This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking record. Use the government office that keeps the record for live custody, release, court, or corrections information.
Where to Start for Sussex Records
For a recent arrest or a Sussex County Jail record, start with the Sussex County Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff site did not publish a public online jail roster during the research for this site, so phone routing and the Records/FOIA process matter.
- Sussex County Sheriff's Office and Sussex County Jail: 20212 Thornton Square, Sussex, VA 23884.
- Mailing address: P.O. Box 1326, Sussex, VA 23884.
- Main phone: 434-246-5000. Use option 3 for the Jail Division and option 4 for Jail Records. Communications is option 1 for 24-hour contact.
- Records/FOIA fax: 434-246-5014. The sheriff contact page also lists a general fax of 434-246-5714.
- Records contact: Jessica Kessinger, Administrative Division.
- Records hours: Monday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Use the routing below when the record may be outside the local jail.
- For someone possibly held in Sussex County Jail, use jail inmate records and call 434-246-5000 option 3 or option 4.
- For booking photos or a booking sheet, review jail roster mugshots and request existing records through the Sheriff's Records/FOIA path.
- For charges, hearing dates, or case status after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest. Sussex Combined Courts are at 15098 Courthouse Road, Sussex, VA 23884, phone 434-246-1096. Circuit Court Clerk records are handled at 15088 Courthouse Road, phone 434-246-1017.
- For a facility page, use the footer links for Sussex County Jail and Sussex I State Prison. Sussex II State Prison closed July 1, 2024, so it is not a current facility page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, probationer, parolee, or VADOC transfer, use the Virginia Department of Corrections Inmate and Supervisee Locator. Sussex I State Prison is a VADOC facility at 24414 Musselwhite Drive, Waverly, VA 23891, phone 804-834-9967.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator after BOP commitment. For federal pretrial custody, the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Virginia Richmond office is the researched routing point, phone 804-545-8501.
- For immigration custody, use ICE's Online Detainee Locator System. It is separate from Sussex County Jail and VADOC.
- For ongoing custody or case notifications, Virginia VINE / VINELink is a useful option when no county roster is published.