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Rappahannock Regional Jail Overview

Rappahannock Regional Jail, often shortened to RRJ, is operated by the Rappahannock Regional Jail Authority. The official jail homepage identifies the facility as serving the adult corrections needs of King George County, Stafford County, Spotsylvania County, and the City of Fredericksburg. The physical jail is at 1745 Richmond Hwy, Stafford, VA 22554, with a mailing address of PO Box 548, Fredericksburg, VA 22404. For a King George reader, the practical point is simple: the Sheriff's Office may make the arrest or handle local law-enforcement questions, but RRJ handles adult jail intake, inmate records, visitation, money accounts, mail, and release processing after the person is committed or transferred.

RRJ is a regional jail rather than a King George-owned jail. Its FY2023 Annual Report says the current Stafford facility opened in 2000 with 474 inmates and had a total rated capacity of 1,836. The same report says RRJ continued contracts with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the United States Marine Corps. That means a person physically held at RRJ may be there on King George charges, another member locality's charges, a local sentence, state-responsible custody waiting for Virginia Department of Corrections processing, or a federal or military contract hold.

The RRJ homepage screenshot in the project image set comes from the jail's official site and shows the local-service context for King George County. Open the RRJ official homepage for the current public information links before relying on any schedule or routing detail.

That homepage is also where RRJ links its public inmate information, VINELink, visitation scheduling, facility address, and service pages that matter for King George families.

Rappahannock Regional Jail Capacity and Population

The best sourced RRJ population figures in the research come from the jail's FY2023 Annual Report, covering July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. RRJ reported a rated capacity of 1,836 and a June 30, 2023 population of 961. The report also listed 9,348 bookings, 9,301 releases, 275 full-time staff, 18 part-time staff, a $43,399,755 operating budget, and an average of 460 video arraignments per month for courts served by the jail.

Those are regional jail figures, not King George-only figures. The inspected official sources did not publish a King George-only average daily population or King George-only booking count. RRJ's monthly average daily count chart for FY2023 listed regional values from 908 to 981, with June 2023 shown as 981 on the monthly chart and 961 as the year-end population on June 30, 2023. The year-end count was about 52 percent of rated capacity, so the page should not describe RRJ as overcrowded unless a newer official source supports that claim.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Rappahannock Regional Jail

For current King George County jail custody, use the RRJ JailTracker Public Roster. The application is titled JailTracker Public Roster and the agency is configured as Rappahannock Regional Jail VA. Research of the public agency settings showed that the roster is current-offender focused, requires a qualifying search filter, has images enabled, and allows public search without a login even though a login link appears in the application. The public interface should not be treated as a released-inmate archive, because the user interface is current-only even though the API exposes a released-retention setting.

1. Open the RRJ JailTracker roster from the jail homepage or directly at the public-safety-cloud.com roster URL for Rappahannock Regional Jail VA.
2. Accept the JailTracker disclaimer if it appears, then enter a last name, offender ID, permanent ID, or intake date range. An empty search is rejected.
3. Use first name, middle name, gender, offender ID, or permanent ID to narrow common names, then choose the matching result row.
4. Confirm that the profile is for Rappahannock Regional Jail and compare the photo, intake date, offender ID, permanent ID, gender, charges, court type, bond, and additional information.
5. If the person was sentenced to more than 12 months and moved out of RRJ, check the Virginia Department of Corrections locator instead. For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

The JailTracker screenshot below is from the RRJ public roster interface, the roster used for current RRJ custody searches.

Roster profiles can show a booking photograph, intake date, status, offender and permanent IDs, criminal offenses, statute, case number, court type, bond type, bond amount, age, physical descriptors, arresting agency, address, and ZIP. RRJ states that it does not give out court dates or release dates for security reasons; those details are given to the inmate.

Rappahannock Regional Jail Address and Contact

Use RRJ for jail custody, inmate processing, visitation, mail, commissary, and jail-record questions. Use the King George County Sheriff's Office for sheriff-side arrest, warrant, and law-enforcement routing. Jail records that are not shown in the public roster can be requested through RRJ's FOIA process; the research identifies Santina Thelen as RRJ's FOIA officer, with phone and email contact published in RRJ's FOIA instructions.

Visiting Someone at Rappahannock Regional Jail

RRJ regular family and friend visits are video-based and scheduled online through Renovo/GTL visitation. The jail's visitation rules say regular visits are Monday through Friday only, scheduled 24 to 72 hours in advance, and limited to one 45-minute visit per inmate per week. Visitors must be signed up 15 minutes before the visit begins. New inmates are not eligible for regular visitation during the first 72 hours because classification and housing placement are underway, and RRJ says that process may take longer.

