verification	First-come, first-served; same-day remote visits call ext. 6020	For attorneys, probation, parole, and other professionals.

Contact a Prince George County Inmate

Riverside separates personal mail from legal mail. Since May 22, 2023, personal mail goes to a Phoenix, Maryland processing address and is digitally delivered to tablets or printed when tablet access is unavailable. Legal mail goes directly to Riverside at the FOLAR Trail address. This is one of the most important Prince George County inmate records details because families often assume all mail goes to the physical jail.

Service	Provider or Address	Rules
Personal mail	Riverside Regional Jail VA, inmate full name and ID, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131	Processed by third party and delivered digitally or on paper.
Legal mail	Riverside Regional Jail, inmate name and ID, 500 FOLAR Trail, North Prince George, VA 23860	Sent directly to the jail.
Phone	ICSolutions	Free intake calls and two free calls per week, then collect or debit calls.
Tablets and messages	ICSolutions / GettingOut tools noted by Riverside	Monitored system; violations can lead to bans or charges.