Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center Inmate Search

Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center Overview

The official county name for the jail is Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center, often shortened locally to Fauquier County ADC or Adult Detention Center. It is operated by the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office, whose main page identifies Sheriff Jeremy A. Falls as sheriff. The jail is at 50 West Lee Street in Warrenton, near the courthouse and sheriff's administrative-office area.

The ADC is a county jail, not a state prison. The Sheriff's divisions material describes it as the unit that houses prisoners remanded to the custody of the Sheriff, handles prisoner transportation, and runs as a 24-hour operation. People held here may include pretrial detainees, recently arrested adults, people remanded by Fauquier courts, and sentenced local inmates. Some Fauquier inmates may be transferred to Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center when housing, medical, overpopulation, or security needs require regional placement.

Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center Capacity and Population

The State Board of Local and Regional Jails 2025 Capacity Report lists Fauquier's facility row with 120 permanent beds, 2 special-purpose beds, actual capacity including double-bunking of 120, rated capacity of 56, and average daily population of 40.23 for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. The Sheriff's 2025 Annual Report uses a different operational view: it reports 1,312 people booked into the ADC in 2025 and a combined ADC plus NWRJ average daily population of 142 for Fauquier inmates. Those figures should not be merged; the state report is facility-specific, while the sheriff's annual count includes the regional jail relationship.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center

No official Fauquier County public online jail roster was found on the sheriff's website during the research pass. The official Adult Detention Center page directs the public to call the booking desk at 540-422-8700 for information about an incarcerated person. For current inmates, the ADC says staff may release only the person's name, current charges, court of jurisdiction, and bonding information. Court dates and release dates are not released to the public for security reasons.

1. Call the Fauquier ADC booking desk at 540-422-8700.
2. Provide the person's full name and, if available, a date of birth or arrest date to help staff distinguish similar names.
3. Ask whether the person is currently at the Warrenton ADC or has been transferred to Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center.
4. If the person is current, request the public categories the jail can release: current charges, court of jurisdiction, and bonding information.

If the booking desk cannot locate the person at Fauquier ADC, start the regional check at NRADC's How Do I page and choose Locate an Inmate, or call NRADC at 540-535-3800. For booking records beyond what the phone desk can release, use the sheriff's Professional Standards and Records channel. Sentenced state-prison custody should be checked through the Virginia Department of Corrections Inmate and Supervisee Locator, while custody notifications can be handled through Virginia VINELink.

Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center Address and Contact

Use the detention-center number for custody questions, booking-desk lookup, same-day visitation appointments, and bond-information confirmation. The sheriff's administrative office is nearby but separate from the jail; do not treat the administrative address as the visitor or booking location.

Visiting Someone at Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center

Fauquier ADC allows one in-person visit per week on Saturday or Sunday by same-day appointment. Visitors must call 540-422-8700 between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on the requested visiting day to receive an assigned time. Visits usually last about 20 to 25 minutes. Each inmate may list up to three authorized visitors, and the list can be changed once every 30 days. Visitors need identification, are subject to search, and visitors under 18 must be with a parent or legal guardian.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center

Personal mail for Fauquier ADC does not go directly to the jail. It is sent to a Greensboro mail-processing center, scanned after review, and made available through the approved tablet system. Legal mail still goes directly to the Warrenton jail and must be marked as legal mail on official law-office or government stationery. Phone and video services use PAYTEL, and general-population phone access is available from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.; newly incarcerated people receive two free calls at committal.

Booking and Intake at Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center

A Fauquier arrest or court remand normally leads to transport to the ADC at 50 West Lee Street unless the person is later moved to NRADC. During intake, jail staff receive the person into custody, record booking information, and begin the custody process used for public current-inmate inquiries. The jail's public channel is narrow: it can release name, current charges, court of jurisdiction, and bonding information for current inmates, but it does not give court dates or release dates.

Bond may be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week if the person is eligible. The official ADC page lists cash, property, and private bail bondsman options, with cash posted through the magistrate or court and property-bond requirements confirmed through the local magistrate. Sheriff's Office employees do not recommend bail bonding companies. During the housing process, program eligibility can also be affected by conduct, classification, offense history, and security concerns.

About Fauquier County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center

The ADC's published program list includes trustee work, inmate workforce assignments, work release, electronic incarceration, religious services, mental-health counseling and group therapy through Encompass Community Supports, substance-abuse support, AA, NA, Celebrate Recovery, medically assisted treatment for screened inmates, GED or high-school-equivalency education and testing, and PAYTEL tablet education resources. Program details are provided during booking and in the inmate handbook, and eligibility is not automatic.

Vocational and alternative-custody programs are limited to eligible inmates. The research notes disqualifiers for some vocational opportunities, including prior escape history, sex crimes, excessive drug abuse or drug distribution, and other violent crimes. The Work Release Program screens nonviolent sentenced offenders, includes job checks and routine alcohol and drug screens, and uses GPS monitoring. Electronic incarceration requires a permanent local address, good conduct during traditional incarceration, equipment-fee compliance, and random home or substance checks.