Amherst County Jail Roster Overview
The official local roster channel is the BRRJA Amherst JailTracker roster. BRRJA links it from the Amherst County Adult Detention Center page as the place to locate ACADC inmates. This is the first search for people booked into the Amherst regional jail after a local arrest, court commitment, or local sentence.
Amherst County inmate records are split by custody type. The jail roster covers ACADC custody. The VADOC locator covers state prisoners and state-supervised people. Virginia VINE is a notification tool. The BOP locator and ICE ODLS cover separate federal and immigration systems. No verified Amherst sheriff app provides an inmate roster.
Search Amherst County Inmate Records
The JailTracker interface is a public, vendor-hosted roster. Research confirmed the roster exists and is linked by BRRJA, but a static text extraction returned a Blazor loading/error shell instead of a fully rendered sample profile. Use the roster first, then keep the phone and records-request options ready when the app is down, a booking is recent, or a release or transfer has changed custody status.
- Open the Amherst JailTracker roster from BRRJA's official ACADC facility page or the direct roster link.
- Search by last name and first name. Try spelling variants if the person does not appear.
- Review whether the result appears to be current custody or a released-inmate result.
- Open the profile for facility, booking, charges, bond, hold, and court-related fields.
- Call ACADC at 434-528-3160 if the roster is unavailable or the arrest happened recently.
The Public Safety Cloud roster page is the matched official screenshot source for Amherst County inmate lookup.
The screenshot confirms the local roster route readers should use before moving to phone, FOIA, court, state, or federal searches.
Amherst County Roster Search Fields
JailTracker's app model supports several roster-search controls. The exact public display can change with vendor and BRRJA settings, but the model found during research supports name search, agency routing, released-inmate filtering, current-offender filtering, captcha fields, and row counts. Treat fields as public-search aids, not as proof that every record has every field filled.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Text | Unspecified | Present in the app model as firstNameSearchText. |
| Last Name | Text | Unspecified | Likely the strongest search term for common roster searches. |
| Agency | System route or option | System-set | Amherst uses Blue_Ridge_Regional_VA_Amherst. |
| Search Type | Filter | Unspecified | Model supports search type options, but displayed labels were not captured. |
| Released Since | Filter | Optional or unspecified | Useful for recent release searches when enabled. |
| Current offenders only | Checkbox or toggle | Optional or unspecified | Can separate current custody from past roster records. |
Amherst County Inmate Profile Fields
A full live ACADC sample profile was not captured, so the safest wording is that the JailTracker model supports these fields and BRRJA decides what appears publicly. A record may show more or less depending on release status, charge status, site settings, image settings, redactions, and whether the intake record has been completed.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Last, first, and middle name fields in the offender model. |
| Booking date | Original booking date and possible final release date fields. |
| Identifiers | Booking number, arrest number, jacket number, case number, control number, or warrant number where enabled. |
| Charges | Charge description, arrest code, crime type, court type, offense date, court date, counts, and status. |
| Bond | Bond type and bond amount if BRRJA displays bond fields. |
| Holds | Hold type, hold date, expiration date, and reason for hold. |
| Image | Offender image support exists, but public photo display depends on current settings. |
Amherst County Jail Contact
ACADC is the local jail-records and custody contact for people physically held at the Amherst facility. The sheriff's office is important for law-enforcement records, warrants, and arrest reports it created, but BRRJA is the stronger first contact for jail booking, custody, visitation, mail, phone, commissary, and operational jail records.
Amherst County Adult Detention Center
219 S Riverview Road
Madison Heights, VA 24572
434-528-3160
Jail information line; call before travel or payment.
Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority FOIA
510 Ninth Street
Lynchburg, VA 24504
434-847-3100 ext. 1224
foiarequest@brrja.state.va.us
When an Amherst Inmate Is Missing
A missing roster result does not prove the person was never arrested. A new booking may still be in intake, the name may be spelled differently, the person may have been released, a hold may have moved the person to another jurisdiction, or a sentence may have shifted the person into VADOC custody. Federal pretrial defendants may also be housed under arrangements that do not immediately appear in the BOP locator.
