Understanding Powhatan County Releases
A Powhatan County release begins with the custody system that held the person. Powhatan has no stand-alone county jail roster. Pamunkey Regional Jail houses many people arrested by Powhatan authorities, while the Powhatan Sheriff keeps arresting-agency material and the local courts keep the orders behind bond, dismissal, sentencing, and revocation. State Farm Correctional Center and State Farm Work Center are VADOC facilities located in Powhatan County, but they hold a statewide population. Federal or immigration custody is another separate path.
“Released” must be read with care. It may mean return to the community on bond, completion of time served, the end of a local sentence, parole, probation, or full state discharge. It may also appear in a facility record when the person actually transferred to another jail, state prison, a hospital, federal custody, or immigration custody. That second group did not gain freedom from all custody. The release record and receiving system distinguish the outcomes.
- Time served
- Credit equals the active jail term imposed for that custody episode.
- Discharge
- The official end of the custody or sentence status stated in the agency record.
- Parole
- Conditional release from prison for a person who is legally eligible.
- Probation
- Court-ordered community supervision, often linked to a suspended sentence.
- Detainer
- A request or notice tied to custody sought by another authority.
Powhatan County Release Types
Each release type points to a different source. A Pamunkey entry can show that the jail’s custody ended, but the Powhatan court may better explain why. A VADOC record controls a state-prison discharge, while an agency-specific locator controls a documented federal or immigration transfer. Never treat a charge dismissal as proof that every other hold cleared.
| Release type | Meaning | Confirm through |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or recognizance | Pretrial jail custody ended under court terms | Pamunkey release line and Powhatan bond order |
| Time served or sentence complete | The credited active local term ended | Jail computation and sentencing order |
| Dismissal or acquittal | That charge ended, though another hold may remain | Court disposition and jail release entry |
| Probation or suspended term | Community conditions follow the active jail part | Final order and named supervising agency |
| Parole | An eligible state prisoner leaves confinement under conditions | VADOC, Parole Board decision, and supervision record |
| Transfer | Physical custody changed but did not end | Receiving jail, VADOC, BOP, or ICE record |
Work release and electronic monitoring also require precise wording. Both can alter where a person spends time without finally discharging the sentence. Death ends custody but should never be described as an ordinary release. If a code appears instead of plain text, ask the custodian for an existing code legend.
Powhatan Release Record Fields
A strong local release record links the person to one identified booking and states how that event ended. Pamunkey’s public roster is rich in booking facts but carries no published release date, release time, reason, or recent-release archive. Those details must come from Booking/Release, Records, or a formal request. Request only existing records and identify the event narrowly.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Legal name and aliases | The person tied to the custody event |
| Inmate or booking number | The unique Pamunkey record rather than a name-only match |
| Arresting agency | Whether the booking relates to Powhatan |
| Booking date and time | The start of the identified jail episode |
| Release date and time | When Pamunkey recorded the exit |
| Release type or authority | Bond, time served, court action, discharge, or another basis |
| Destination or transfer code | Community release or movement to another custodian |
| Booking photograph | The adult intake image, if releasable under current law |
The precise fields produced depend on what Pamunkey holds, the existing format, and lawful redactions. A requester should ask for the recorded data rather than insist that each preferred field exists. Court records can add case number, charge, hearing events, disposition, sentence, and status, but they may not capture the exact time a person crossed the jail door.
Request Powhatan Release Records
The custody trail has three local custodians. Pamunkey Regional Jail holds the jail booking and release line. The Powhatan Sheriff may hold the arrest or incident record. The Powhatan court clerk keeps the legal order. Sending one broad request to a nonexistent Powhatan-operated jail can miss the records that answer the question.
- Call Pamunkey Booking/Release at 804-365-6400 extension 3043 for an immediate named-booking exit or transfer check.
- If the answer requires a document, contact Records at extension 3033 or submit a focused request to FOIA@pamunkeyjail.gov.
- Give the full name, alias, date of birth if known, inmate or booking number, Powhatan arresting agency, and approximate booking date.
- Ask for the recorded release date and time, release type or destination, and code legend. Request a cost estimate before charges exceed a stated limit.
- Ask the correct Powhatan clerk for the final bond, disposition, sentencing, or revocation order by case number.
Major Mark A. Bennett
P.O. Box 510, Hanover, VA 23069
804-365-6400 ext. 3008
FOIA@pamunkeyjail.gov
The Powhatan Sheriff’s FOIA route is psofoia@powhatanva.gov, 3880 Old Buckingham Road, Suite A, Powhatan, VA 23139, and 804-598-5652. Use it for arresting-agency material rather than the jail release line. For an inactive state offender, VADOC publishes Form 17 and accepts FOIA inquiries at FOIA@vadoc.virginia.gov or 804-963-2953.
