Charles City County Jail Roster
Charles City County does not publish a separate county-run jail roster on the county website. The Charles City County Sheriff's Office points jail users to Riverside Regional Jail, a regional authority that serves Charles City, Chesterfield, Prince George, Surry, Colonial Heights, Hopewell, and Petersburg. That is the key local fact for Charles City County inmate records: the arrest may start with a county deputy, but the booking profile is normally created and searched in the Riverside system after commitment.
The official roster path is the Riverside Regional Jail Inmate Lookup Tool, which redirects to the DSI-ITI IML portal. It is a free public search with name fields, date of birth, identifier search, and an option to include released inmates. The Riverside record covers regional jail custody. It does not replace the Virginia Department of Corrections locator for sentenced state custody, the BOP locator for federal prison custody, or the ICE detainee locator for immigration custody.
Use the roster first when the person was recently arrested in Charles City County or may still be held in local or regional jail custody. Use the court systems when the question is about formal charges, hearings, or case outcomes. Use Virginia VINE when the goal is notification of a custody or case-status change.
Use the Charles City County Roster
The Riverside search screen supports two paths. A name search accepts first name, last name, and date of birth. An identifier search accepts a selected identifier and a value. The identifier menu seen in the research included Booking Number, Permanent Number, State ID, County ID, FBI Number, and ICE Number. A Charles City County inmate record may appear even when the visible county field or charge source points to another member locality, so confirm the booking details before assuming the arresting agency.
- Open the direct Riverside Inmate Lookup Tool or reach it from the jail's inmate-lookup page.
- Search by last name first. Add first name or date of birth when the result list is too broad.
- Use identifier search when a booking number, permanent number, state ID, county ID, FBI number, or ICE number is known.
- Check the released-inmate box when the person may have left Riverside custody.
- Open the profile row to review booking number, bond, charges, housing, detainers, and any hearing rows.
Do not treat a blank release date as a promise that the person will remain in custody. Riverside's FAQ says release information is not given to the general public. Inmates are responsible for telling family or friends about a release date, and projected release fields can change.
Charles City County Search Fields
The roster form is more detailed than a simple name box. It can search by person name or by several criminal-justice identifiers. That helps when a common name produces too many results, when a booking number was read from a bond row, or when an outside hold uses a federal or immigration identifier.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Text | No | Used with the name-search panel; can narrow a last-name search. |
| Last Name | Text | Primary name field | Best first search for Charles City County inmate records. |
| Date of Birth | Date mask | No | Shown with a month/day/year placeholder. |
| Include released inmates | Checkbox | No | Appears on both search paths, but no public retention window was found. |
| Select Identifier | Dropdown | Yes for ID search | Booking Number, Permanent Number, State ID, County ID, FBI Number, or ICE Number. |
| Value | Text | Yes for ID search | Enter the selected identifier value, up to the portal limit. |
The image below comes from the direct Riverside Inmate Lookup Tool and shows the form Charles City County users reach for regional jail custody searches.
The form's identifier options are important because the same person may have a jail booking number, a permanent jail ID, a state ID, or a federal identifier in different records.
Charles City County Profile Details
A Riverside profile can be much richer than the result list. The result row shows a compact name, booking number, permanent ID, date of birth, and release-date column. The profile can add physical descriptors, mugshot images, housing, bond, charge, alias, detainer, and hearing sections. Some rows may be blank. A blank court case number or hearing table does not prove that no case exists in the court system.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking Number | Riverside booking identifier, observed in a year-number format. |
| Permanent ID | A longer-term person or jail identifier. |
| Mugshot Images | Thumbnails and a larger booking-photo area when the profile includes images. |
| Physical Data | Sex, date of birth, height, weight, hair, eye color, complexion, race, and ethnicity. |
| Identifiers | State ID, police or county ID, FBI number, ICE number, citizenship, and country of birth when populated. |
| Housing | Current location, housing section, block, cell, bed, and commitment date. |
| Bond | Case number, bond type, amount, status, percent, set by, set date, and total. |
| Charges | Case number, offense date, code, description, grade, and degree. |
| Detainers and Hearings | Hold or hearing tables when populated, or a no-information message. |
A bond row with a zero total may still mean no release is available. The research found examples where the bond type read held without bail or no bond. Bond conditions come from a magistrate or judge, and a detainer can block release even when one charge has a bond.
