This site is a private reference resource, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, arrange a visit, pull official booking records, update a roster, or answer whether a person has been transferred. Use the official office or locator that controls the record.
Where to Start for a Caroline County Custody or Record Question
Caroline County's local jail closed in 1998, so a current jail lookup after a Caroline arrest usually starts with Pamunkey Regional Jail. Arresting-agency, court, prosecution, state-prison, ICE, and federal custody questions use different offices.
Pamunkey Regional Jail
Pamunkey Regional Jail is the county-jail-equivalent facility for Caroline County inmate searches and current local/regional jail custody.
- Address: 7240 Courtland Farm Road, Hanover, VA 23069
- Phone: 804-365-6400
- Email: contactus@pamunkeyjail.gov
- Public site hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST, Monday-Friday
- Roster channel: PRJ "Who's In Jail" for current local/regional jail inmates
- FOIA channel: PRJ FOIA page for jail authority records
Caroline County Sheriff's Office
The sheriff's office handles local law enforcement, arrests, transports, court security, and many sheriff records. It is not the public jail lobby for visiting or finding someone held at PRJ.
- Address: 118 Courthouse Lane, Bowling Green, VA 22427
- Mailing address: P.O. Box 39, Bowling Green, VA 22427
- Phone: 804-633-1120
- Fax: 804-633-1124
- After-hours non-emergency: 804-633-5400
- Anonymous tip line: 804-633-1133
- Emergency: 911
- Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Caroline Courts and Prosecutor Contacts
- Caroline General District Court information and court/fines questions: 804-633-5720.
- Caroline County Clerk of Court: Susan W. Minarchi, Clerk; mailing address P.O. Box 309, Bowling Green, VA 22427; main phone 804-633-1090; hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; recording hours 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; criminal case information 804-633-1184 or 804-633-1095.
- Caroline County Commonwealth's Attorney: 111 Ennis Street, Bowling Green, VA 22427; mailing P.O. Box 432, Bowling Green, VA 22427; phone 804-633-7170.
- Victim/Witness Assistance Program: 111 Ennis Street, Bowling Green, VA 22427; phone 804-633-8037; fax 804-633-0146; hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
State, Federal, Immigration, and Notification Channels
- Sentenced Virginia custody: use the Virginia Department of Corrections Inmate and Supervisee Locator for VADOC institutions, supervision, CCAP, and local/regional jail inmates under VADOC authority.
- Caroline Correctional Unit: 31285 Camp Road, Hanover, VA 23069; phone 804-994-2161; Superintendent Chantel Thrower.
- ICE and Caroline Detention Facility: 11093 S. W. Lewis Memorial Drive, Bowling Green, VA 22427; phone 804-633-0043. ICE detainee information extensions identified in research are 151 or 261 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- ICE Online Detainee Locator System: use A-Number and country of birth, or biographical search details when available.
- BOP Inmate Locator: use for sentenced federal inmates and historical federal custody records, not every newly arrested federal pretrial defendant.
- Virginia VINE: use for custody-status notifications and victim notification services.
- Pamunkey Regional Jail (VA) mobile app: another OCV/MyOCV path for Who's In Jail, VINE, visits, mail and commissary, legal/professional visits, FOIA, PREA, alerts, and related PRJ information.
Common Routing Choices
- For someone in the Caroline County jail track, start with jail inmate records and PRJ.
- For booking-photo questions, check jail roster mugshots and the office that created the booking record.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Caroline courts.
- For facility-specific rules, use the facility pages in the footer list.
- For county or sheriff public records, use Caroline County's FOIA/NextRequest portal; for jail authority records, use PRJ's FOIA page.