Amherst County Adult Detention Center Inmate Search

Amherst County Adult Detention Center Overview

Amherst County Adult Detention Center, often shortened to ACADC in Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority materials, is a regional adult detention center in Madison Heights. The official facility page identifies the operator as the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority and lists the facility at 219 S Riverview Road, Madison Heights, VA 24572. For Appomattox users, this facility matters because the research found a real Appomattox arrest transport path to Amherst and because Appomattox does not operate a separate public county jail roster on the county website.

The facility holds adult local and regional jail inmates, including pretrial detainees, people serving local sentences, work-release participants, and other people assigned through BRRJA. It is not a state prison. A person sentenced to long-term state custody may move from the BRRJA jail roster to the Virginia Department of Corrections locator after classification, while a federal or immigration case may require a separate federal lookup path.

BRRJA materials name Major D. Moore as site administrator and Captain B. Hughes as assistant site administrator for Amherst. The same facility page links to the Amherst JailTracker roster, inmate visitation, mail, inmate phone calls, Oasis commissary, and JailATM account funding. Those links are practical because service rules are shared across BRRJA, but the roster endpoint and visitor schedule are facility-specific.

Amherst County Adult Detention Center Capacity and Population

The best facility-specific population figures in the captured research are for Amherst. A Virginia Board of Corrections jail-project report listed the Amherst facility of Blue Ridge Regional Jail as a 380-bed rated capacity project. BRRJA's ACADC 2024 annual report then gave operational counts for January 1 through December 31, 2024: 397 average daily population, 388 people confined on December 31, 2024, and 2,487 new admissions during the year.

Those figures should be read carefully. Rated capacity can differ from operational capacity, and the research did not locate an Appomattox-only jail population count inside the regional jail data. The accurate statement is that the primary BRRJA facility identified for Appomattox custody research reported a 2024 average daily population of 397, not that Appomattox County alone had 397 inmates.

Who Is Held at Amherst County Adult Detention Center

ACADC is a local and regional jail facility. It can hold people awaiting trial, people waiting for bond processing, people serving shorter local sentences, people assigned to jail programs, and people waiting for transfer to another custody system. Appomattox arrests may appear here when the person is transported to Amherst under the regional jail arrangement. Because BRRJA uses separate facility rosters, the Amherst endpoint should be checked first for the primary Appomattox custody path, then the other BRRJA endpoints should be checked if the person is not listed.

The facility also has work-release activity reflected in the public visitation schedule. Work release is not automatic. BRRJA describes work release as a transition program for low-risk non-violent offenders, with exclusions for sex crimes, gang affiliations, and active protective orders. Participants may have to pay room and board and address child support, fines, court costs, or restitution.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Amherst County Adult Detention Center

The official Amherst custody search is the BRRJA JailTracker roster for Amherst. The roster is a JavaScript application, so it may not display in text-only browsers. In a normal browser, use the facility-specific Amherst endpoint rather than a general county name search.

1. Open the Amherst JailTracker roster endpoint for Blue_Ridge_Regional_VA_Amherst.
2. Search by legal last name first. Add a first name only if results are broad.
3. Confirm that the record is assigned to Amherst County Adult Detention Center before relying on visitation or mail instructions.
4. Review the available roster profile for custody status, charge information, bond or hold notes, booking identifiers, and housing information when displayed.
5. If no record appears, search the Lynchburg, Bedford, Campbell, and Halifax BRRJA rosters, then check VADOC for sentenced state custody.

The manifest includes a captured image of the official Amherst roster interface. Source: BRRJA JailTracker Amherst roster.

The screenshot confirms that Amherst uses a separate JailTracker entry point, which is why a regional search may require more than one facility endpoint.

Amherst County Adult Detention Center Address and Contact

Use the facility phone number for immediate custody, visiting, mail, and account questions. Use BRRJA headquarters or BRRJA FOIA for authority-wide records requests, and use the Appomattox County Sheriff's Office for local arrest or incident records created by the sheriff.

Visiting Someone at Amherst County Adult Detention Center

BRRJA's Amherst schedule is simpler than the housing-unit schedules used at Lynchburg and Halifax. Regular Amherst visits run Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Work-release visits are listed for Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Parking is available on site, and visitors must check in at least 30 minutes before the scheduled visit.

BRRJA rules require the visitor to be on the inmate's visitation list. Visitors are subject to search, must bring valid picture ID that is not damaged or altered, and may not use cell phones inside the building. Former inmates must wait six months after release before visiting a BRRJA inmate. No more than three adult visitors may visit at one time, and each visitor may visit only once per week.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Amherst County Adult Detention Center

BRRJA uses separate paths for personal mail, legal mail, money orders, phone service, commissary, and account deposits. Personal letters, pictures, and drawings go to the offsite scanning address, not the Madison Heights facility address. The envelope must include the full facility name, Virginia, the inmate's full name and identifier, and the sender's full name and physical address. Personal mail is scanned and delivered electronically through the tablet system.

Legal mail and money orders use the facility address. Money orders must be mailed alone, made payable to BRRJA, and include the inmate's name after the purchaser's name. BRRJA says money orders cannot be dropped off, and letters containing money orders are returned. Online account funding is through JailATM; commissary is through Oasis or JailCanteen.

BRRJA's phone service page is useful for families comparing call costs. Source: BRRJA inmate phone calls and ViaPath/ConnectNetwork rates.

The published phone table gives specific per-minute and funding fees, so account setup should be checked before adding funds.

Booking, Intake, and Programs at Amherst County Adult Detention Center

After an Appomattox arrest, the person may be processed through local law enforcement and then transported into the BRRJA system. Intake can include identification, property handling, medical screening, classification, housing assignment, and account setup. Roster appearance may lag behind the arrest if transport, classification, or data entry is still underway. For very recent arrests, call the Appomattox Sheriff's Office or ACADC before assuming the person is not in custody.

BRRJA lists programs intended to support education, self-awareness, responsibility, and reentry. The program list includes substance abuse programs, educational programs, life skills, religious programs, DMV Connect, library access, pre-release, progressive release, re-entry, H.E.M., weekender programming, work release, and work force crews. Work force details may provide landscaping, maintenance, snow removal, janitorial work, painting, trash pickup, and similar services to participating localities.

FOIA and Records Fallback for Amherst Custody Records

If the roster does not answer the question, use a records request rather than guessing from stale custody information. For jail booking records, contact BRRJA FOIA Officer Patricia Stevens at 434-847-3100 ext. 1224 or foiarequest@brrja.state.va.us. For sheriff arrest or incident records created in Appomattox County, contact the Appomattox Sheriff's Office FOIA officer. Virginia FOIA allows requests by mail, fax, email, in person, or phone, and a request does not have to use the word FOIA.

Adult arrestee identity, arrest status, and booking photographs are generally requestable under Virginia law, subject to exclusions such as active felony-investigation concerns and juvenile confidentiality. Ask for the exact record by name, date of arrest, arresting agency, facility, and booking number if known.