Accomack County Jail Roster Status
No official public Accomack County jail roster or searchable sheriff inmate lookup was located on the county and sheriff pages reviewed for this project. That is the key local fact. Do not treat commercial roster pages, scraped jail directories, or mugshot sites as official Accomack County inmate records. Current custody has to be verified through the jail, sheriff, VINE/VINELink, the regional jail when relevant, and the court or corrections system that now controls the case.
The Accomack County Sheriff's Office lists the jail phone and sheriff office phones on its official contact page. The sheriff is W. Todd Wessells, and the jail is the Accomack County Jail at 23323 Wise Ct., Accomac, VA 23301. That facility is the primary local jail for adult Accomack detainees, pretrial inmates, and some short local sentences. If a person has been transferred, sentenced, or held on a federal or immigration matter, the search has to leave the local jail path.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No official online Accomack jail roster located | n/a | n/a | The official county and sheriff pages do not expose a public roster form. |
| Current custody check | Phone | Yes for live status | Call Accomack County Jail first for current local custody. |
| Custody notification | VINE/VINELink | No | Use VINE for custody status and change alerts. |
| Written jail record | FOIA request | Depends on record | Ask for existing records with enough detail for staff to identify them. |
Search Accomack County Custody
Because there is no located public roster, the Accomack County inmate lookup process is a fallback chain. Start with the agency most likely to know where the person is right now. Then move outward only if the first source does not match the custody stage. A recent arrest is different from a sentenced state-prison case, and a federal hold is different from a county warrant.
- Call Accomack County Jail at (757) 787-1095. Ask whether the person is currently held, whether any transfer is pending, and what custody information can be released by phone.
- Call the sheriff's main lines, (757) 787-1131 or (757) 824-5666, when the question involves arresting agency, incident reports, warrants, or records routing.
- Use Virginia VINELink or VAVINE for free custody status and notification. VINE is useful when a release or transfer may happen after the first phone call.
- Check Eastern Shore Regional Jail if the person may have been held regionally. That facility serves Northampton and Accomack custody needs and can be reached at (757) 678-0440.
- Search the Virginia Department of Corrections locator after sentencing or state supervision begins.
- Use the BOP inmate locator for federal prison custody and the ICE detainee locator for immigration custody.
- Request records from the sheriff by FOIA when the information is not online or releasable by phone. Send the request to Captain Carl Wright at cwright@co.accomack.va.us.
The official sheriff contact page is the local starting point for jail and records routing.
The sheriff page matters because it publishes the direct jail number, the main office lines, and links that lead into the county records process.
Accomack County Booking Fields
A formal Accomack County booking record should be requested as an existing jail or sheriff record, not described as an online profile. The research did not locate an official online Accomack inmate profile with confirmed public fields. For that reason, the best request names the person and asks for specific record types, while allowing the sheriff to apply Virginia FOIA exemptions or redactions when required.
| Field to Request | What It Helps Confirm | Access Note |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Legal or booking name used by the jail | Use full name and date of birth if known. |
| Booking date and arrest date | When custody began and when the arrest occurred | Useful when several people share a name. |
| Arresting agency | Which agency made the arrest or lodged the warrant | May point to sheriff, police, court, or outside agency records. |
| Charges | Booking allegations or court-filed offenses | Booking charges can differ from prosecutor-filed charges. |
| Warrant or capias number | The process that led to custody | Full numbers may be withheld or limited. |
| Bond amount or bond type | Whether release is possible and under what terms | Confirm with the jail or court before trying to post bond. |
| Release or transfer status | Whether the person remains local, released, or moved | VINE can help track later changes. |
| Booking photo | Photograph taken during intake if releasable | No official Accomack booking-photo roster was located. |
Accomack County Jail Contacts
Contact routing is narrow for jail records. Use the county jail for live custody, the sheriff's office for records and warrants routing, and Eastern Shore Regional Jail only when the person may be housed regionally. The Northampton-operated regional facility is not the same as the Accomack County Jail, but it can hold people from Accomack.
Accomack County Jail
23323 Wise Ct.
Accomac, VA 23301
(757) 787-1095
Primary current-custody call for Accomack County jail inmates.
Accomack County Sheriff's Office
23323 Wise Ct.
Accomac, VA 23301
(757) 787-1131 / (757) 824-5666
Sheriff W. Todd Wessells; use for sheriff records, warrants routing, and FOIA direction.
Eastern Shore Regional Jail
5245 The Hornes / 16404 Courthouse Rd.
Eastville, VA 23347
(757) 678-0440
Regional jail serving Northampton and Accomack custody needs.
Accomack County VINE Notices
VINE and VINELink do not replace the jail phone for urgent, same-day custody questions, but they are valuable for Accomack County inmate records because they track custody status and notifications. VAVINE describes the service as free, anonymous, and available by phone, internet, and mobile app. Eastern Shore Regional Jail also points users to VINE by phone at 1-(800)-467-4943 or through VINELink.
VINE is best used after confirming identity and facility. A family member can use it for release or transfer alerts, while a victim or witness can use it to monitor custody changes without repeatedly calling the jail. The service may lag behind a very recent booking, so an immediate Accomack County arrest still starts with the jail phone.