Visitors need valid photo ID and must follow the jail's conduct and dress rules. Children under 18 must be with a parent or legal guardian. RRJ prohibits visitors from bringing items for inmates during scheduled visitation, and personal property should be locked in a vehicle or in a coin-operated locker. Food, drink, cigarettes, lighters, money, handbags, pagers, cell phones, and most personal items are not allowed in the visitation area.

RRJ's official visitation page is the source to check before travel, especially because schedules, identification rules, and entry logistics can change.

The research also found a July 2026 RRJ homepage notice about modernization of the elevator outside the main entrance steps beginning June 29, 2026. Visitors needing elevator access were told to contact Master Control at 804-524-6602 upon arrival, so accessibility status should be confirmed before visiting.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Rappahannock Regional Jail

RRJ separates personal correspondence from legal mail, publications, and money instruments. Personal letters, pictures, and drawings go through TextBehind and are digitally delivered after scanning. Legal mail, approved publications, money orders, and cashier's checks go to RRJ's Fredericksburg mailing address with the inmate's full legal name and ID number. Money orders and cashier's checks must be payable to the inmate, include the inmate ID, and should include a clear return address. RRJ does not accept cash, personal checks, or travelers checks through the mail.

For money deposits, RRJ lists a cash kiosk in the lobby from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and a cash kiosk in the 24-hour vestibule. Online deposits use JailATM, and transaction fees apply. Commissary and care options include Outside Inside for hot food and Oasis Commissary or JailCanteen for care packages. Phone service is GTL/ViaPath; RRJ lists in-state collect calls at a $3 flat fee and gives GTL customer service as 1-800-483-8314. Tablet services use GettingOut for messaging, books, games, and streaming music, but commissary cannot be ordered through tablets.

The account screenshot comes from RRJ's inmate accounts page, which is the source for kiosk, mailed-funds, and JailATM deposit routing.

Before sending funds, confirm the inmate's full legal name and ID number from the JailTracker profile or RRJ, because a mismatched name or identifier can delay posting or return.

Booking and Intake at Rappahannock Regional Jail

RRJ's Inmate Processing Division has three main areas: Intake, Inmate Records, and Property. Intake is responsible for booking and releasing all persons committed or transferred to the jail. For a King George arrest, the local custody path can include sheriff transport or transfer, intake receipt at RRJ, identifying information entry, LiveScan fingerprinting, qualifying DNA swabs, booking photo creation, charge and bond entry, legal-paper service, classification, housing placement, and property processing.

Inmate Records enters charges, bonds, court dates, and related information in the jail management system; sets up video arraignments; and arranges transportation to courts, other jails, and VADOC when needed. Property staff inventory and bag personal property, change jail clothing and linens, approve property releases when allowed, and release property at scheduled release. Intake also identifies suspected illegal aliens and forwards information to ICE for investigation and possible deportation, which is one reason federal or immigration-related questions may appear as local holds or detainers while the person is physically at RRJ.

King George Details and RRJ Programs

King George County has a direct governance role at RRJ even though the jail is in Stafford. The RRJ Authority Board page lists Sheriff Chris Giles of King George County as Vice-Chairman, with a King George address at 9483 Kings Highway, Suite 5. It also lists County Administrator Matthew Smolnik and Board of Supervisors member Ken Stroud for King George. Public comment at authority meetings is limited to three minutes per speaker, each person may speak once, the total public comment period is limited to 30 minutes, and comments must relate to jail services or policies.

The jail's program and conditions material is more specific than a typical county jail overview. RRJ provides an automated law library, and the FY2023 Annual Report says tablet access to legal materials expanded in 2020. GTL tablet programming includes wellness material and a wide range of religious texts. Medical care is available for routine and emergency needs through a contracted medical group, dental services are contracted, and pregnant inmates receive prenatal care through Mary Washington Obstetrics and Gynecology. Mental-health and substance-use services are contracted through Rappahannock Area Community Services Board, with services including group therapy, individual therapy, discharge planning, substance-abuse evaluations, medication-assisted treatment support, crisis response, and telepsychiatry.

Community Corrections includes work release, electronic monitoring, inmate worker projects, and pretrial services. Work release began in October 2000 for eligible nonviolent offenders, and participants pay $15 per day for each day they leave for employment. Electronic monitoring applies to eligible nonviolent, low-risk offenders serving sentences at home and carries a $20-per-day supervision fee. RRJ's inmate-worker agreements include Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George, Fredericksburg, Stafford Parks and Recreation, and the Stafford Sheriff's Office for trash details and community projects.