Why This Reference Exists
Virginia provides several official routes to custody and release information, but the records do not live in one database. Franklin County adds a local wrinkle. The Sheriff operates Franklin County Jail, while WVRJ also houses Franklin pretrial and sentenced adults under an agreement. A completed local release belongs with the facility that made the record. A person transferred into state custody belongs in VADOC's system instead.
VADOC runs the Inmate and Supervisee Locator for state custody and community supervision. District 37 in Rocky Mount serves Franklin County probation and parole cases. The Virginia Parole Board publishes its own decisions, and BOP maintains a separate federal locator. This site groups those official release records, offender searches, supervision routes, and request steps by the question each source can answer.
What Readers Can Find
The content is organized around the custody episode, not a single name search. Readers can use it to distinguish a current roster from a durable release record and to choose the custodian that actually holds the needed file.
- The home page combines the full released-person search path with release-record fields and request steps.
- Separate pages cover a projected release date, VINELink check, and parole and probation.
- Each mapped custody system explains where a person may go and which locator or records route applies.
- Official request guidance identifies whether the Franklin Sheriff, WVRJ, VADOC, a court, BOP, or ICE created the record.
What We Cannot Do
Franklin County Released Inmates is privately run. It is not connected with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Western Virginia Regional Jail, VADOC, the Virginia Parole Board, any court, or another local, state, or federal agency.
- We cannot release, hold, move, or confirm the custody of any person.
- We cannot post bond, arrange a visit, or send money for a visitor.
- We cannot issue an official record or give legal advice.
- We cannot promise that an office's phone, address, hours, policy, or fee has not changed.
Only the office that created the record can confirm custody, charges, transfer, or actual release. The site provides reference paths, not official determinations.
How Search Partners Work
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