Charles City County Custody Channels
Charles City County inmate records split by custody type. Riverside covers the local and regional jail stage. VADOC covers sentenced state prisoners and supervised people. BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 forward. ICE ODLS covers people currently in ICE custody and CBP custody longer than 48 hours. Virginia VINE is a notification system, not a jail roster, but it is useful when a release or transfer changes quickly.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Usually Means |
|---|---|---|
| Regional jail | Riverside Inmate Lookup | Pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, holds, and recent bookings. |
| State prison or supervision | VADOC locator | Sentenced Virginia custody, probation, parole, CCAP, or DOC-supervised placements. |
| Federal prison | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal prison custody or release history from 1982 forward. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | ICE detainees or CBP custody over 48 hours, searched by A-number or name data. |
| Custody notification | Virginia VINE | Custody and case notifications when roster data changes. |
Charles City County Jail Facility
There is one facility page for this county build because the research found one official local/regional jail serving Charles City custody. Riverside Regional Jail is outside Charles City County in North Prince George, but it is the official jail path linked from the sheriff's page and the roster source for local custody searches.
Riverside Regional Jail
500 FOLAR Trail
North Prince George, VA 23860
804-524-6600
Regional jail information line and records fallback.
Charles City County Sheriff's Office
10780 Courthouse Road
Charles City, VA 23030
804-829-9265
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; law enforcement operates 24/7.
For jail records that are not answered by the roster, Riverside names Lt. C. Jones in the Office of Professional Review as the FOIA contact. For sheriff-created incident, arrest, civil process, or warrant records, contact the Charles City County Sheriff's Office under Virginia FOIA.
Charles City County Booking Process
A Charles City arrest generally moves through a magistrate or judicial officer before a person is released or committed to regional jail custody. If the person is held, Riverside intake creates the booking record. Virginia law requires jailers to keep a record describing each committed person, the terms of confinement, the offense or cause, and the date received. Riverside's public profile shows the practical output of that intake process: booking number, permanent ID, descriptors, photo fields, housing, bond, charges, detainers, and hearing sections.
Classification and housing details can appear as current location, section, block, cell, and bed. The roster may show arrest or warrant allegations before the prosecutor and courts settle the formal case record. For formal charges after a booking, use Virginia court search systems and the Charles City clerks rather than relying only on a jail charge row.
- Commitment date
- The date the person was received into jail custody.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that may affect release.
- Projected release date
- An estimate that can change and may not be given to the public.
- No bond
- A custody status that means release is not available unless a court changes the order.
Charles City County Visit Rules
Riverside schedules all inmate visits online. Visitors should arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start. Arriving more than 15 minutes late can lead to denial. The jail also states that disruptive or argumentative visitors may be asked to leave and barred from future visits, and the visitation phones provided at the jail must be used at all times.
| Topic | Riverside Rule or Detail |
|---|---|
| Scheduling | All inmate visits are scheduled online through the visitation portal. |
| Arrival | Arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start. |
| Late Arrival | More than 15 minutes late for a regular visit means denial. |
| Conduct | Disruptive visitors may be removed and barred from future visits. |
| Visit Phone | Phones provided in visitation must be used at all times. |
| ID, Dress, Children | Specific official rules were not located in the inspected pages; confirm before travel. |
The ICSolutions video visitation page for Riverside shows the remote visit path and app references.
Remote visits require registration and device setup before scheduling, and off-site visits are fee-based with costs set by the facility or vendor.
Contact a Charles City County Inmate
ICSolutions is the phone vendor for Riverside. Inmates receive free calls at intake and two free calls per week. Regular housing inmates may make collect or debit calls, but many phone companies do not allow collect calls to cell phones. Debit options include a prepaid phone account or inmate debit account.
Riverside's FAQ says books are no longer accepted into the facility. Inmates may order books from tablets, including free selections. The same FAQ says court clothing is no longer accepted because the jail provides clothing for court. Keys and bank cards may be released only within the first 15 days by appointment with property. After that, the inmate must mail property out with the required property-removal form.
Charles City County Inmate Funds
Keefe Commissary Network manages Riverside commissary. Funds can be accepted online, by mail, or in person using jail lobby kiosks. Kiosks accept cash or credit. Research found that credit fees apply and that cash deposits at lobby kiosks have no fee. Certified funds may be delivered to lobby personnel during the published lobby-personnel windows and should be made payable to the inmate's name in care of Riverside Regional Jail with the jail-assigned ID number.
| Method | Detail | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Online | Credit-card deposits through the commissary portal. | Fees apply. |
| Lobby kiosk | Cash or credit at jail touchscreen kiosks. | Credit fees apply; cash kiosk deposits have no fee. |
| Mail or certified funds | Money order or certified funds payable to the inmate in care of Riverside Regional Jail with jail ID. | No fee found in the reviewed source. |
| Care package | Keefe care package program, with account-balance limits noted in Riverside research. | Vendor terms. |
Note: Confirm custody with Riverside before sending funds, because transfer or release can change the correct account path.