To have a paper served, submit two copies of each document to be served to the Sheriff's Office (either in person or by mail) at the Alexandria Courthouse, 520 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. One copy is to be served and the second is for return to you. Include a stamped envelope listing the address you wish the second copy to be mailed once it is served. The service fee for in-state (Virginia) documents is $12 per document, payable by check, money order or cash, if paying directly at the Sheriff's Office. The Office does not accept cash sent through the mail. The out of state fee (for any document originating from another state) is $75 per document per person, in certified funds only. Checks for service fees are to be made payable to the Alexandria Sheriff's Office.

Depending on the type of document being served, service fees may be included with the fees submitted to the issuing Court Clerk's Office. Check with the issuing Clerk for clarification. Please note that certain Alexandria addresses are not actually located in the City of Alexandria's jurisdiction. Call 703.746.4120 if you are unsure whether the Alexandria address is within the City's limits, or if you have any other questions about legal process service.

Call the Detention Center daily between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. at 703.746.5000 for charge, bond and court date. After business hours, you may call 703.746.5050.

Visits will be conducted through secure video access. Learn more here.

Effective June 24, 2024, no personal mail for inmates will be accepted at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center. All personal mail (postcards, letters, greeting cards, etc.) will be processed by Smart Communications and delivered to inmates electronically.

Personal mail must be sent to:

Smart Communications/Alexandria Detention Center
Inmate Name #Inmate Number
P.O. Box 9200
Seminole, FL 33775-9200

Be sure to include the sender's first and last name and a full return address. To look up a recipient's ID number, visit www.SmartInmate.com and search under Alexandria Detention Center VA.

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Legal mail, court documents, bank statements and subscriptions will continue to be sent directly to the facility at:

Alexandria Adult Detention Center
Inmate Name
2001 Mill Road
Alexandria, VA 22314
 

Individuals wishing to participate in Work Release, Modified Work Release or Home Electronic Monitoring should call the Alternative Programs Section at 703.746.5110 or 703.746.5134.

Money orders may be dropped off at the Detention Center's Visitor Center 24 hours a day, seven days per week. Be sure to put the inmate's name and your name and address on the money order or cashier's check. You may also deposit funds to their account online for a fee.

If you're mailing money orders for inmate accounts, make them payable to the inmate and include the sender's name and return address on the envelope. They should be mailed to:

Alexandria Sheriff's Office
Attn: Inmate Accounts
2003 Mill Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22314

You may not bring personal items to an inmate, however, in certain circumstances, the Detention Center will accept clothing for an inmate to wear to court, or medically indicated items cleared by the Detention Center's Medical Unit. For further information, call the Detention Center at 703.746.5043.

View the most recent court order about items not allowed in the courthouse. It includes:

• Firearms of any kind
• Knives and razor blades
• Sharp objects (scissors, screwdrivers, etc.)
• Stun weapons
• Cell phones, cameras or devices with cameras
• Recording devices
• Flammable liquids
• Mace or pepper spray
• Smoking/vaping materials, including lighters and matches
• Combustible or potentially explosive item

After having complied with the process to request eviction from the court, and you have a Writ of Possession, the Sheriff's Office will serve the Writ on your tenant. The fee for service is $12 tenant, made payable to the Alexandria Sheriff's Office in check, money order, or cash, if paying directly at the Sheriff's Office. The Office does not accept cash sent through the mail.

After the appeal period has lapsed, a Deputy Sheriff will contact you to arrange a date for the actual eviction to take place. On the day of eviction, you will be required to do one of the following:

• Have a crew present to move the tenant's property to the public way (public sidewalk) and a locksmith, if needed, to change the lock(s) on the door(s) to the unit, OR
• Change the locks, but permit access by the tenant(s) for a period of 24 hours so that the tenant can move their property themselves, after which any remaining property must be disposed of according to the rules specified by the building management or local ordinance.

For further information on evictions, call:

• Alexandria General District Court Civil Division - 703.746.4021
• Alexandria Sheriff's Office Civil Process Information - 703.746.4120
• Alexandria Landlord/Tenant Relations Office - 703.746.4990

The Sheriff's Office does not disclose an inmate's release date or time in advance. If you are a victim of a crime committed by an inmate at the Detention Center, you will receive a telephone call and written notification of that inmate's scheduled release date. In order to receive this notification, you must register with the Commonwealth's Attorney's Victim/Witness Assistance Program by calling 703.746.4100. Anyone can register with VINELink to be notified after an inmate has been released.

Inmates may not receive incoming calls, however, for verifiable emergencies, a message may be left for an inmate by calling the Detention Center's 24 hour number at 703.746.4099.

Inmates may not receive books through the mail nor magazine subscriptions, but they may receive newspapers through a subscription.

The Sheriff's Office will be switching to a new provider, Smart Communications, the week of June 24. To sign up for an account, visit www.SmartInmate.com. You may contact their Customer Care with questions by calling 888.253.5178.

The inmate must contact the Detention Center's Property Deputy to authorize persons to pick up property. If the inmate has money and wishes to do so, he or she can pay to have the property sent to you. No property will be sent out or allowed to be picked up if the inmate has not provided written permission for the release.

Please visit Requesting Public Records (FOIA) for information and options for submitting your request for public records from the Alexandria Sheriff's Office.