For a recent Amherst arrest, call ACADC and search the Virginia court case systems. For older jail records, send a BRRJA FOIA request that describes the existing record sought. For sheriff incident or arrest reports, contact the Amherst County Sheriff's Office at 115 Taylor St, Amherst, phone 434-946-9381, during its Monday through Friday business hours.
Amherst County Booking and Intake Records
Booking begins after an arrest, warrant service, court remand, or commitment order. The arresting agency may be the Amherst County Sheriff's Office, a town police department, Virginia State Police, or another agency. Once the person is assigned to ACADC, BRRJA intake staff verify identity, paperwork, charges, warrants, and custody authority. The public JailTracker model supports arresting agency, booking numbers, arrest numbers, case numbers, warrant numbers, charges, holds, bond, release data, and image fields.
The official Amherst research did not locate a public ACADC intake checklist or booking-desk schedule. Standard jail intake includes identity review, property handling, search, screening, classification, and creation of the booking record, but precise public timing is not published. A very recent arrest may not appear until intake, medical or safety screening, classification, and data entry are far enough along for the public roster to update.
- Booking
- The jail intake event that creates a custody record after arrest or commitment.
- Classification
- The jail process for assigning housing and security based on risk, needs, charges, behavior, and screening.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency or case that can delay release even when a local bond is set.
- Work release
- A BRRJA program that lets approved low-risk inmates work while serving jail custody.
Amherst County State Federal and VINE Searches
Use the state and federal tools when the Amherst County inmate record has moved beyond local jail custody. VADOC states that its locator covers incarcerated people in VADOC institutions, probationers and parolees, people assigned to institutional hospitals, some local or regional jail placements under VADOC authority, and CCAP participants. The VADOC form supports name search, DOC ID search, location, race, gender, age range, and disclaimer acceptance.
Virginia VINE should be used for custody and case notifications rather than as a full booking-record source. BOP covers sentenced federal inmates and some former federal inmates, while ICE ODLS covers immigration detainees searched by A-number and country of birth or biographical data. No BOP institution, ICE detention facility, or VADOC prison was identified inside Amherst County, so these tools are fallbacks for custody transfers and non-local cases.
Amherst County Visitation Records
Visitation is tied to the jail record because visitors must be on the inmate's list. BRRJA says visitors must have valid picture ID, may be searched, may not bring cell phones or personal items into the visitation area unless approved, and must check in at least 30 minutes before the scheduled visit. Former inmates must wait six months after release before visiting any BRRJA inmate.
| Facility / Group | Day | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst general visitation | Tuesday | 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Visitor must be on the list. |
| Amherst general visitation | Wednesday | 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Valid picture ID required. |
| Amherst general visitation | Thursday | 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Parking available on site. |
| Amherst general visitation | Friday | 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Check in 30 minutes early. |
| Work release visitation | Saturday | 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Separate work-release listing. |
Mail Phone and Money Records
Mail and money details help verify the correct facility after an Amherst County inmate record is found. BRRJA uses offsite personal-mail scanning through Phoenix, Maryland. Legal mail and money orders do not go to that Phoenix address. Phone services are through ViaPath and ConnectNetwork, account deposits use JailATM, and commissary is through the BRRJA JailCanteen/Oasis storefront.
| Service | Provider or Address | Published Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Personal mail | Facility Name, Inmate Name, Inmate #, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131 | Scanned and delivered electronically. |
| Legal mail and money orders | Inmate Name, Inmate #, P.O. Box 1150, Madison Heights, VA 24572 | Do not send to Phoenix. |
| Phone calls | ViaPath / ConnectNetwork | 15-minute limit; domestic collect, prepaid collect, and debit rates listed at $0.16 per minute. |
| Deposits | JailATM | Deposit portal linked by BRRJA; fees depend on portal use. |
| Commissary | Oasis / JailCanteen | Public storefront linked by BRRJA. |
Note: Confirm current custody with ACADC before sending money, legal mail, or a personal-mail item to any address.