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Piedmont Regional Jail Overview

Piedmont Regional Jail, also known as Piedmont Regional Jail Authority, is a regional jail in Farmville, Virginia. It serves Amelia, Buckingham, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, and Prince Edward counties. PRJ is not a state prison and is not a federal prison, although its population includes local, state, and U.S. Marshal offenders. Cumberland County arrestees committed to jail custody usually enter this regional system rather than a separate Cumberland County jail.

PRJ describes itself as a minimum- to high-security facility. It houses male and female offenders and uses a regional model that grew from six counties' need to replace small, aging, overcrowded jails that did not meet recertification standards. PRJ opened on May 11, 1988, as Virginia's original regional jail facility, then later expanded with added dorms, bed space, and a modern intake and processing area.

The PRJ homepage identifies the jail as the regional facility serving Cumberland County and the other member counties.

The official facility source is the correct starting point for current PRJ custody, visitation rules, phone services, and jail records contacts.

Piedmont Regional Jail Capacity

PRJ's public site says the jail currently houses a maximum of 600 male and female offenders. The Board of Local and Regional Jails 2024 Annual Capacity Report gives more technical capacity figures: 500 permanent beds, 600 actual capacity including double-bunking, 274 rated capacity, and 312.83 average daily population for July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Both sets of numbers are useful because the public site speaks in maximum housing terms, while the Board report distinguishes rated capacity from actual double-bunking capacity.

The FY2024 average daily population exceeded rated capacity but stayed well below actual capacity including double-bunking. Because PRJ serves multiple counties and outside agencies, this facility count should not be treated as a Cumberland-only incarceration rate.

Look Up Piedmont Regional Jail Inmates

The correct online search for current PRJ custody is the PRJ Offender Lookup. PRJ says the page is used to search for an offender's location if the person is incarcerated at PRJ and under PRJ custody. The page embeds the Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker roster.

1. Open the PRJ offender lookup and let the JailTracker frame load.
2. Search by name. Captured app metadata confirms first-name and last-name search variables.
3. Review the result for agency, booking, charge, bond, court, hold, and release details when visible.
4. Call PRJ at (434) 392-1601 or records ext. 732 if the record is unclear or the person is not listed.
5. Use VADOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink when the person is sentenced, federal, immigration, or notification-related rather than current PRJ custody.

JailTracker metadata includes fields for images, charges, holds, cases, bond, court dates, arrest dates, warrant numbers, release values, and VINELink integration. Those fields do not mean every PRJ public profile displays every item.

Piedmont Regional Jail Contact

Use PRJ for facility questions, current offender location, visitation scheduling, jail records, offender accounts, and records faxing. Use the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office for arresting-agency, warrant, local process, or transport questions. The two offices answer different parts of a Cumberland County inmate lookup.

PRJ's contact page lists the address, main phone, records fax, extensions, and FOIA contacts.

The records extension and records fax are the practical follow-up channels when the roster does not answer a custody or booking-record question.

Visit Piedmont Regional Jail

PRJ requires visitors to contact the facility at least 48 hours in advance. Scheduling calls are accepted Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-3:30 pm. Each offender receives one visitation slot per week, up to 30 minutes, with up to six visitors. Visitors should arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled visit. Online video visitation is scheduled through GettingOut.com and requires a debit or credit card for the fee.

Visitors and vehicles are subject to search. Unoccupied vehicles must be secured and locked. Alcohol, tobacco products, weapons, ammunition, explosive devices, and explosive materials are prohibited on jail grounds. Minors cannot be left unattended in the lobby, waiting area, or on facility grounds.

Piedmont Jail Mail and Money

PRJ uses a digital personal mail route for family and friends. The published format sends personal mail to P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131, with the facility, state, inmate name, and inmate identifier or booking number. Digital delivery is through the tablet Facility Messages app under the free profile. Confirm the current format before sending mail because jail mail vendors and screening rules can change.

PRJ's commissary page lists deposit methods, commissary timing, phone numbers, and site ID details.

Money for commissary or phone accounts is not the same as bond; bond questions should be verified through PRJ and the court or magistrate process.

Piedmont Jail Booking Intake

PRJ's about material says the most recent expansion added a modern intake and processing area. For a Cumberland County arrest, the likely path is arrest or warrant service, magistrate review, release or commitment, transport to PRJ, and intake. Intake usually creates a booking record, verifies identity, records charging information, inventories property, takes a booking photo and fingerprints when required, and starts medical, mental-health, and security screening.

Booking

The administrative jail entry after arrest, including identity checks and record creation.

Classification

The jail's housing and security review based on behavior, health needs, charge type, and facility rules.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency that can affect release even if one charge has bond.

PR bond

Personal recognizance release, based on a promise to appear and obey conditions.

Piedmont Jail Programs

PRJ's mission emphasizes humane treatment, a safe and sanitary environment, staff growth, evidence-based programs, educational classes, and reentry services. Its work release and home electronic monitoring programs require court or DOC approval. PRJ eligibility rules include a sentence under 18 months, a non-violent offense, a current employer business license, no outstanding detainers, offender-provided transportation, a drug test, and work no more than six days per week.

Piedmont Jail Safety Reporting

PRJ's PREA material describes facility divisions, direct supervision, video monitoring, compliance with standards, and reporting routes. PREA reports can be made verbally in person or by telephone, by written letter or email, to the PREA Investigator ext. 241, PREA Coordinator ext. 248, PREA Manager ext. 297, by message line at (434) 392-3819, or through Southside Center of Prevention of Violence at 1-888-819-2926. Offenders may report from housing-area phones by dialing 99999 (1) (5).

Piedmont Regional Jail Directions

PRJ is at 801 Industrial Park Road in Farmville. Cumberland County visitors should plan for an out-of-county drive from the courthouse area to Farmville. From central Cumberland near 1 Courthouse Circle, the practical route is U.S. 60 west toward Farmville, then the local route to Industrial Park Road. From Richmond or the east, use U.S. 60 or the best current GPS route toward Farmville. From Lynchburg or Appomattox, approach Farmville through U.S. 460 and U.S. 15 area routes.

No official PRJ source located parking fees, visitor-lot capacity, a public transit route, or a separate accessible-parking map. Visitors needing accommodations should contact the facility before the visit.