The Alexandria Sheriff's Office complies with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct against people in our custody. Reports can be made by calling the Department of Emergency and Customer Communications at 703.746.4444 or by calling the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office Investigations, Policy and Oversight Section at 703.746.5008. Please visit our PREA page for more information.

We encourage your feedback about how well we are serving you. To share a compliment, please call the Communications Unit at 703.746.5014 or send an email. To make a complaint, please contact Lieutenant Lee Houston at 703.746.5228 or send an email.

The Sheriff's Office maintains open recruitment for the position of Deputy Sheriff. The process for becoming a Deputy Sheriff is explained elsewhere on this website under "Become a Deputy Sheriff."

The Sheriff’s Office does not participate in any type of immigration enforcement in our communities. ICE does not use the Alexandria Detention Center to hold their detainees and they are not included in our contract with the United States Marshals Service.

Learn more here: Sheriff's Statement on Immigration Concerns

In Virginia, the service of protective orders is the responsibility of the primary law enforcement agency. In the City of Alexandria, the Alexandria Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency and is responsible for the service of protective orders. Should a protective order be issued in a City of Alexandria courtroom and the respondent (the person the order is against) is present, the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office will attempt to serve it. However, beyond the courthouse, the Police Department will handle the service of protective orders.

For more information, visit the Alexandria Court Services Unit’s website or the City’s Domestic Violence Program website.

The Sheriff's Office welcomes volunteers as vital to our operations. To volunteer, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at 703.746.5112 or send an email. All volunteers must submit a volunteer application, undergo a criminal history background check and participate in an orientation session. Learn more here.

The Alexandria Sheriff's Office is not distributing uniform patches at this time.

Mailing Addresses:

• Administration - Alexandria Sheriff's Office
  2003 Mill Road
  Alexandria, Virginia 22314
• Courthouse - Alexandria Sheriff's Office
  520 King Street, Suite 308
  Alexandria, Virginia 22314
• Detention Center - Alexandria Detention Center
  2001 Mill Road
  Alexandria, Virginia 22314

Directions:

• To Detention Center and Administration:
  From the west and south, take local lanes of I-95/I-495 (Capital Beltway) to Exit 176B (Telegraph Road North/Eisenhower Avenue) and follow signs for Eisenhower Avenue exit ramp. Turn right on Eisenhower and drive east to Mill Road. Turn right on Mill Road and bear right, following signs to the Sheriff’s Office and Detention Center at 2001/2003 Mill Road.
  
  From the east and north, take local lanes of I-95/I-495 (Capital Beltway) to Exit 176B (Telegraph Road North/Eisenhower Avenue) and follow signs to Eisenhower Avenue. On ramp, stay right and follow signs for Pershing Avenue. As ramp ends at light, turn right on Stovall Avenue and then proceed one block to Eisenhower Avenue. Turn left on Eisenhower and drive east to Mill Road. Turn right on Mill Road and bear right, following signs to the Sheriff’s Office and Detention Center at 2001/2003 Mill Road.
  
  If you are unfamiliar with Mill Road, pay close attention to traffic patterns and signs.
• To Alexandria Courthouse: Take local lanes of I-95/I-495 (Capital Beltway) to Exit 177B (Route 1 North). Take Route 1 north toward downtown Alexandria, turn right on King Street, and then proceed to 520 King Street.

Phone Numbers:

Detention Center Information (available 24 hours a day)
703.746.4099

Administration
703.746.4114

Detention Center Watch Commanders
Day Shift: 703.746.5036
Night Shift: 703.746.5038

Courthouse Information
703.746.4120

Detention Center Records & Inmate Information
703.746.5000

Recruitment
703.746.5095

Sheriff Sean Casey
AlexandriaSheriff@alexandriava.gov
703.746.4114

Undersheriff Robyn Nichols
Administrative Services Bureau Commander
robyn.nichols@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5120

Chief Deputy Dan Gordon
Detention Center Bureau Commander
daniel.gordon@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5026

Chief Deputy Dave Cutting
Judicial and Field Operations Bureau Commander
dave.cutting@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5156

Captain Robert Gilmore
Detention Center, Division A Commander
robert.gilmore@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5168

Captain Lee Houston
Detention Center, Division B Commander
lemuel.houstonjr@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5228

Captain Quentin Wade
Judicial and Field Operations Division Commander
quentin.wade@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5047

Captain Marybeth Plaskus
Administrative Support Division Commander
marybeth.plaskus@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5010

Latoscha Hart
Human Resources Section Director
latoscha.hart@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5025

Cicely Woodrow
Fiscal Management Section Director
cicely.woodrow@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5149

David Nye
Training & Accreditation Section Director
david.nye@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5169

LaTanya Ervin
Inmate Services & Alternative Programs Division
latanya.ervin@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5075

Amy Bertsch
PIO/Media Relations
amy.bertsch@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5014

Shakayla Farmer
Volunteer Coordinator
shakayla.farmer@alexandriava.gov
703.746.5112

Chaplain
703.746.5108

Magistrate
703.746.4515

Inmate Property
703.746.5043

Alternative Programs
703.746.5110

Visitation Information
703.746.5044

Inmate Classification Manager
703.746.5162

Public Records Requests/FOIA
703.746.3750