This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, pull official booking records, or change court information. Use the official contacts below for those requests.
Official Portsmouth Record Routes
For current jail custody questions, start with the Portsmouth Sheriff's Office and Portsmouth City Jail. Sheriff Michael A. Moore's office lists the jail at 2690 Elmhurst Lane, Portsmouth, VA 23701.
Portsmouth City Jail
2690 Elmhurst Lane
Portsmouth, VA 23701
757-391-3177
Alternate custody/status line: 757-391-3178
Medical unit: 757-391-3181
Portsmouth Sheriff's Office Civil Process
Phone: 757-393-5030
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Civil process staff cannot provide legal advice or recommend attorneys.
Use these routes based on the kind of record or status you need:
- For someone possibly held at Portsmouth City Jail, call 757-391-3177 or 757-391-3178 and review the jail inmate records guide.
- For a booking photo or mugshot request, read the jail roster mugshots page, then ask the jail or use the City of Portsmouth FOIA route if the photo is not available informally.
- For charges or hearing dates after an arrest, use the Virginia courts case-information systems described on court records after a jail arrest.
- For facility address, phone, visitation, mail, and money details, use the Portsmouth City Jail page.
- For city-held public records, use the City FOIA page at portsmouthva.gov/freedom-of-information-act or the JustFOIA portal at portsmouthva.justfoia.com/publicportal.
- For a sentenced Virginia state prisoner or supervisee, search the VADOC locator at vadoc.virginia.gov/general-public/inmate-and-supervisee-locator.
- For a federal inmate after sentencing, use the BOP locator at bop.gov/inmate_locator. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS at locator.ice.gov.