This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the government office that maintains the record.
Amherst Release Record Contacts
BRRJA, not the Amherst County Sheriff, operates the county detention center and is the primary custodian for ACADC booking, release, transfer, and routine adult booking-photo records. The Sheriff’s Office is the better route for records the Sheriff created. Use the following contacts according to the record or question involved.
Amherst County Adult Detention Center
219 South Riverview RoadMadison Heights, VA 24572
Phone: 434-528-3160
Fax: 434-528-3748
Ask about current custody and current facility logistics. No release-list service hours are published.
BRRJA FOIA Office
510 Ninth StreetLynchburg, VA 24504
Phone: 434-847-3100 ext. 1224
Email: foiarequest@brrja.state.va.us
Patricia Stevens is the published FOIA officer. Use this office for identified ACADC release, transfer, and booking-photo records. Actual costs may apply, so request an estimate.
Amherst County Sheriff’s Office
115 Taylor Street, P.O. Box 410Amherst, VA 24521
Phone: 434-946-9381
Fax: 434-946-9380
FOIA: jebegley@amherstsheriff.org
Use this route for Sheriff-created arrest or incident records. Jail booking and release records normally belong with BRRJA.
VADOC and District 13
VADOC: P.O. Box 26963, Richmond, VA 23261Phone: 804-674-3000
Email: docmail@vadoc.virginia.gov
District 13: 2209 Florida Avenue
Lynchburg, VA 24501
Phone: 434-947-6651
VADOC handles state custody and sentence computation. District 13 serves Amherst County for probation and parole office assignments.
Choose the route that fits the question:
- Use the home page for the complete named-person search and BRRJA record-request sequence.
- Check Probation & Parole when incarceration may have ended but VADOC supervision continues.
- Use Jail Releases: 24 Hours for a same-day verification workflow. Amherst has no official rolling release feed.
- Compare the Projected Release process with the VINELink Inmate Search notification route for date and alert questions.
- For a state prisoner, start with VADOC. Federal and immigration custody require the BOP or ICE locator.