The Virginia VINE information page explains the state custody-notification system used with local and regional jail custody.
Use the VINE page for status monitoring after the first Accomack County custody check has narrowed the person's name and facility.
County State Federal ICE
Accomack County inmate records can fall into four different systems. The correct search tool depends on legal custody, not on where the arrest first occurred. A person arrested in Accomack may start at the county jail, move to Eastern Shore Regional Jail, appear in court, transfer to VADOC after sentencing, or enter federal or immigration custody if another authority takes control.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Use When |
|---|---|---|
| County jail pretrial or short local sentence | Accomack County Jail phone, sheriff, VINE, court portals | Recent arrest, local commitment, bond question, or release status. |
| Regional jail | Eastern Shore Regional Jail phone and VINE | The person may be held in Eastville for Accomack or Northampton custody. |
| State prison or supervision | VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator | The person has been sentenced, is under VADOC supervision, or is in a VADOC-controlled placement. |
| Federal criminal custody | BOP locator or U.S. Marshals Eastern District path | The case is federal or the person has entered federal prison custody. |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | The person is in ICE custody or has been in CBP custody long enough for ODLS coverage. |
No official Accomack sheriff mobile app was found. Northampton County has a tip411 app tied to the Northampton Sheriff's Office, but captured app descriptions did not show an inmate roster, warrant search, booking-photo gallery, or app-only jail lookup.
FOIA for Jail Records
The sheriff's FOIA page is the local written-record path for booking records, incident reports, jail records, and booking photos that are not published online. Virginia FOIA covers public records held by public bodies and constitutional officers, but it does not require staff to create a new record. The request should name an existing record with reasonable specificity, such as the person's full name, arrest date, booking date, incident number, court case number, arresting agency, or approximate date range.
Send sheriff records requests to Captain Carl Wright at cwright@co.accomack.va.us. The sheriff's page states that the office responds within five business days, excluding weekends and holidays. A response may provide records, withhold records with a written explanation, provide redacted records, state that records cannot be found or do not exist, or invoke seven additional working days if the office cannot respond within five business days.
| FOIA Item | Published Accomack Rule |
|---|---|
| Initial response time | Five business days, excluding weekends and holidays. |
| Extension | Seven additional working days may be invoked when five days is not enough. |
| Staff time | $40 per hour may be charged depending on time involved, excluding the first hour. |
| Printed copies | $0.08 per printed page. |
| Large estimate deposit | If estimated cost exceeds $200, a deposit of half the estimate is required before processing. |
| Past-due bills | FOIA bills unpaid more than 30 days may need to be paid before a new request is processed. |
Accomack County Visit Rules
Accomack County Jail did not publish a specific official visitation schedule, mail format, commissary vendor, deposit fee table, or public phone-rate table in the sources reviewed. Call (757) 787-1095 before visiting, sending mail, adding funds, or trying to deliver property. Accomack procurement records show inmate telephone and tablet service activity, including a telephone-service award to Legacy Inmate Communications, but the public consumer rules were not located.
Eastern Shore Regional Jail publishes more detailed rules because it has its own official regional jail page and can hold Accomack inmates. The Eastern Shore Regional Jail page gives capacity, visitation, phone, commissary, video visit, and VINE details.
Those regional rules should be used only when the inmate is held at Eastern Shore Regional Jail, not as Accomack County Jail rules.
| Day | Housing Unit | Registration | Visit Start | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | A-Block | 8:00 AM-9:00 AM cutoff | 9:00 AM | 30 minutes |
| Tuesday | A-Dorm and B-Dorm | 8:00 AM-9:00 AM cutoff | 9:00 AM | 30 minutes |
| Wednesday | D-Block | 8:00 AM-9:00 AM cutoff | 9:00 AM | 30 minutes |
| Thursday | C-Block | 8:00 AM-9:00 AM cutoff | 9:00 AM | 30 minutes |
| Friday | B-Block | 8:00 AM-9:00 AM cutoff | 9:00 AM | 30 minutes |
Regional visits are non-contact, assigned by housing unit, first come, first served, and limited to one visit per inmate per day. Visitors need valid photo ID, a physical address, and relation to the inmate. Weapons, cell phones, cameras, contraband, food, and beverages are prohibited. Former inmates need 90 days after release or prior written approval.
Booking Bond Court Records
An Accomack arrest normally moves from law enforcement to a judicial officer, then to jail custody if the person is committed. Virginia law requires an arrested person on a warrant or capias who is not released by summons to be brought before a judicial officer without unnecessary delay. The judicial officer handles bail or commitment, and bond information may originate in the magistrate or court process before it appears in any jail status call.
For bond, call the jail first to confirm the person is held locally and ask whether a hold or detainer blocks release. Then check court records after a jail arrest for the court case, hearing date, charge status, and bond-related entries. Posting bond on one charge may not release a person if a capias, probation violation, VADOC hold, ICE detainer, federal hold, or another locality's warrant remains active.
Note: A jail custody confirmation is not the same as a court disposition or a conviction.