Learn about social and professional visits, phone and canteen accounts, and programs for inmates. If you want to find out if someone is being held at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center, visit VINELink.com.
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Family ties are especially important for people in custody and several residents reflected on those relationships during a recent Father's Day activity featuring painting and pizza.
In connection with Second Chance Month, the Sheriff’s Office held a ceremony to formally rename the men’s program housing unit as the Second Chance Unit.
The Detention Center offers inmates many programs to help them rebuild their lives, their families, and their communities. Offering inmates enriching programs is a smart and productive thing to do, and serves a tri-fold purpose.
The Sheriff's Office uses Smart Communications to handle inmate communications, including phones and tablets. Inmates receive four free 15-minute phones calls, two free digital messages and two free 20-minute video visits each week.
To enhance the safety of inmates and staff, the Sheriff’s Office uses MailGuard® from Smart Communications. This allows inmates to receive personal postal mail through a safe and secure electronic mail service. Personal mail for inmates will no longer be accepted at the Adult Detention Center.
Our Inmate Services team organized this annual event to help our residents explore opportunities and resources that can facilitate their successful return to the community.
The Sheriff’s Office and the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center recently attained our official certification of compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), a federal law enacted to protect inmates from sexual assault.
The Alexandria Sheriff's Office provides this information to assist attorneys in gaining access to Alexandria Sheriff's Office facilities, coordinating services to clients held within these facilities and obtaining records held by this Office.
The Sheriff’s Office has contracted with Smart Communications to provide inmate privileged communications, including legal mail, for approved registered attorneys. These changes streamline privileged communications between counsel and inmates, improve legal mail distribution, maintain privacy, and ensure the safety and well-being of inmates and staff.
Inmates at the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center have access to a small law library and a collection of popular novels, self-help books, literary classics and a variety of non-fiction books through the inmate leisure library.
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, commonly known as PREA, is a federal law enacted to protect inmates in jails and prison from sexual abuse and sexual harassment during their incarceration.
Inmate Work Detail is composed of carefully screened inmates who, under the direct supervision of a deputy sheriff, complete public works projects, including litter collection along roadways and debris removal near waterways.
Have questions about inmate visitation, requesting an eviction, becoming a Deputy Sheriff or bringing certain items inside the Alexandria Courthouse? Check here for the answers to these and other FAQs.
