Virginia Inmate Search
About Virginia State Department of Corrections
The Virginia State Department of Corrections is responsible for keeping and maintaining an updated database for inmates completing their sentence in Virginia state prisons.
The database is for public use. It can be found on the Virginia State Department of Corrections official website. The database displays inmates who are currently in jail, on parole, or been released from jail. You can search the database with the offenders first and last name.
Unlike the state of Virginia, Virginia county and city jails keep their databases separate from the state. You will not find any inmates that are housed in county and city jails in the Virginia State Department of Corrections database.
Basic Information
| Department Name | Virginia State Department of Corrections |
| Official Website | http://www.vadoc.virginia.gov/ |
| Currently Incarcerated Inmates | https://vadoc.virginia.gov/offenders/locator/ |
| Visitor Application | https://visitationform.vadoc.virginia.gov/#/ |
| Video Visitation | https://www.vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends/visiting-an-inmate/video-visitation/ |
| Send Mail/Packages | https://www.vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends/sending-mail/ |
| Send Money | https://www.vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends/sending-money/ |
| Phone Calls | https://www.vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends/phone-correspondence/ |
| Location | P.O. Box 26963. Richmond, VA 23261-6963 |
| Phone Number | 804-674-3000 |
| [email protected] |
How to Do an Inmate Search in Virginia
When an offender is housed in a state prison, they are property of the Department of Corrections Division. As stated above every state’s Department of Corrections Division has their own jail roster or database that the general public may use.
The Virginia Department of Corrections offender search database can be found on the official Virginia Department of Corrections website.
You can search the inmate list by using the following pieces of information:
- Offender ID
- First Name
- Last Name
The DOC number will take precedence during all searches. The DOC is a six-digit number. All incoming inmates will be assigned their DOC number by the Virginia Department of Corrections. This will be the easiest and quickest way to locate an inmate.
If you decide to enter their DOC number in the field provided, you will NOT need to enter their first and last name. However, the DOC field will only show results for the EXACT number you have entered, so you will want to double check, if no results pop up.
If you don’t know the inmate’s DOC number or there are no search results for the DOC number you plugged in, the next thing you can do is search by the inmate’s first and last name.
When you finally get some search results, you will see a list of all inmates that fit the criteria you plugged in. This is not a release search. All inmates are currently sitting behind bars.
You will see the following pieces of information in the Virginia jails inmate search:
- Offender Number
- Offender Name
- Sex
- Race
- VADOC Release Date
- Location