This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, free anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. The agency that holds the record must answer those requests.
Choose the Correct Roanoke Office
Roanoke County/Salem Jail and Western Virginia Regional Jail are separate facilities in Salem, and Roanoke City is a different locality. Use the contact that owns the custody event. Hours were not published for the Sheriff's jail units, WVRJ records contacts, VADOC correspondence office, or District 15 in the reviewed sources. Call ahead to confirm office hours before an in-person visit.
Roanoke County Sheriff's Office
401 E. Main StreetSalem, VA 24153
Main: 540-283-3102
Jail Division: 540-283-3145
Jail docket: 540-283-3162
Inmate Records: 540-283-3130
Use the jail docket for a current County/Salem Jail question and Inmate Records for a booking or release-record issue. The official Sheriff's Office page supplies the agency route. Confirm public-facing hours by phone.
Roanoke County Public Records
Roanoke County FOIA Officer / JustFOIAAssistance: 540-772-2010
The official Request Public Records page links the JustFOIA portal. Virginia law allows other request channels, and Roanoke County applies a five-working-day initial response rule. Costs can include actual labor and listed copy or media charges.
Western Virginia Regional Jail
5885 W. River RoadSalem, VA 24153
Main: 540-378-3700
Intake: 540-378-3770
On-duty platoon commander: 540-378-3769
Inmate Accounting: 540-378-3723
FOIA fax: 540-380-3143
WVRJ is the right source for its own current-custody confirmation and historical commitment, transfer, or release records. Its FOIA page identifies the regional jail's request channel. State Roanoke County as the committing member jurisdiction when applicable.
Virginia Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 26963Richmond, VA 23261
Phone: 804-674-3000
Email: docmail@vadoc.virginia.gov
For a state sentence computation, address correspondence to the Correspondence Unit/Court & Legal Section, P.O. Box 26963, 6900 Atmore Drive, Richmond, VA 23261. Confirm service and visitor hours before going to a VADOC office.
VADOC District 15
305 Electric RoadSalem, VA 24153
Phone: 540-387-5257
District 15 serves the Cities of Roanoke and Salem, Roanoke County, and Vinton for probation and parole supervision. VADOC advises checking its live facility and office directory because listings can change.
Roanoke County Courts
305 E. Main StreetSalem, VA 24153
General District Court: 540-387-6168, clerk hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Circuit Court: 540-387-6205, clerk hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
General District Court covers misdemeanors and felony preliminary matters. Circuit Court holds felony dispositions and de novo appeals. Select Roanoke County rather than Roanoke City when searching.
These routes match the most common questions:
- For a released person or release record, the home page sets out the full official search and records-request path.
- For supervision after release, use Probation & Parole, the VADOC locator, and District 15.
- For a recent local event, review Jail Releases: 24 Hours, then confirm with the custodian because no complete official same-day feed exists.
- For an expected date or alert, use Projected Release and VINELink Inmate Search. Virginia VINE help is 1-800-467-4943, with TTY at 1-866-847-1298.
- For a particular custodian, use the facility pages in the footer and contact the office that created the booking, transfer, or release record.
- For a state-responsible person, use the VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator. VADOC Victim Services and NAAVI can be reached at 1-800-560-4292 or victimservices@vadoc.virginia.gov for eligible post-sentence notifications.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator. A federal pretrial matter may instead require the court docket, U.S. Marshals Service, and holding facility.