This website is not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, pull an official booking record, or change a jail or court record. Use the official contact routes below for those tasks.
Where to Start for a Jail or Record Question
Eastern Shore Regional Jail and Sheriff's Office
Eastern Shore Regional Jail is the local regional jail for Northampton County and is operated through the Northampton County Sheriff's Office. The jail address is 5245 The Hornes, Eastville, VA 23347. The Sheriff's Office lists Sheriff David L. Doughty, Jr. at 5211 The Hornes, Eastville, VA 23347, with office phone 757-678-0460, dispatch 757-678-0458, and fax 757-678-0494. The facility is a 24-hour jail, but public lobby services and special units may keep narrower hours, so call before traveling.
Northampton County FOIA Routes
For non-emergency jail records, adult booking photographs, charge-status records held by law enforcement, or historical booking details, Northampton County's FOIA page allows requests by U.S. Mail, fax, email, in person, or phone. The county notes that requests for Eastern Shore Regional Jail records should be directed to the Sheriff. Board or general county requests may go to Janice Williams, Deputy County Administrator, P.O. Box 66, Eastville, VA 23347, 757-678-0440 ext. 516, but constitutional-office records should go to the office that holds them.
Courts and Prosecutor
For formal charges after arrest, use Virginia court records or the local clerks. Northampton Circuit Court is at 5229 The Hornes, P.O. Box 36, Eastville, VA 23347-0036, phone 757-678-0465. Northampton General District Court is at 5229 The Hornes, Eastville, VA 23347, phone 757-678-0466. The Commonwealth's Attorney is Jack Thornton, P.O. Box 690, 5229 The Hornes, Eastville, VA 23347, phone 757-678-0455 and fax 757-678-0456.
Pick the route that matches the custody or record question:
- For a person believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records, the Sheriff's Office phone path, and Virginia VINE/VINELink because no official searchable county jail roster was found.
- For booking photographs, use jail roster mugshots guidance and a reasonably specific FOIA request to the Sheriff under Virginia law.
- For charges filed after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Virginia OCIS, General District Court, Circuit Court, or the clerk's office.
- For facility rules, mail, visits, phone service, money, or the local jail address, use the Eastern Shore Regional Jail page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner or someone under state supervision, use the Virginia Department of Corrections Inmate and Supervisee Locator, not the county jail page.
- For a sentenced federal inmate, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For suspected immigration detention, use ICE's Online Detainee Locator or contact ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations if the locator does not find the person.
- For custody notifications, use Virginia VINE/VINELink or the VINE phone route listed by the county at 1-800-467-4943.
- For anonymous tips or crime alerts, the NorthamptonCo Sheriff tip411 app and text route use keyword NHCS sent to 847411. The app is for tips and alerts, not inmate lookup.