Powhatan Release Law and Sealing
Virginia Code § 2.2-3704 governs the basic public-record request process. A request should reasonably identify existing records. An office does not have to create a new 24-hour list or answer a set of questions. It generally responds within five working days, though the lawful response may invoke up to seven additional working days, produce in part, cite a withholding, or state that records cannot be found. Actual reasonable costs may be charged, and a deposit may be required for a high estimate.
Virginia’s sealing rules appear in Chapter 23.2 of Title 19.2. When an eligible record is sealed, a law-enforcement agency may generally answer that no record exists unless an authorized disclosure applies, while a clerk may state that the record is sealed and available only by court order. A missing online case can also reflect scope, confidentiality, or an identity error. It is not proof that no booking or release occurred. Juvenile records follow separate limits.
Important: No official source supplies one universal retention period for every Powhatan release record or a fixed time that a released card stays online.
VADOC Powhatan Release Documents
A person leaving a VADOC facility receives records that can outlast a public locator result. VADOC describes a notification-of-release letter and review or signature of the applicable Order of Release, Conditions of Probation, or Conditions of Parole. Those documents are especially useful when a fully inactive person is no longer returned by the locator. They identify whether state prison custody ended with continued supervision or complete discharge.
VADOC also describes preparation of personal property and document envelopes during its facility-release process. That state procedure must not be attributed to Pamunkey Regional Jail. Pamunkey publishes no fixed exit, property-return procedure, family waiting point, transport service, or release hour in the sources reviewed. For local jail logistics, ask Booking/Release about the named event rather than relying on a state rule.
Note: A release letter records a state event; the live order and supervision conditions explain what remains in force afterward.
Find Powhatan County Released Inmates
Begin with the custody chain, not a broad name search across unrelated systems. The person’s exact legal name, known aliases, date of birth or age, and booking, inmate, or case number guard against a false match. Charges alone are weak identifiers. A current Pamunkey match means the person is listed in regional jail custody, not that the person has been released.
- Search Pamunkey’s current roster and record the booking identifiers for the correct Powhatan match.
- If the card has disappeared, call Booking/Release and ask whether the booking ended by community release or transfer.
- Check Virginia Jail VINE for current local custody and a future custody-change alert.
- Read the Powhatan court case for bond, dismissal, sentence, revocation, or commitment.
- Use the VADOC locator only when the sentence or jail record points to state responsibility.
- Check supervision through VADOC District 7, the Parole Board record, or Piedmont Court Services as the order directs.
- Use BOP, ICE, or federal court sources only when the record supports a federal or immigration path.
Important: A released person normally leaves a live jail roster. Absence confirms only that the current feed no longer lists that person.
For a very recent event, a phone response or VINE alert may arrive before a written record. For an older event, lead with the court case and a focused jail request because Pamunkey has no public historical release search. The Powhatan 24-hour release process explains how to define a same-day request when no official feed exists.
VADOC Powhatan Release Lookup
The official state tool is the Inmate and Supervisee Locator. Its title matters. It covers state incarceration and community supervision rather than promising a permanent archive of every former inmate. Use the locator when a Pamunkey record or Powhatan sentence shows commitment to VADOC. An ordinary short local booking may never belong there.
| Search field or result | Use | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Seven-digit inmate ID | Preferred exact state identifier | Applies only to VADOC records |
| Name | Alternative when the ID is unknown | Requires careful match review |
| Location | Shows the current VADOC placement | A changed prison is a transfer |
| Release date | Use the exact live label and value | Can change with legal or credit events |
| Supervisee result | Shows covered community supervision | Not the same as full discharge |
Search the inmate and supervisee sides as the known status requires. Compare the live date with the sentencing order and jail credit. If no result appears after full discharge, request the historical state record instead of claiming none exists. The manifest image comes from the official locator and illustrates the state search interface.
Open the VADOC locator source before using its fields.
The image represents the statewide custody and supervision route, not a Powhatan jail release archive.
Powhatan’s Regional Jail Release Search
Pamunkey Regional Jail formed its authority in 1993 and opened on March 1, 1998. Its official history reports about 127,000 square feet and capacity for 530 people. The regional jail houses adult men and women across custody levels and draws from member and contract localities, including Powhatan. That is why the roster must be filtered by the Powhatan arresting agency and booking identifiers.
