Private resource notice: This is not a government office and has no authority over Western Tidewater Regional Jail or any other agency. We cannot confirm a person’s custody status, release anyone, post or accept bond, or pull official booking or release records. Contact the office that holds the record or controls the custody decision.
Suffolk Records and Custody Contacts
Suffolk is an independent city, and its primary local custody facility is Western Tidewater Regional Jail. The regional jail serves more than one locality, so a person held at its Suffolk address may have a case in Suffolk, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Hampton, or another jurisdiction. Start with the office responsible for the fact you need. Jail staff maintain the local custody event, the proper court maintains the legal order or disposition, and VADOC maintains state custody or supervision information.
Western Tidewater Regional Jail
2402 Godwin Boulevard
Suffolk, VA 23434
757-539-3119
Use the official WTRJ contact page to verify current procedures before calling or visiting.
WTRJ Release-Record Requests
Begin with WTRJ’s FOIA Rights and Responsibilities notice. Address the request to the current custodian named there.
Identify the person, booking episode, and a narrow date range. Ask for the recorded departure date and time, release or transfer type, releasing order or case number, and receiving agency when maintained. Request electronic copies and a cost estimate if needed.
A records request should seek identified records rather than ask staff to research an open-ended question. Virginia FOIA permits reasonable actual costs and an estimate or deposit process. Some information may be withheld or redacted under applicable law, so do not assume that a full institutional file will be available. Verify the records contact in the WTRJ notice before submitting the request.
Virginia Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 26963
Richmond, VA 23261
804-674-3000
Email: docmail@vadoc.virginia.gov
Use VADOC for state custody, state release-date records, or active state supervision, not for every WTRJ booking.
VADOC Probation and Parole District 6
425 West Washington Street, Suite 5
Suffolk, VA 23434
757-925-2278
District 6 serves Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, and Smithfield. The public directory does not promise access to a person’s officer assignment or protected case details.
Suffolk Circuit Court
150 North Main Street
Suffolk, VA 23434
757-514-7800
Clerk hours are listed as 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Use the official Circuit Court page to confirm hours and access procedures.
Suffolk General District Court
150 North Main Street
Suffolk, VA 23434
757-514-4822
Clerk hours are listed as 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Check the official General District Court page before visiting.
The court record can explain a bond order, dismissal, sentence, or other legal outcome, but it is not a minute-by-minute jail log. Western Tidewater Regional Jail remains the source for the physical release or transfer event. Circuit Court generally holds felony trials, appeals, and its own criminal records. General District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic matters, and preliminary felony proceedings.
The Virginia court case-information hub routes public searches by court level. Suffolk Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court has restricted juvenile and domestic records rules; its official court page provides current contact information without implying that protected case history is public.
Use the route that matches the request:
- For a released person or the underlying release record, start with the Suffolk released-inmate search and records path, then contact WTRJ for the maintained event.
- For active post-release supervision, consult Probation & Parole and use the VADOC locator or the responsible district office.
- For people who may have left WTRJ today, use Jail Releases: 24 Hours. WTRJ has no verified official rolling release feed, so confirm the event.
- For a projected date or status alert, use Projected Release or VINELink Inmate Search, based on custody type.
- For facility-specific procedures, use the Western Tidewater Regional Jail page listed in the footer and confirm current rules with the facility.
- For a sentenced state prisoner or supervisee, search the VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator.
- For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For current immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator and observe its limits.