New River Valley Jail Overview
New River Valley Regional Jail is operated by the New River Valley Regional Jail Authority and serves Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski, Wythe, and the City of Radford. The jail is in Dublin, Virginia, outside Bland County, but the Bland County Sheriff page routes jail custody questions to this facility. That regional setup matters because the public roster is not a Bland-only list. A search result can show a person committed by any member locality, and a profile field may identify the committing county.
The jail opened to prisoners on April 27, 1999 after construction began in May 1997 on a 28-acre site in the Dublin Industrial Park. Official facility details describe a 279,000-square-foot building with administrative offices, a magistrate's office, professional visiting areas, kitchen, laundry, library, classrooms, medical unit, basketball court, contained outdoor recreation yards, and a secure vehicle sallyport. For Bland County readers, the key point is simple: NRVRJ is the current local jail route for pretrial and local custody, while Bland Correctional Center is a state prison under VADOC.
The official NRVRJ homepage shows the regional service area and facility background.
The homepage confirms why a Bland County inmate search starts with a regional jail instead of a county-owned detention center.
New River Valley Jail Capacity
The sourced capacity figure for New River Valley Regional Jail comes from the 2023 Virginia Jail Capacity Report. Research for Bland County identifies 1,183 total capacity and 651.41 average daily population in the New River Valley Regional row. The same research notes that an older Radford city authority summary described a 449-bed facility, so the state capacity report is the better source for current capacity context. The regional count cannot be treated as a Bland County-only jail population because the jail serves multiple counties and one city.
| Measure | Figure | Source Context |
|---|---|---|
| Total capacity | 1,183 | 2023 Virginia Jail Capacity Report, New River Valley Regional row |
| Average daily population | 651.41 | 2023 Virginia Jail Capacity Report row captured in research |
| Facility count | Two facilities in the local map | NRVRJ for local custody and Bland Correctional Center for state prison custody |
Because Bland County's share is not published in the official sources reviewed, no Bland-only average daily population should be inferred from the regional number. A person arrested in Bland may be counted in the NRVRJ regional population, but the same jail also holds people from the other authority members.
New River Valley Jail Roster Search
The correct online lookup for Bland County regional-jail custody is the New River Valley Regional Jail Inmate Lookup. It is a free public portal with no login requirement. The search supports name and date-of-birth fields, plus identifier searches by booking number, permanent number, state ID, county ID, FBI number, or ICE number. It also has a released-inmate checkbox, which is the first place to check when a person was recently released or no longer appears in current custody.
- Open the NRVRJ inmate lookup and choose name search or identifier search.
- Enter the first name, last name, date of birth if known, or the exact identifier value.
- Use the released-inmate checkbox when the booking may no longer be current.
- Click a result row to open the profile and review booking, bond, charge, and commitment fields.
| Search Field | Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| First and last name | Name search | The portal instructions say to enter first and last name in the boxes provided. |
| Date of birth | Optional narrowing field | The visible mask is mm/dd/yyyy. |
| Identifier dropdown | Booking, permanent, state, county, FBI, or ICE number | Use when an exact number is known. |
| Include released inmates | Released or older roster search | The visible page does not publish a fixed retention window. |
The official NRVRJ lookup screen shows the name and identifier paths used for Bland County jail roster searches.
The screenshot is useful because it shows that released-inmate searching and identifier searching are built into the same public interface.
New River Valley Jail Contact
Use the jail contact information for custody, roster, property, visit, mail, and account questions. The Bland County Sheriff's Office is the local law-enforcement agency, but it is not the NRVRJ jail lobby. Bland County's own sheriff page points jail inquiries to the regional jail phone line. For arrest reports created by the sheriff, the sheriff's office is separate from the jail custody record.
New River Valley Regional Jail
108 Baker Road
Dublin, VA 24084
540-643-2000
Fax: 540-643-2010
Official 211 Virginia material lists the jail as a 24/7 resource and notes Spanish-language availability. For emergency law-enforcement service in Bland County, use 911. For non-emergency sheriff dispatch, the research lists 276-688-4311 and 276-688-0217, but those numbers do not replace the jail's custody line.