The current Who’s In Jail page is not a recent-release feed. No official 24-hour list, 72-hour list, release field, public retention rule, or update cadence was found. A card can confirm present listing and supply identifiers. When it vanishes, Booking/Release, the records office, VINE, the court, and any receiving agency must finish the check.
The official Pamunkey roster view shows why a current card is useful before release.
Its fields identify the booking, but the screenshot must not be read as a list of released inmates.
Powhatan Courts Explain Releases
Powhatan’s Combined District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic cases, bail matters, and preliminary felony proceedings within its jurisdiction. Circuit Court handles felony trials, final felony sentencing, appeals, and later revocation matters. Search OCIS 2.0 by name, select the correct Powhatan court, and match the case number and charge to the Pamunkey booking.
A bond order can explain pretrial release. Dismissal, acquittal, or nolle prosequi can end a charge. A time-served entry or active sentence supplies the legal basis for calculation, while a suspended term can explain probation. Commitment to VADOC explains why someone left the local roster without entering the community. The online court disposition still may not show the hour Pamunkey completed release or prove that all unrelated holds cleared.
Does a dismissed charge prove release? No. It resolves that charge, but another charge or hold can keep the person in custody. Reconcile the court event with the jail record.
Powhatan Supervision and Release Alerts
Virginia Jail VINE covers local and regional jail custody, including Pamunkey. It is strongest for a current person check and future phone, email, text, TTY, or in-app custody-change notice where offered. Official workflow material says local-jail notifications stop after release, so VINE is not a permanent archive. VADOC state-custody victim notification now uses the separate NAAVI program for eligible registered victims.
For state supervision serving Powhatan, VADOC lists Petersburg District 7 at 6 Brasfield Parkway, Petersburg, VA 23805, phone 804-524-6542. Powhatan also participates in Piedmont Court Services for a separate local community-corrections layer. Read the order before choosing an office. The Powhatan parole and probation record path distinguishes state parole, felony probation, and local supervision.
Why can the same person need a new alert? A move from local jail to VADOC changes notification systems. Return to a local jail can require registration again. Agency alerts follow their own custody stage.
Powhatan Federal Release Transfers
No federal prison or dedicated ICE detention center was identified in Powhatan County. A local arrest can still move into federal or immigration custody when the individual case supports it. The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal inmates from 1982 onward and may show “Released” with a federal release date. That status means no longer in BOP custody; it does not rule out state, local, immigration, parole, or federal supervised-release obligations.
An ICE detainer can turn a Pamunkey “release” into a transfer. ICE describes a request for advance notice and up to 48 extra hours so it may assume custody. The ICE locator covers current detention and may retain a recently released ICE record for a limited period. Later absence proves nothing. No official standing Powhatan or Pamunkey ICE contract was found, so this path belongs only to a case with a documented hold.
The U.S. Marshals Service manages many federal pretrial prisoners but offers no public national released-person roster like BOP. Use the federal court docket or counsel for a pretrial matter, then BOP after designation. A Marshals transfer is not community release.
Powhatan Custody Versus Release
The correct source depends on both the custodian and the time period. A live roster answers who is listed now. A release record answers how one custody episode ended. A court order supplies legal authority, while a receiving system can show that custody continued elsewhere.
| Source | Still in custody | After release |
|---|---|---|
| Pamunkey roster | Current regional jail card | No published release archive |
| Pamunkey record | Booking identifiers | Recorded exit, type, and destination if held |
| Powhatan court | Pending case and custody-driving orders | Disposition, sentence, bond, or revocation order |
| VADOC locator | State location and date information | Supervisee coverage; records fallback after inactivity |
| BOP locator | Federal location | Federal “Released” result and date where available |
| ICE locator | Current immigration detention | Limited recent-release scope |
Preserve ambiguity when systems do not align. “Not found” can reflect spelling, data lag, transfer, full discharge, sealing, system scope, or a common-name error. A positive, matched official event is stronger than absence from one search.
Powhatan County Release Facilities
Three active facilities or custody relationships define the local release map. They do not share one roster. Choose the facility page that matches the person’s actual custodian.
- Pamunkey Regional Jail holds many Powhatan arrestees. Community release or transfer is confirmed through Booking/Release, jail records, VINE, and the court.
- State Farm Correctional Center is a VADOC prison. Use the statewide locator, state release papers, District 7 where applicable, and VADOC records.
- State Farm Work Center is also a VADOC facility. A work assignment is not discharge; verify the state status and release documents.
Powhatan Correctional Center is not in the current VADOC directory, and Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center closed in 2017. Neither should be built or treated as a current adult release-search facility. Old records may still use historical names, so match the event date before applying today’s custody map.