How to Use the Henrico County Inmate Search
The Sheriff's inmate search is free and needs no login. You can search by last name or browse with alphabet buttons. It returns a table of people currently held in Henrico custody. Because the tool excludes juvenile offenders, you will only see adults.
The official search page is the place to start.
The Henrico Sheriff inmate search lets you look up current jail custody by last name or alphabet button.
- Open the Henrico Sheriff inmate search page.
- Type the person's last name, or pick the starting letter from the alphabet buttons.
- Run the search and review the result table.
- Note the booking date, facility, and inmate ID.
- For charges or a court date, move to the court systems or call the charging agency.
Henrico Inmate Search Fields
The search form is simple by design. There is one last-name field and a row of alphabet buttons. There is no field for charges, booking number, or court date, because the tool is a custody locator.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Please search by last name | Text | Optional | Last-name search only. |
| Search | Button | Conditional | Runs the last-name search. |
| Reset Search | Button | No | Clears the search. |
| Starting letter of last name | Alphabet buttons | Optional | A through Y-Z, grouped where letters are combined. |
If the last name is common, the alphabet browse can return a long list to scroll through.
What the Henrico Inmate Search Results Show
A result row gives identity and custody basics, nothing more. Example facilities in results are Jail West and Jail East. The booking date includes a date and time, and the inmate ID is a zero-padded number. The table below lists each field and what it tells you.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Select Row | A link to open the individual record. |
| First / Middle / Last Name | The inmate's name as booked. |
| Suffix | Any name suffix, such as Jr. |
| Booking Date | Date and time the person was booked. |
| Facility | JAIL WEST or JAIL EAST. |
| Inmate ID | A zero-padded numeric identifier. |
There is no charge, bond, mugshot, or court date in this public table.
Henrico Inmate Search Disclaimers
The Sheriff is direct about what the search is and is not. The page states the data should not be relied on for legal action and that all defendants are presumed innocent until found guilty. An arrest is not an indication of guilt. The office does not warrant the accuracy of the data.
Important: The Sheriff does not provide case dispositions or charge information through the inmate search; contact the charging agency or the court clerk for those.
For the arrest-record side of custody, see the Henrico County arrest records page.
Henrico Regional Jail West
Regional Jail West opened in 1980 and expanded in 1996. It is a maximum-security facility holding both pretrial and post-trial inmates, and it serves as headquarters for the Office of the Sheriff. Its Intake and Release Booking section uses imaging technology to process and release inmates. Jail Services there include education, substance-abuse and mental-health programs, religious services, mail, visitation, property, laundry, and recreation.
The Sheriff's homepage names the leadership and accreditation.
The Henrico Sheriff homepage names Sheriff Alisa A. Gregory and notes the office's accreditation and inmate lookup.
Regional Jail West
4317 East Parham Road
Henrico, VA 23228
(804) 501-4581
After hours (804) 501-4586
Henrico Regional Jail East
Regional Jail East sits on 76 acres in New Kent County and was dedicated September 17, 1996. Henrico calls it a new-generation, campus-style jail, the first of its kind in the Commonwealth. It was built under a regional agreement among Goochland, Henrico, and New Kent counties. It uses direct supervision, which means deputies work inside the housing areas with fewer barriers to encourage communication and prevent problems.
An inmate may be held here even though it is outside Henrico's borders.
Check the facility field in the search result so you contact the right jail.
Booking and the Intake Process
When a person is brought to a Henrico jail, they pass through intake before they appear in the inmate search. Jail West runs an Intake and Release Booking section that uses imaging technology to process and release inmates. Booking records identity, takes property into control, and includes a medical screening. Only after booking is complete does a name show up in the public locator.
This is why a very recent arrest may not appear right away.
If you cannot find a recently arrested person, wait and search again, or call the facility. The booking queue and shift timing can delay when a record posts to the public search, so a missing name is not always a release.
Jail Programs and Services
Both facilities provide services well beyond basic custody. Jail Services include laundry, recreation, virtual visitation, property control, mail delivery, religious services, and mental-health and substance-abuse support. Education is a core part of what the jail offers, and the programs are meant to prepare people for release.
Example programs at Jail West include GED preparation and testing, computer technology, parenting and fatherhood classes, substance-abuse and relapse prevention, and group and individual counseling. Jail East provides laundry, recreation, virtual visitation, property control, mail delivery, and religious services on its campus.
These services connect to the population data covered on the jail population page, which describes how the count breaks down by status.
Charges and Dispositions Are Kept by the Court
The single most common mistake is expecting the jail search to show charges. It does not. To learn the charge, the bond, the next court date, or the outcome, you go to the court that handles the case. Misdemeanors and traffic sit in General District Court, while felonies sit in Circuit Court.
The jail tells you where a person is; the court tells you why.
Use the Henrico County court records systems to find the charge and disposition once a case is filed.
Does the jail search show what someone was charged with? No. The Henrico inmate search lists identity, booking date, facility, and inmate ID only. For the charge, the bond amount, and the next court date, search the case in the Virginia court systems or call the charging agency.
Sending Money to a Henrico Inmate
Inmate funds can be used for commissary, phones, tablets, and certain programs. Money can be added online through Access Corrections, by phone, in person at a Keefe kiosk, or by mail. Personal checks are not accepted, and cash should never be mailed. Money orders and certified checks must be addressed to Henrico Sheriff's Office Inmate Funds with the inmate's name and one identifier.
The deposit page lists the online and phone options.
The Henrico inmate services overview describes property, medical screenings, money, and care packages for people in custody.
In-person deposit hours differ by facility, as shown below.
| Facility | In-Person Deposit Hours | Accepted |
|---|---|---|
| Jail West | Mon-Fri 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | Certified checks / money orders |
| Jail East | Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | Certified checks / money orders |
| Online | Anytime | Access Corrections (accesscorrections.com) |
| Phone | Anytime | 636-888-7004 |
Inmate Mail and Video Visitation
Henrico places no limit on the volume or length of letter mail an inmate may receive, except where clear and convincing evidence justifies a limit. Mail must include the inmate name and ID and the correct facility. Overnight items can come by FedEx or UPS Monday through Friday; do not use USPS for overnight delivery because of processing delays.
Visits are handled by video through a provider.
The Henrico video visitation page explains the GettingOut and GTL setup, including verified email and phone and the Visit Now app.
Visitors set up an account, verify contact details, and download the Visit Now app; GTL technical support is 866-516-0115.
The video setup has a few steps that trip people up. The email address and cell number must be verified before a family member or friend becomes a verified contact for the inmate. An inmate may request a contact, and the visitor receives an email when that happens. At the time of the page, an inmate-initiated outgoing visit could only be completed on a visitor's smartphone, so a computer alone may not work for those visits.
State and Federal Custody Transfers
If someone is not in the Henrico search, they may have moved to state or federal custody, another local jail, or been released. State prison custody is tracked by the Virginia Department of Corrections locator, which updates daily. Federal custody is tracked by the Bureau of Prisons. VINELink offers custody-status notifications across systems.
The federal locator covers custody from 1982 to the present.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator searches federal custody by name or register number.
A "Released" or "Not in BOP Custody" result does not always mean a person is free. They may be on supervised release, in state or local custody, or held under another name. State prison custody shows in the Virginia Department of Corrections locator, which updates daily but will not discuss specific sentence details with the public.
For release verification and reentry tools, the released inmates page covers VINELink and the state and federal locators, and the jail population page covers facility data.