Piedmont Regional Jail Releases
Piedmont Regional Jail is the adult local custody point for Cumberland County. It also serves Amelia, Buckingham, Lunenburg, Nottoway, and Prince Edward counties. The Cumberland Sheriff arrests, transports, serves process, and provides court security, but it does not operate a separate public Cumberland jail roster. A local custody search must begin with PRJ.
Leaving PRJ can mean bond, recognizance, dismissal, time served, completion of a local sentence, parole, probation, transfer, a detainer, hospital movement, escape, or death. Those categories cannot be collapsed into “went home.” A transfer to VADOC, another jail, USMS, or ICE ends the PRJ display while custody continues. The PRJ cumulative booking and release entry is the best local record of actual time, category, and recorded destination.
A missing name on the current PRJ roster is not proof of community release. Verify the event and receiving agency.
Confirm Piedmont Jail Release
The PRJ offender lookup is expressly for people incarcerated and under PRJ custody. It is not a recent-release archive and does not publish a rolling 24-hour or 72-hour view. Use it to answer whether a matching current booking still displays. Then move to an exit-status source.
- Match the full legal name, age or birth date when lawfully known, booking date, and Cumberland as the committing locality.
- Check PRJ JailTracker. A matching active record generally indicates that custody episode remains open.
- Search Virginia VINE and select the record contributed by Piedmont Regional Jail. Note the agency, status, date, and any event reason.
- Check Cumberland General District or Circuit Court for the order that supplied legal authority.
- Call PRJ and request the release entry when the actual time, category, and destination require durable proof.
- Search VADOC, BOP, ICE, or the federal docket if a transfer or detainer is plausible.
VINE's “Out of Custody” wording supports the conclusion that the person left PRJ, but it does not rule out a transfer. A court order can support release and still precede physical departure while jail staff process the order or check another hold. The full Cumberland search and records sequence is maintained on the Cumberland County released inmates home page.
Piedmont Jail Release Records
Ask PRJ for existing records. Identify the person, approximate booking date, booking number if available, and a narrow release range. Request the cumulative booking and release entry plus the portion of the individual booking file showing actual release date and time, recorded type or reason, and destination or transfer indicator. Name the adult routine initial-intake photograph separately when needed.
801 Industrial Park Road
P.O. Drawer 388
Farmville, VA 23901
434-392-1601
Fax: 434-392-5504 or 434-392-5932
PRJ did not publish a dedicated FOIA form, fee schedule, records email, named records officer, or public office hours in the reviewed sources. Call to confirm the custodian and delivery method. Ask for electronic copies and an advance estimate. Virginia FOIA generally allows five working days for a response, with a written seven-working-day extension when production is not practical. Reasonable actual costs may be charged, and an estimate over $200 may require a deposit.
The Library of Virginia GS-08 schedule retains cumulative booking and release records for 20 years after separation. Individual incarceration files are generally retained three years after separation. That schedule does not guarantee disclosure of every field. Broader imprisonment files may be withheld, while nonexempt portions should be separated when possible.
Piedmont Release Record Fields
A release request should distinguish identity fields, the custody event, legal context, and destination. PRJ's public lookup does not promise all the items below, but the underlying jail record may maintain them.
| Record item | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Name, alias, booking number | Links the result to one custody episode |
| Booking date and agency | Separates Cumberland from another committing locality |
| Release date and time | Records the physical end of the PRJ episode |
| Release category | Separates bond, time served, court order, and transfer |
| Destination or hold | Shows whether another custodian may have followed |
| Court and charge reference | Points to the order that supplied legal authority |
A booking photo is a historical intake image. It does not prove conviction, present custody, or release date. Virginia law provides a focused route for an adult routine initial-intake photograph, subject to the felony-investigation exception and sealing or expungement.
Piedmont Jail Release Hours
PRJ's revised rule took effect July 21, 2026. The jail does not release offenders between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., regardless of release reason. A court action late at night may therefore have one timestamp while the person leaves the building after the overnight restriction. Ask for the actual exit time if the clock window matters.
The official announcement and revised superintendent memorandum are the controlling sources. Old page metadata reportedly kept an earlier version, so the revised notice should be used. PRJ does not publish the exit door, waiting zone, property pickup process, weekend exception, or sequence for releases held overnight. Call 434-392-1601 before traveling.
Note: A last-24-hours request should use exact start and end times and ask for actual release timestamps, not merely court-order dates.
Piedmont Alternative Custody
PRJ publishes work release and home electronic monitoring as structured alternatives. Eligibility requires court or DOC approval and PRJ review. Listed conditions include a sentence under 18 months, no detainers, self-supplied transportation, and compliance with testing and program rules. A work-release participant can leave for approved activity and return, so daily movement is not unconditional discharge.
| Program | Published charge | Custody meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Work release | $220 up front plus $90 each week | Approved work access with return and program rules |
| Home electronic monitoring | $500 up front plus $115 each week | Community placement under electronic control |
These charges describe program participation, not a general fee to leave jail. Transportation must be supplied by the participant. The Farmville Area Bus lists local routes, but its official material does not confirm a stop at PRJ. Anyone relying on transit should call both agencies.
Piedmont Regional Jail History
PRJ is Virginia's original regional-jail model. Six counties replaced three overcrowded or outdated small jails, and the regional facility opened May 11, 1988 with a 101-bed capacity. Later expansions and an intake and processing addition changed the physical operation. That history explains why a county-branded Cumberland roster does not exist.
The official PRJ history and service-area page describes both the six-county authority and its contract-bed role. The regional model makes the committing locality essential when requesting a record. A name found in PRJ could relate to any participating locality or to a contract agency.
The official PRJ blog also reports a Successful Living program and a Re-Entry Counselor. Those are program leads, not evidence of a named person's release. Current availability and eligibility should be confirmed with PRJ.
The official PRJ news source is illustrated below.
The source view helps locate PRJ's own announcements, while custody status still requires JailTracker, VINE, or the jail record.
PRJ news also supplies the best place to recheck local operational changes. A dated announcement may affect how a release is carried out, but it never replaces the person-specific custody entry. Save the announcement date, then confirm the matching booking through the live system and records staff.
Piedmont Federal Custody Transfers
PRJ contracts beds to the U.S. Marshals Service. A Cumberland arrestee can vanish from the PRJ current locator because federal pretrial custody continued, not because the person entered the community. USMS owns no detention facilities and uses local, state, and private beds. It has no public historical release locator comparable to BOP.
For federal pretrial custody, inspect the federal court release or remand order and make a focused USMS records request. If a federal sentence followed, the BOP locator may later show institution, release date, “Released,” or “Not in BOP Custody.” Those terms refer only to BOP custody. ICE ODLS is separate, covers current detention and some releases within 60 days, and omits certain records. A no-result is not proof of freedom.
Piedmont Jail Agency Boundaries
The record owner changes with the question. PRJ owns booking, custody, property, program, and physical release entries. Cumberland Sheriff owns sheriff-created arrest and transport records. Cumberland courts own bond, dismissal, sentence, and other judicial orders. VADOC owns state computation, institution release papers, and state supervision records. The Virginia Parole Board owns parole votes and published reasons.
Sending the same broad request to every office may yield partial answers that look inconsistent. Start with the actual event. For “did this PRJ booking end,” seek the PRJ cumulative entry. For “why did the court permit release,” seek the order. For “did state custody end,” seek VADOC release paperwork or the live supervised status. This pairing protects the crucial line between physical fact and legal basis.