New River Valley Jail Overview
New River Valley Regional Jail is operated by the New River Valley Regional Jail Authority. It serves Pulaski County along with Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Wythe, and the City of Radford. The facility is a regional jail, not a VADOC prison and not a federal or ICE detention center. It holds people charged with crimes, people serving local-responsible sentences, work-release participants during program tenure, home electronic monitoring participants when assigned, and accepted federal or outside-jurisdiction inmates.
The facility is in Dublin and is the public jail custody channel for Pulaski County arrests. The official history page says construction began in May 1997 on a 28-acre Dublin Industrial Park site and the jail opened to prisoners on April 27, 1999. It includes administrative offices, a magistrate's office, public and professional visiting areas, kitchen, laundry, library, classrooms, a medical unit, recreation areas, and a secure vehicle sallyport. Booking has digital fingerprint equipment and video arraignment capability, which can reduce transport to court.
The official NRVRJ building overview is shown on the regional jail history page.
The facility history helps explain why Pulaski County jail records are tied to a regional authority instead of a county-only jail building.
New River Valley Jail Capacity
NRVRJ's own history gives the clearest facility population story. The jail opened with 248 men and women after local facilities closed. The authority later decided an expansion was needed because of rising incarceration rates in the served localities. A five-story, 139,000-square-foot addition was completed in February 2010. NRVRJ says the expansion brought occupancy to 859 beds and 1,183 double-bunked capacity. The 2023 Virginia Jail Capacity Report also lists New River Valley Regional Jail with capacity data that includes 1,183 and 859.
A Pulaski-only current average daily population was not located in the official materials reviewed. Pulaski County's FY 2024 financial report does confirm the county paid $2,319,102 for confinement of prisoners and that monthly payments were based on the number of county prisoners housed. That makes NRVRJ the right local facility page, while still requiring care when reading regional population totals as Pulaski County totals.
Look Up New River Valley Inmates
The correct lookup for this regional jail is the NRVRJ Inmate Lookup Tool. It supports a name search and an identifier search. Use it first for a person arrested in Pulaski County who may still be in local or regional jail custody. If the person has been sentenced and transferred to state custody, the next search is the VADOC inmate and supervisee locator. Federal and immigration custody use BOP and ICE systems instead.
- Open the NRVRJ lookup and choose Search by Name or Search by Unique Identifier.
- Enter a last name, then add first name or date of birth if the results are broad.
- Check Include released inmates when the person may have bonded out or left custody.
- Use booking number, permanent number, state ID, county ID, FBI number, or ICE number if that identifier is available.
- Read the result row carefully because the database includes more than Pulaski County inmates.
| Confirmed Result Field | What It Means |
|---|---|
| Inmate Name | Name in last, first, middle order. |
| Booking Number | Public number tied to the jail admission. |
| Permanent ID | Person-level jail identifier that can differ from a booking number. |
| Date of Birth | DOB in MM/DD/YYYY format. |
| Release Date | Blank for many current-custody rows; populated when release data applies. |
New River Valley Jail Contact
Use the jail's main number for custody, visiting, mail, money, bond-posting channel, and records routing questions tied to people held at NRVRJ. The 211 Virginia listing describes the facility as open every day, 24 hours, 7 days a week, but that does not mean every lobby, records, bond, or visiting function is open for walk-in service at all times.
New River Valley Regional Jail
108 Baker Road
Dublin, VA 24084
540-643-2000
Fax: 540-643-2010 per 211 Virginia
Facility hours listed by 211 Virginia as 24/7
For sheriff-held law-enforcement records, the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is separate from the jail authority. For formal court records after an arrest, use the Virginia court portals or the appropriate Pulaski County court clerk.
Visit New River Valley Jail
Family and friend visitation at NRVRJ is handled through tablet video visitation with GettingOut. The official visitation page says a visitor can set up an account online or by phone, and the inmate initiates the visit. It also says advance scheduling is not needed for those tablet video visits. Because the facility also has public and professional visiting areas, attorneys and professional visitors should confirm their own procedures directly with NRVRJ.
The jail's official video visitation instructions are published on the family and friends visitation page.
The published windows apply to tablet video visits; separate professional or in-person access should be confirmed before travel.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Family and friend tablet video | Sunday-Saturday, 0800-1100 | GettingOut account required; inmate starts the visit. |
| Family and friend tablet video | Sunday-Saturday, 1200-1500 | No advance scheduling needed per NRVRJ page. |
| Family and friend tablet video | Sunday-Saturday, 1800-2200 | Set up online at gettingout.com or by phone at 866-516-0115. |
| Attorney or professional visit | Not published in captured details | Confirm with NRVRJ before arrival. |
New River Valley Jail Mail
Personal inmate mail is routed through a scanning address, not directly to the Dublin street address. The NRVRJ mail page says personal mail goes to P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131, and 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 does not apply to legal mail, checks, or money orders. Questions about mail delivery should be handled through the published TextBehind support route when that is the issue.
The official NRVRJ inmate mail page lists the mail-scanning address and photo rules.
The mail rules are detailed because rejected mail can delay family contact even when the person is correctly listed in the jail roster.
| Service | Provider or Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131, with facility, inmate, identifier, and sender details. |
| Legal mail | Do not use the Phoenix scanning address; confirm current handling with NRVRJ. |
| Phone and trust fund | ConnectNetwork facility page, Site ID 30, lists AdvancePay Phone and Trust Fund. |
| Booking funds | Cash, coins, money orders, or institutional checks in possession at booking are placed in the inmate account. |
| Release balance | Remaining account funds can be mailed or picked up in person after release. |
Booking at New River Valley
Pulaski County arrests route to NRVRJ when a person is committed to jail. NRVRJ's bonding page says a defendant is brought before a magistrate when an arrest warrant has been issued for violation of a criminal law. The magistrate may set personal recognizance, unsecured bond, secured bond, or find the person ineligible for bail. Once the person is committed to jail, only a judge can lower the bond or arrange a recognizance bond.
At intake, NRVRJ can create a booking number and permanent ID, collect fingerprints, inventory property and funds, conduct health screening and classification, and place the person in housing or an approved alternative custody program. The facility's history page says booking can transmit fingerprints to a central databank. It also has video arraignment equipment for court-facing steps. No official minute-by-minute intake timeline or roster refresh interval was located.
- Magistrate
- A Virginia judicial officer who can make the first bail decision after arrest.
- Secured bond
- Release backed by cash, property, or surety that can be forfeited if the defendant fails to appear.
- Capias
- A court process that can issue after failure to appear or violation of release terms.
- Classification
- Jail review used to assess housing, program access, safety, and supervision needs.
New River Valley Jail Programs
NRVRJ publishes a program list that includes Alcoholics Anonymous, anger management, GED classes, substance abuse classes, workforce readiness, and religious programs. Participation is voluntary, and inmates may sign up during classification. The facility uses contracted professionals, community volunteers, and interested individuals for programs. The 211 Virginia listing also identifies work release and Home Electronic Monitoring for eligible non-violent offenders.
The NRVRJ inmate programs page lists the program categories available to the jail population.
Program eligibility is not the same as release eligibility. Bond, detainers, court orders, classification, and sentence status can still control custody.
Note: Confirm custody, visit access, and account instructions with NRVRJ before traveling or sending money.