New River Valley Jail Overview
New River Valley Regional Jail is the primary jail facility for Grayson County arrests. It is operated by the New River Valley Regional Jail Authority and serves Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski, and Wythe counties plus the City of Radford. That regional structure matters because Grayson County does not run a stand-alone local jail for ordinary post-arrest custody. A person arrested by the Grayson County Sheriff's Office, a town officer, or another local law-enforcement agency is normally checked through New River Valley Regional Jail after commitment.
The facility is a local and regional jail, not a state prison. It holds pretrial detainees, people serving local sentences, some state-responsible jail inmates, and approved work release or home electronic monitoring participants. State prisoners sentenced into Virginia Department of Corrections custody may later move to a VADOC facility such as River North Correctional Center, but New River Valley Regional Jail is the first custody lookup for many Grayson County arrests.
The official New River Valley Regional Jail homepage identifies the facility's regional role, address, phone, and bail-bond notice. The screenshot below is the matched facility image from the project manifest.
The official facility page is useful because it places Grayson County inside the wider regional jail authority and helps avoid a common search error: looking for a separate Grayson County jail roster in Independence.
New River Valley Jail Capacity
The best current capacity source in the research is the October 1, 2025 State Board of Local and Regional Jails capacity report. That report lists New River Valley Regional Jail with 1,183 permanent beds, 11 temporary beds, 68 special-purpose beds, an actual capacity including double-bunking of 1,194, and a rated capacity of 859. For the July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 reporting period, the annualized average daily population was 607.04.
Those figures are facility-level regional numbers. They are not a Grayson-only inmate population count because the jail serves eight member jurisdictions. A Grayson County inmate population search should treat the number as regional capacity context, then use the inmate lookup profile or jail phone to confirm whether a specific person was committed on a Grayson County matter.
New River Valley Inmate Lookup
The official lookup for this facility is the New River Valley Regional Jail inmate lookup. It is the correct roster for Grayson County jail custody because New River Valley Regional Jail, not River North, handles local booking and regional jail detention. The search form supports a name search and a unique-identifier search, and the research confirms that the public form does not require a login.
The official NRVRJ inmate lookup page was captured in the manifest with search-by-name and search-by-identifier panels.
A Grayson County inmate may not appear instantly if intake, medical screening, identity review, or system updates are still in progress. If the roster does not return a match, call the jail or check the state locator only when sentencing or VADOC custody is likely.
- Open the official NRVRJ inmate lookup and choose the name search when only a first and last name are known.
- Enter first name, last name, and date of birth if available. The date field uses an mm/dd/yyyy format.
- Use the released-inmate checkbox if the person may have already left jail custody. The official retention window was not published in the research.
- For a stronger search, use Booking Number, Permanent Number, State ID, County ID, FBI Number, or ICE Number when one is available.
- Confirm the profile details before acting on bond, visitation, mail, or money information.
| Search Option | What to Enter | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Name search | First name, last name, date of birth when known | Most public Grayson County jail roster searches |
| Booking or permanent number | Booking Number or Permanent Number | When jail staff, court papers, or a prior result supplied an ID |
| State, county, FBI, or ICE ID | Selected identifier and value | When another agency number is tied to the custody record |
| Released-inmate checkbox | Checked or unchecked | Possible recent release, with no published retention period |
New River Valley Jail Contact
For custody confirmation, visitation questions, records routing, or mail and account questions, use the regional jail contact information instead of Grayson County's general government address. The jail is listed as operating around the clock in the 211 Virginia listing, but public counter tasks can have narrower rules. Property drop-off, for example, is limited to approved items and weekday hours.
