Duffield Facility Inmate Lookup

Duffield Facility Inmate Overview

Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority lists the Duffield Facility as one of its four regional jail buildings. The jail serves the SWVRJA member-jurisdiction population, including people booked after Russell County arrests when they are not released at the magistrate or court stage. A Russell County booking should not be assumed to be housed at Duffield until the roster or the facility confirms it, because SWVRJA can assign people among Duffield, Abingdon, Haysi, and Tazewell.

The Duffield building is a regional jail for local and regional custody. That means it can hold pretrial defendants, people serving local jail sentences, and inmates with holds or transfer issues. It is distinct from Appalachian Men's Community Corrections Alternative Program in Honaker, which is a VADOC community-confinement program and uses the state locator rather than the SWVRJA current-inmate roster.

Duffield Facility Population Stats

The Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails 2025 capacity report lists Duffield with 657 permanent beds, 100 temporary beds, 103 special-purpose beds, 760 actual capacity including double-bunking, and 405 rated capacity. Those are facility numbers, not Russell County-only numbers. The same research notes a SWVRJA combined ADP of 1,698.22 for the July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 reporting period.

The Duffield 2024 PREA annual report reported an average daily population of 416 males and 111 females, for a total ADP of 527. That PREA figure is a facility population measure, while the BLRJ rated-capacity figure is a capacity standard. They answer different questions: how many people were held on average and how the building is rated for jail-capacity reporting.

Duffield Facility Roster Search

Current Duffield inmate lookup runs through the official SWVRJA current facility inmates page, which links to the JailTracker roster. The roster is authority-wide. Search the person first, then read the result for the facility field before using Duffield visitation, mail, or money details.

1. Open the SWVRJA current-inmate page and follow the official JailTracker link.
2. Search by last name first, then add first name if the result list is broad.
3. Complete any captcha or browser prompt if the app requires it.
4. Open the profile and confirm that the facility is Duffield before acting on visit or mail rules.
5. If no current SWVRJA record appears, check VADOC, BOP, ICE, court records, or call the holding agency.

JailTracker profile fields may include name, facility, booking date, booking number, jacket number, charges, court data, bond fields, holds, status, and an offender image if the agency configuration displays one. A charge on the jail roster is a booking or hold entry. Court records may later show amended charges, dismissed charges, indictments, or final dispositions.

Duffield Facility Address

Use the Duffield contact line for facility-location confirmation, visit questions, and basic jail information. For records requests, use the SWVRJA FOIA officer listed in the records section rather than sending a public-records request to a general facility line.

Before driving from Lebanon or another Russell County community, confirm the inmate is still assigned to Duffield. SWVRJA houses people across a regional system, and facility placement may change for classification, court movement, or operational reasons.

Duffield Facility Visit Schedule

Duffield video visitation uses Smart Communications and SmartInmate. Visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours before the session and may be scheduled up to two weeks ahead. Remote sessions are 15 minutes, cost $0.33 per minute when connected, require a valid picture ID, and are limited to approved visitors. SWVRJA states that sessions are monitored and recorded.

The official SWVRJA visitation page still states that onsite visitation is suspended due to COVID-19 CDC regulations. Treat that as the posted rule, but verify before travel because the text may not reflect a recent operational change. Visitors should also review the dress and conduct rules before scheduling.

Note: Confirm the inmate's Duffield assignment and the current onsite status before leaving for the facility.

Duffield Facility Mail Money Phone

SWVRJA routes regular personal mail through Smart Communications for scanning. For Duffield, regular scanned mail is addressed to Smart Communications-Southwest Virginia Regional Jail - Duffield Jail, Attention To: inmate name-ID number, P.O. Box 9113, Seminole, FL 33775. The inmate name and ID number must be clear on the outside of the envelope or postcard. Originals are scanned and destroyed, so do not mail birth certificates, marriage certificates, Social Security cards, or photos that must be returned.

Legal mail and money orders for Duffield use the local facility mailing route: inmate name, P.O. Box 367, Duffield, VA 24244. Legal correspondence should be clearly marked and come from an attorney, court, DOC, or Parole Board. Commissary funds may be deposited through a 24/7 lobby kiosk, JailATM, or a mailed money order. Smart Communications also handles phone, voicemail, and electronic messaging services.

Duffield Facility Records FOIA

Jail booking records, custody records, and related SWVRJA records are requested through the authority's Freedom of Information Act channel. SWVRJA identifies Melissa White as FOIA officer, P.O. Box 279, Meadowview, VA 24361, phone (276) 739-3520, fax (276) 739-3534, and email mmwhite@swvrja.com. A request should identify the person, approximate booking date, facility if known, and the record type sought.

Virginia FOIA procedure is governed by Virginia Code section 2.2-3704. Law-enforcement record access and exemptions may involve section 2.2-3706. If the requested record is an arrest report or incident report created by the Russell County Sheriff's Office, route that request to the arresting agency rather than SWVRJA.

Duffield Facility Booking Intake

A Russell County arrest usually moves from arrest or warrant service to a magistrate or court release decision. If the person is not released on summons, recognizance, or bond, the person may be transported to a SWVRJA facility for intake. Intake creates the jail booking record, including identification, property handling, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and facility assignment.

Duffield assignment can change after booking. A current roster result is the practical source for present location, while formal court charges are checked through Virginia court portals. For bond issues, do not treat commissary deposits as bail. Verify bond status in the JailTracker profile or by calling the holding facility, then ask the magistrate, clerk, or jail how that specific bond must be posted.

Duffield Facility PREA Programs

SWVRJA's PREA page states a zero-tolerance policy for inmate-on-inmate sexual assault or abuse and staff sexual misconduct or harassment. The Duffield PREA Compliance Manager contact is (276) 431-8000 ext. 2072. PREA information is part of jail-condition accountability, not a substitute for current custody lookup.

Programs and family-service information published by SWVRJA focuses on communication, mail scanning, phone accounts, video visitation, commissary deposits, VINE notification, and PREA reporting. Detailed housing-unit breakdowns, classification matrices, visitor-lot maps, public-transit routes, and property-release forms were not located in the official Duffield sources reviewed.