Lookup Alleghany Regional Jail Inmates

Alleghany Regional Jail Overview

Alleghany Regional Jail is located at 268 West Main Street in Covington and is operated by the Alleghany County Sheriff's Office and Regional Jail. The facility map classifies it as a regional jail, not a state prison or federal detention center. It serves Alleghany County and the City of Covington, and the LIDS contact list also says the jail holds Bath County inmates. The official jail phone is 540-965-1776, and the sheriff office phone is 540-965-1770.

The FY2024 Jail Cost Report says the jail was built in 2001, books inmates, houses females, has contract medical care, does not use contract food service, and uses indirect supervision beds. It also reports no federal or out-of-state ADP and no federal contract beds for FY2024. That facility profile supports a local and regional custody page, not a federal or state-prison page.

The sheriff homepage lists the jail and office contact details: Alleghany County Sheriff's Office and Regional Jail.

Alleghany Regional Jail Population

State reporting gives the strongest capacity and population figures for Alleghany Regional Jail. The FY2024 Jail Cost Report lists 56 DOC rated operating capacity, 73 total LIDS ADP, 26,713 inmate housed days, and 130 percent capacity utilization. The 2025 BLRJ capacity report lists 112 permanent beds, 10 temporary beds, 6 special-purpose beds, 122 actual capacity including double-bunking, 56 rated capacity, and 88.45 ADP for 7/1/24 through 6/30/25.

The gap between rated capacity and actual capacity should be read carefully. Rated capacity is the state operating capacity figure. Actual capacity including double-bunking is a larger physical-bed measure. Average daily population is the average number of people held during the report period.

Lookup Alleghany Regional Jail Inmates

No official public local roster was located for Alleghany Regional Jail. The sheriff's inmate information page links to VADOC, which is a state locator and not a complete local jail roster. For a person held locally before trial, serving a local sentence, or newly booked, the practical first channel is the jail phone. Use VADOC after sentencing, transfer, or state-responsible status.

1. Call Alleghany Regional Jail at 540-965-1776 to ask whether the person is currently held there.
2. If the arrest just happened, allow at least one hour for booking and longer if intake is busy.
3. Ask whether bond is set, whether a hold or detainer exists, and which court is tied to the booking.
4. Use Virginia VINE for custody notifications when the person can be registered.
5. Use the VADOC locator if the person has moved into state corrections custody or supervision.

For a public booking record, direct FOIA requests to the sheriff/jail FOIA officer. For formal charges and hearing dates, search Virginia court records rather than relying on the jail alone.

Alleghany Regional Jail Contact

The jail and sheriff's office share the downtown Covington address. The county FOIA page lists Kyle Moore as the FOIA officer for the Sheriff's Office/Jail at this address. No separate online booking-record request form or jail roster request form was located.

Visiting Alleghany Regional Jail

Alleghany Regional Jail uses Pay Tel/Homewav and InteleVISIT processes. Visitors must have a Pay Tel account. The detainee adds the visitor as a contact in the tablet app, the contact receives a text, accepts terms, and uploads a selfie and government ID photo. Facility staff approve or reject the contact. Visits can be joined shortly before the scheduled time, and facility staff can monitor, warn, or disconnect sessions.

Mail and Money at Alleghany Regional Jail

Normal non-legal mail goes to a Greensboro, North Carolina processing center, not the Covington jail street address. Use: Alleghany Regional Jail, Inmate Name, Inmate ID, Facility ID Number 5004, PO Box 18247, Greensboro, NC 27419. Legal mail goes to Alleghany Regional Jail at 268 West Main Street, Covington, VA 24426 and must be marked legal mail. Scanned physical mail is destroyed after scanning.

The JailCanteen/OASIS storefront is documented for this facility: Alleghany Co Reg. Jail commissary storefront.

Booking at Alleghany Regional Jail

Booking can take at least one hour and longer when intake is busy. The jail page says a newly arrested or court-returned person may not be active for deposits until booking is fully complete. Intake includes legal authority to hold the person, jail record creation, search and property handling, medical screening, booking photo and fingerprints, classification, and housing. Prescription medication may be brought only in the original container and only after jail medical clearance.

Phone access begins after housing areas are cleaned. Phones turn off at 11 PM, calls are charged to the called party, and the provider establishes a 10-minute limit. No incoming inmate calls are accepted, and messages are not given except emergency death-in-family type situations.

Alleghany Regional Jail Records

Booking records, custody status, and adult booking-photo requests should be directed to the sheriff/jail records path when they are not available online. Ask for specific public records rather than a full investigative file. Useful identifiers include full name, booking date, arresting agency, case number, inmate ID, and date of birth if authorized to provide it.

Formal charges and dispositions belong to the court systems. The court offices are listed at 266 West Main Street, next to the jail cluster. General District/JDR combined court can be reached at 540-965-1720, and the Circuit Court Clerk can be reached at 540-965-1730. This close jail-court geography is useful, but it does not merge the record systems.