This is a private reference site, not a jail, sheriff's office, clerk's office, or corrections department. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, approve visits, or obtain official booking records for you. Use the official contact path below for the record or custody question involved.
Where to Start for Greensville County Custody Records
For a recent Greensville County or Emporia arrest, start with Southside Regional Jail because it is the local regional jail serving Greensville County and the City of Emporia. The official research did not locate a public searchable Southside roster, so phone, records, VINE, court search, and VADOC are the practical routing choices.
Southside Regional Jail
244 Uriah Branch Way
Emporia, VA 23847
(434) 634-2254
Fax: (434) 634-3730
Email: admin@southsideregionaljail.org
Records Manager: extension 0305
Intake/Booking: extension 0407
Magistrate: extension 0405
Public records counter hours were not posted in the reviewed jail pages. Call before traveling.
Greensville County Sheriff's Office
174 Uriah Branch Way
Emporia, VA 23847
(434) 348-4200
Fax: (434) 634-9615
Email: gcso@greensvillecountyva.gov
Emergency: 911
Use GCSO for sheriff incident, arrest, civil process, or law-enforcement records rather than jail intake records.
Greensville Circuit Court Clerk
337 South Main Street
Emporia, VA 23847-0631
(434) 348-4215
Fax: (434) 348-4020
Office hours: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Use the clerk or Virginia Courts portals for filed charges, court dates, dispositions, and certified copies.
Greensville Correctional Center
901 Corrections Way
Jarratt, VA 23870
(434) 535-7000
Operator: Virginia Department of Corrections
Use VADOC, not the local jail, for sentenced state prisoners and supervisees.
- For someone believed to be in local jail custody, use jail inmate records and call Southside Regional Jail at (434) 634-2254.
- For a booking photo or booking-sheet question, review jail roster mugshots and route the request to Southside records or the arresting agency under Virginia FOIA.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, the Virginia Courts case portals, or the appropriate Greensville court clerk.
- For facility-specific visiting, mail, phone, or money rules, use the Southside Regional Jail and Greensville Correctional Center pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Virginia Department of Corrections Inmate & Supervisee Locator and the Greensville Correctional Center contact path when the person is housed there.
- For sentenced federal custody, search the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. For immigration custody, search ICE ODLS by A-Number or biographical details. A federal pretrial defendant may be in U.S. Marshals custody before appearing in BOP.
- For custody notifications, use Virginia VINE as a notification layer, then verify urgent details with the jail or the agency holding the person.