Locate Eastern Shore Regional Jail Inmates

Eastern Shore Regional Jail Overview

Eastern Shore Regional Jail is operated by the Northampton County Sheriff's Office, but it matters for Accomack County inmate searches because the official regional jail page says it primarily houses pretrial, pre-sentenced, and sentenced inmates from Northampton and Accomack Counties. It may also accept inmates from other jurisdictions. The facility is in Eastville, outside Accomack County, so custody questions should be framed as regional jail questions rather than Accomack County Jail questions.

The official page describes the jail as a minimum-to-maximum-security facility for male and female offenders. It opened in May 2007, replaced the old 30-bed Northampton County Jail, and is described as an 85,500-square-foot regional facility with security cameras throughout the main interior and exterior. It has control rooms that operate doors, lights, cameras, telephones, and televisions, along with a kitchen, laundry, medical department, administrative offices, and an on-site magistrate's office.

The official Eastern Shore Regional Jail page publishes the regional jail's capacity, visitation, commissary, phone, video visit, professional visit, and VINE information.

The image belongs on this facility page because the source is the regional jail's own official information page, not a borrowed county jail roster.

Eastern Shore Regional Jail Capacity

The official Northampton County page lists Eastern Shore Regional Jail as a 248-bed facility. The 2023 Board of Local and Regional Jails capacity report lists related but different figures: 260 permanent beds, 8 temporary beds, 16 special-purpose beds, a rated capacity of 148, and an average daily population of 49.74 for the report period. As with Accomack County Jail, these figures should be read by source type. Official facility beds and BOLRJ rated capacity are not the same measure.

The regional jail's role is more than a spare bed site. It was built to serve the Eastern Shore correctional needs of Northampton and Accomack, and the official page says it is maintained to hold pretrial, pre-sentenced, and sentenced inmates. That mix means the same facility may hold a person waiting for court, a person awaiting sentencing, and a person serving a local sentence. State prison inmates remain a VADOC issue after transfer to state custody.

Lookup Eastern Shore Regional Jail Inmates

Eastern Shore Regional Jail should be checked when a person arrested in Accomack may have been moved to the regional jail or held there under a regional arrangement. The official page does not publish a booking-photo gallery in the text reviewed, but it does publish direct jail contact information and VINE access. For current custody, call the regional jail contact line and use VINE or VINELink for notification. For court charges, use Virginia court case systems. For state prison custody after sentencing, use VADOC rather than the regional jail.

1. Call Eastern Shore Regional Jail at (757) 678-0440 and ask whether the person is currently housed there.
2. Search or register with Virginia VINELink for custody and release notifications.
3. Use the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and court locality when asking staff to check regional custody.
4. Check Accomack County jail inmate records if the person may still be at the primary county jail.
5. Use the VADOC locator only when the person is under state correctional custody or supervision.

Eastern Shore Regional Jail Contact

The official regional jail material shows two Eastville address references: 5245 The Hornes and 16404 Courthouse Rd. The user-facing jail contact line is (757) 678-0440. The Northampton Sheriff's Office contact area lists the sheriff's office at 5211 The Hornes, Eastville, VA 23347, with office, dispatch, and fax numbers. For inmate-specific questions, start with the regional jail number rather than the Northampton sheriff administrative number.

Eastern Shore Regional Jail Visits

Eastern Shore Regional Jail publishes a housing-unit visitation schedule. Visits are non-contact, first come, first served, and assigned by housing unit. Registration starts at 8:00 AM and cuts off at 9:00 AM. Visits start at 9:00 AM, last 30 minutes, and are limited to one visit per inmate per day. Late arrivals after cutoff cannot visit. Visitors sign in at Central Control with valid photo ID, physical address, and relation to the inmate, and they are subject to search.

Weapons, cell phones, cameras, contraband, food, and beverages are prohibited. Visitors under 18 must be with a parent or legal guardian. The published limit is one adult and two children or two adults at one time. Former inmates cannot visit until 90 days after release unless they receive prior written approval, and inmates on disciplinary segregation receive no visits.

Eastern Shore Regional Jail Money

Eastern Shore Regional Jail publishes more detail about money, commissary, phones, and video visitation than the Accomack County Jail pages reviewed. Money brought at arrest or from court is deposited into the inmate's commissary account. Funds can be added through the jail lobby kiosk or through JailATM online. The lobby kiosk is available 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. Funds cannot be released until the inmate is released, and money is not transferred from one inmate to another or to the public. Remaining funds are returned by debit card on release.

Paytel phone accounts may be set up by family or friends at 1-866-729-8352 or through Paytel. Inmates may also transfer commissary money to phone debit. Calls are recorded at all times. For video visitation, the official page says visitors fund Homewav, not the inmate, and misuse can terminate privileges. Personal property is not allowed after booking. Items like t-shirts, underwear, and shoes must be ordered on commissary.

Eastern Shore Regional Jail Professional Visits

Professional visits are handled differently from family visitation. Attorneys and probation staff use attorney-client rooms. Professional visitors must sign in and out, present a bar card or identification as required, and pass through a metal detector. The official page says that, unless approved ahead, visitation ends by 6 PM. Legal visits are still subject to secure-facility controls, but they are not the same as the housing-unit family visitation schedule.

Video visitation does not replace attorney-client confidentiality rules. Family and social video visits are monitored and recorded, while professional visits follow the jail's professional-visitor process. A family member with a legal question should not try to use social video visits as a substitute for counsel. Court dates, charge status, and attorney appearances should be checked through the Virginia court system or counsel, not only through the regional jail.

Eastern Shore Regional Jail Intake

The regional jail can receive people arrested locally, brought from court, or transferred from another holding point. When an inmate is arrested or brought over from court, the official page says all money is deposited into the inmate's commissary account. On booking, an inmate receives an ID and phone PIN. The facility also has an on-site magistrate office, which fits its regional role in the local arrest-to-court process.

For Accomack County families, the main custody issue is location. A person arrested in Accomack may be at Accomack County Jail, at Eastern Shore Regional Jail, transferred to state custody, or held under a different authority. A detainer is a hold or notice from another agency that can affect release even if local bond is posted. Bond and charge questions may require the jail, a magistrate or court, and the Virginia court portals because jail housing and court case status are related but separate records.

About Eastern Shore Regional Jail

Eastern Shore Regional Jail opened in May 2007 to replace a 93-year-old Northampton County Jail with 30 beds. The official page describes the current facility as built for present and future Eastern Shore correctional needs. It operates 24 hours and employs 53 people, making it Northampton County's largest department in the official description. The facility has a full-service kitchen, laundry, medical department, administrative offices, and control systems for secure movement and monitoring.

The Northampton Sheriff's Office also has a Tip411 app page. The app is a Northampton County Sheriff's Office tool for anonymous tips, crime alerts, and web or social content. It is not documented as an inmate roster, warrant search, booking mugshot gallery, or records request system. Do not treat the app as an Accomack sheriff app or as a substitute for calling the regional jail, using VINE, or checking court records.