New River Valley Jail Visits
NRVRJ separates visitation information into attorney visits, clergy visits, and family or friend visits. The research did not capture a complete official family and friends schedule in accessible text, so exact days and times should not be invented. Visitors should confirm the current visit path with NRVRJ before travel or scheduling. Professional visits are a separate channel from ordinary personal visits.
| Channel | Details | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Family and friends | Use the NRVRJ family and friends visitation path and confirm current schedule before planning. | Schedule not captured in research |
| Attorney visits | Handled through the jail's professional visitation channel. | Separate from public visits |
| Clergy visits | Handled through the jail's clergy visitation channel. | Separate channel |
| Travel check | Confirm ID, visit approval, entry rules, and cancellation rules before leaving Bland County. | Call jail first |
The NRVRJ visitation hub is the starting point for visit categories.
The hub matters because a public visit, attorney visit, and clergy visit do not follow one shared process.
New River Valley Jail Mail Money
NRVRJ account rules separate booking funds, mailed money orders, lobby deposits, online deposits, phone deposits, and care packages. During booking, cash, coins, money orders, or institutional checks in an inmate's possession are placed into an account under that inmate's name. Remaining funds can be mailed at release or picked up in person. Mailed deposits must follow the jail's money-order rules, and cash mailed to the jail is at the sender's risk.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Limits From Research |
|---|---|---|
| Personal mail | P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131, with facility name, state, inmate name, identifier, and sender address | Personal mail only, not legal mail, checks, or money orders |
| Lobby cash deposits | Jail lobby kiosk | Accepts $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 denominations |
| Online deposits | ConnectNetwork or AdvancePay | MasterCard or Visa credit/debit cards, transaction fees may apply |
| Phone deposits | AdvancePay at 800-483-8314 | Available 24/7, transaction fees may apply |
| Care packages | Use current jail vendor links | Research references Oasis/JailCanteen as facility commissary store source |
The jail phone system is separate from incoming calls to staff. Inmate telephones are generally available in housing areas from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Phones may be turned off for meals, headcounts, emergencies, or facility needs. Calls are subject to monitoring and recording, and the provider is PCS, a subsidiary of Global Tel*Link. Research did not locate an official Bland County Sheriff app or NRVRJ app with an app-only roster or warrant lookup.
New River Valley Jail Booking
A Bland County arrest does not mean a person is held inside a Bland County-owned jail. The usual custody path is arrest, magistrate or court process, and commitment to NRVRJ if detention is ordered. The public jail profile appears after the jail enters the booking. The profile can show booking number, permanent ID, commitment county and date, bond entries, and charge rows. It can also show a mugshot and demographic fields. The portal does not state a guaranteed posting time, so a recent arrest may require a phone call before the online record appears.
Bond information in a roster profile should be read with care. Research found that NRVRJ profiles can show amount, percent, additional amount, total, bond type, status, posted by, and post date. A no-bond entry means the release condition must change through the magistrate or court before jail staff can treat the person as bondable. NRVRJ also posts a local bail-bond disclaimer saying the authority does not affiliate with, endorse, recommend, or approve bail-bond companies.
New River Valley Jail Records
Programs documented through 211 Virginia include Alcoholics Anonymous, anger-management classes, GED classes, substance-abuse classes, workforce-readiness classes, and religious programs. The same 211 resource describes home electronic monitoring for non-violent offenders and work release where participants remain housed at the jail, are monitored, and are subject to random drug testing. Participation is voluntary according to the 211 entry.
For records not visible in the public roster, use the NRVRJ FOIA statement for jail authority records. Virginia FOIA governs public-record access, but it does not override juvenile confidentiality, sealed or expunged records, criminal-history limits, or valid law-enforcement exemptions. Arrest reports made by the Bland County Sheriff's Office are separate from jail booking records held by NRVRJ. Court records after a Bland County arrest are searched through Virginia court systems, not through the jail roster.
Note: Confirm custody, visit status, and mail rules with NRVRJ before travel or before sending funds.
New River Valley Jail Directions
Bland County residents driving to NRVRJ generally use the I-77 and I-81 corridor toward Pulaski County and Dublin. The jail is in the Dublin Industrial Park area, so the final approach is not a downtown courthouse trip. From Bland, the practical route is to connect toward Dublin and then use local roads to Baker Road. From Radford, Pulaski, Wythe County, and other member areas, the same regional road network leads into the Dublin industrial area.
The official research did not locate visitor parking rates, a public transit route, or a detailed ADA visitor entrance in accessible text. Visitors with mobility needs, ride issues, or timing concerns should call the jail before leaving. The NRVRJ map and directions page gives the facility location, while the jail phone line remains the best source for current visitor entry rules.