New River Valley Regional Jail
108 Baker Road
Dublin, VA 24084
(540) 643-2000
Regional jail custody and public information line
NRVRJ Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1067
Dublin, VA 24084
Fax: (540) 643-2010
Use separate Phoenix address for personal inmate mail
New River Valley Jail Visits
Family and friend visits at New River Valley Regional Jail are tablet video visits through GettingOut. The visitor sets up an account online through the provider or gets help by phone at 866-516-0115, but the inmate initiates the visit. The research says no advance scheduling is needed for family and friend tablet visits. Attorney visits are different. Attorneys must fax an intent to visit 24 hours in advance and professional visits are limited to weekday windows, excluding meals, lockdowns, security issues, weekends, and holidays.
| Visitor Type | Method | Schedule | Setup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family and friends | Tablet video visitation | Sunday-Saturday, 0800-1100, 1200-1500, 1800-2200 | GettingOut account; inmate starts the visit |
| Clergy | Tablet video visitation | Sunday-Saturday, same tablet windows | GettingOut account or provider help line |
| Attorney of record | Professional visit | Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. until completed by 3:00 p.m. | Fax intent 24 hours ahead to (540) 643-2010 |
Video visits and phone calls are separate from bond, court, and records access. A person can be visible in the roster but unavailable for a visit due to classification, discipline, medical status, lockdown, release, or transfer.
New River Valley Mail Money
Personal inmate mail for New River Valley Regional Jail uses a Phoenix, Maryland scanning address. The envelope must include the full facility name and state, the inmate's full name and identifier, and the sender's full name and physical address. The Phoenix address is not for legal mail and is not for checks or money orders. The research also records detailed photo restrictions, including no ID photos, social-media screenshots, hand signs, guns, narcotics, collages, obstructed faces, or screenshots from video visitation.
The NRVRJ inmate accounts page explains mail, in-person, kiosk, online, and telephone options for funds. The manifest image below is matched to the jail account topic.
Send money only after custody is confirmed. Released, transferred, or state-prison inmates may require a different account system.
| Service | Provider or Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Personal mail | Facility name/state, inmate full name/identifier, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131 | Scanning address; not for legal mail or money |
| Money by mail | Money order payable to New River Valley Regional Jail in care of inmate name | No cash or personal checks by mail |
| In person | Front desk, evening lobby window or counter, and cash kiosk | Kiosk accepts listed bill denominations from $5 through $100 |
| Online and phone | ConnectNetwork, Site ID 30; AdvancePay deposits at 800-483-8314 | Credit/debit transaction fees may apply |
New River Valley Intake
For a Grayson County arrest, the custody path normally runs from arrest or warrant service to magistrate review, bail decision, jail commitment if release is not granted, intake, classification, and housing. New River Valley Regional Jail has a magistrate's office in the building and a secure vehicle sallyport, which supports the regional intake model described in the research. During intake, money in the person's possession may be placed into an inmate account, and booking or permanent identifiers may be tied to the roster record.
Bond results can include personal recognizance, unsecured bond, secured bond, or ineligible for bail. Once a person has been committed to jail, NRVRJ states that only a judge can lower bond or arrange a recognizance bond, not the magistrate. Holds and detainers can also block release after local bond is posted. A detainer is a request or hold from another court, probation authority, federal agency, immigration agency, or another jurisdiction.
New River Valley Jail Programs
The jail's official history and program details make it more than a generic holding site. Construction began in May 1997 on a 28-acre Dublin Industrial Park site, and the first inmates were housed on April 27, 1999. The facility is described as a 279,000-square-foot building with administrative offices, professional visiting areas, a kitchen, laundry, library, classrooms, medical unit, basketball court, contained outdoor recreation yards, and a secure vehicle sallyport.
Program access is tied to classification and jail approval. The research lists voluntary Alcoholics Anonymous, anger management, GED, substance-abuse, workforce readiness, and religious programs. Work release and home electronic monitoring are available only for eligible participants under jail, court, or sheriff authority. These programs do not change the basic lookup rule: current Grayson County jail custody is checked through NRVRJ, while sentenced VADOC custody is checked through the state locator.
Note: Confirm custody, visiting availability, and account rules with New River Valley Regional Jail before travel or deposits.