ACADC Appomattox Release Role
The official ACADC page identifies Amherst County Adult Detention Center as a Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority facility in Madison Heights. An official facility audit says ACADC serves Amherst and Appomattox Counties and replaced the former county jails. It also replaced BRRJA’s former Moneta facility. This makes ACADC the principal documented regional detention site for Appomattox, even though it sits outside Appomattox County.
That relationship is more specific than the role of the other BRRJA sites. Still, it should not become a claim that every Appomattox arrestee is housed at ACADC. The Sheriff can have local lockup or transport records. BRRJA can move a person among its physical facilities. State, federal, and immigration authorities operate separate systems. Confirm the booked person and physical site instead of treating the county name as the facility location.
Where ACADC Releases Go
A true ACADC community release can follow bond, a court order, dismissal, completion of a local sentence, time served, or another authorized disposition. The BRRJA release entry should show when facility custody ended and, if maintained, the release code or destination. That source is stronger than an inference based on a person disappearing from JailTracker.
Other outcomes keep the person confined. A move from ACADC to Bedford, Campbell, Halifax, or Lynchburg Adult Detention Center remains BRRJA custody. A transfer to the Virginia Department of Corrections continues custody in the state system. Delivery to a federal or immigration authority also ends ACADC custody without establishing community release. The destination determines the next search.
| ACADC event | Custody meaning | Confirmation route |
|---|---|---|
| Community release | BRRJA physical custody ends | BRRJA booking and release entry |
| Another BRRJA unit | Regional custody continues | Authority locator for the new site |
| VADOC commitment | State custody continues | VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator |
| Federal or ICE transfer | Receiving authority controls custody | System named in the transfer record |
No official ACADC source reviewed states fixed release hours, an exit point, a property-pickup rule, or a transportation arrangement. Those details should not be guessed. Call the facility for current operational information when it directly affects a planned pickup.
Check ACADC Current Custody
ACADC links an Amherst JailTracker locator from its official page. Use it only to see whether a matching person is currently presented at ACADC. The dynamic interface’s exact detail fields, photograph behavior, update pace, and visibility after release were not verified in the research. Do not borrow field names or retention claims from a JailTracker page in another jurisdiction.
- Open the current locator through the official ACADC facility page.
- Search the available name fields and compare identifiers carefully.
- If the person appears, treat the result as current ACADC custody, subject to update timing.
- If absent, check the other BRRJA facility locators for a transfer.
- Request the release or transfer entry before calling the person released.
BRRJA’s public menu is organized by the five physical facilities: Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Halifax, and Lynchburg. It has no separate Appomattox button. That structural mismatch explains why an Appomattox case can be hard to locate. Search the physical holding site. The Appomattox County released inmate search path also shows when to move from regional custody records to court, VADOC, VINE, federal, or immigration sources.
Note: Absence from ACADC can mean release, transfer, timing, a spelling mismatch, or limited portal coverage, so it is not final proof.
Request ACADC Release Records
BRRJA is the proper first records route when ACADC booked or held the person. The authority identifies Patricia Stevens as its FOIA Officer. A precise request should name the person, aliases if known, approximate booking and release dates, the Appomattox arrest or case, and ACADC as the likely facility. Ask for an electronic copy of the existing record rather than asking the officer to create a timeline or answer a general question.
BRRJA FOIA Officer
Patricia Stevens
Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority
510 Ninth Street
Lynchburg, VA 24504
Phone: 434-847-3100, extension 1224
Email: foiarequest@brrja.state.va.us
The BRRJA FOIA page provides the authority’s online contact route. Ask for the booking or release sheet, booking number, booked and released date and time, release disposition, releasing site, and transfer destination when present. If an adult routine booking photograph is relevant to identification, request it specifically if maintained and disclosable. Do not promise that every field exists or will be released.
BRRJA and the Appomattox County Sheriff are separate record holders. Send Sheriff-created arrest, local lockup, transport, or photograph questions to the Sheriff’s FOIA officer. Send ACADC and other regional jail booking, movement, and release questions to BRRJA. If the path is uncertain, describe the event and ask which office has the document instead of sending a broad duplicate demand.
ACADC Release Contact Details
Direct facility contact can confirm routing and help identify whether the current locator is the correct first check. It should not be used to demand information the facility cannot disclose by telephone. Give enough identifying detail to avoid matching the wrong person, but do not assume staff can provide a full release record during a call.
Amherst County Adult Detention Center
219 South Riverview Road
Madison Heights, VA 24572
Mail: P.O. Box 1150
Phone: 434-528-3160
Fax: 434-528-3748
At the research date, BRRJA listed Major D. Moore as site administrator and Captain B. Hughes as assistant. Personnel can change, so address release-record requests to the office or FOIA function, not solely to a named administrator. No official facility office hours for release inquiries were established in the source material. Call the published main number for current routing.
Read ACADC Release Records
A release record is not the same as the live roster or court docket. The roster answers whether BRRJA currently displays the person at a physical unit. The court record explains orders, charges, and dispositions. The booking or release entry records the facility event. Each source can be accurate while answering a different question.
- Release date and time
- When ACADC or BRRJA processed the end of that custody segment.
- Disposition
- The stated basis, such as bond, court order, sentence served, or transfer.
- Releasing facility
- The physical BRRJA site that processed the event.
- Destination
- The community or receiving authority, when the record maintains that field.
- Booking number
- A key identifier for separating people with similar names.
“Released from ACADC” should always be completed with a destination when known. Release to the community ends confinement under BRRJA for that event. Release to VADOC or another jail is a transfer of custody. If the public display has vanished, preserve the person’s identifiers and request the source entry. There is no published ACADC post-release visibility term or official 24-hour or 72-hour release feed.
Reconcile ACADC Release Evidence
An Appomattox court record can explain why ACADC was authorized to release or transfer someone, but it should not be substituted for the detention center’s event. General District Court handles many misdemeanors, traffic cases, and felony preliminary matters. Circuit Court handles felony trials and district-court appeals. If a felony entry says it was certified or transferred from General District Court, follow the case into Circuit Court rather than treating that notation as a final outcome.
Compare the final order with BRRJA’s release or transfer entry. A bond order may precede physical processing, and another case or hold can keep the person confined. A dismissal in one matter does not cancel an unrelated commitment. Likewise, a BRRJA departure can reflect transfer to VADOC even when the local jail segment ended. The court supplies legal authority; BRRJA supplies the operational time and facility disposition.
When sources conflict, use the booking number, case number, full name, and date range to ask the custodian to match the event. Do not use a photograph alone to identify a person. A VINE alert or current locator capture can preserve a useful time-sensitive lead, but the final ACADC release or transfer document remains the stronger historical evidence.
Verify ACADC Community Release
Use the BRRJA event record as the primary proof of what ACADC did. Add the Appomattox court order when the legal basis matters. If the destination is VADOC, use the state locator to confirm continued state custody or later supervision. If another BRRJA site appears, treat that as a regional transfer. A VINE alert can provide timely notice, but it remains an event service rather than a certified release record.
The final wording should match the evidence: “released from ACADC to the community,” “transferred from ACADC to another BRRJA facility,” or “transferred from ACADC into VADOC custody.” Avoid the broader claim “released from custody” unless the available records rule out continued confinement under another authority.