HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL JAIL

What HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL JAIL does

The Hampton Roads Regional Jail was a public correctional facility established in 1998 and located at 2690 Elmhurst Lane, Portsmouth, Virginia. It served as a regional detention center for five participating Virginia jurisdictions — Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth — housing male and female inmates including pretrial detainees, sentenced individuals, and those requiring special management. The facility was operated under the direction of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority, a joint governance body comprising sheriffs, city managers, and city council members from each member jurisdiction.

The facility's core offering was secure inmate housing services; it had no disclosed proprietary technology stack or commercial product portfolio. Revenue was generated exclusively through government appropriations from the five member jurisdictions, with no commercial pricing model. Prior to closure, the entity employed approximately 122 staff under Superintendent William Anderson. The facility also provided records management, medical records access, FOIA request handling, and employment verification services.

As of April 1, 2024, the Hampton Roads Regional Jail ceased all inmate operations. The entity entered a wind-down phase in which records are being destroyed in accordance with Library of Virginia retention schedules, with only undestroyed physical records remaining accessible for former employee verifications, medical records requests, and government agency inquiries. The authority governance structure technically remains in place for records administration, but no detention or incarceration services are active.

Name

HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL JAIL

Legal name

The Hampton Roads Regional Jail

Website

https://hrrj.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Hampton Roads Regional Jail was a public correctional facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, established in 1998 to house pretrial, sentenced, and special management inmates from five Virginia jurisdictions (Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth). It ceased inmate operations on April 1, 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adult correctional / detention services

NAICS

Correctional Institutions (922140)

akta.pro primary industry

Correctional Facility Operations (Prisons & Jails) (BPAKANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Adult Corrections (Prisons & Jails) (BPAIAFAD), State/Provincial Corrections, Probation & Parole Administration (BPAIABAF)

Keywords

• Correctional facility operations
• Regional inmate housing
• Pretrial detention services
• Sentenced inmate management
• Municipal jail administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Portsmouth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government appropriations: Regional jail funded through appropriations from five participating Virginia jurisdictions (Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth). The facility was operated under the direction of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority, comprised of sheriffs, city managers and city council members from each participating jurisdiction.

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Hampton Roads Regional Jail provided secure inmate housing for male and female inmates — including pretrial detainees, sentenced inmates, and those requiring special management — sourced from five participating Virginia cities: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth. The facility was operated under the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority, whose members (sheriffs, city managers, and city council members from each jurisdiction) directed operations in the collective best interests of the participating municipalities. After ceasing inmate operations on April 1, 2024, the organization continues to provide records management and employment verification services in a wind-down phase.

Product overview

The Hampton Roads Regional Jail was a single-facility regional correctional operation established in 1998 and operated under the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority. The facility's core offering was inmate housing services for five participating Virginia jurisdictions (Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth), providing secure detention for pretrial, sentenced, and special management inmates of both genders. Post-closure (April 1, 2024), the organization continues to offer records management and employment verification services. The operation ceased all inmate housing activities and is now in a records retention and wind-down phase.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inmate Housing Services Secure housing for male and female inmates from the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth, including pretrial detainees, sentenced inmates, and individuals requiring special management. Operated under the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority. Inmate housing operations ceased on April 1, 2024.
• Records Management and FOIA Services Post-closure records custody: maintenance of and access to undestroyed physical records per Library of Virginia retention schedules, handling of medical records, FOIA requests, Medicaid/Medicare, Social Security requests, DOC requests, jail requests, state agency requests, and returning citizen requests via Captain Herelle and Colonel Anderson.
• HR and Employment Verification Services Employee verification services for current and former employees, and handling of former employee requests via the HR department ([email protected]).

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hampton Roads Regional Jail AuthoritycoreOthersThe facility was operated under the direction of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail Authority, which was comprised of the sheriffs, city managers and city council members representing Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth jurisdictions. This governance structure oversaw collective operations of the regional detention facility.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Direct peers

• Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail: Regional jail facility serving several Virginia Peninsula localities — comparable regional jail structure, multi-jurisdiction funding, and inmate housing scope.
• Peumansend Creek Regional Jail Authority: Virginia regional jail authority with multi-jurisdiction membership — analogous regional jail operating model serving multiple member localities.
• Chesapeake Bay Regional Jail: Virginia regional jail serving the Northern Neck / Middle Peninsula area — comparable regional detention facility under multi-jurisdiction governance.
• Northern Neck Regional Jail: Regional jail serving multiple Northern Neck Virginia jurisdictions — comparable regional correctional facility with multi-county participation structure.
• Piedmont Regional Jail: Virginia regional jail serving multiple member jurisdictions — directly comparable regional detention facility under multi-locality authority.
• Riverside Regional Jail Authority: Virginia regional jail authority serving multiple jurisdictions from a centralized facility — directly comparable multi-municipal governance and regional consolidation model.
• Middle River Regional Jail Authority: Virginia regional jail authority serving multiple member localities under shared governance — directly comparable joint-authority operating model.
• Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority: Virginia regional jail authority serving multiple central Virginia jurisdictions — comparable shared-governance, regional detention facility operating structure.
• Western Virginia Regional Jail Authority: Virginia regional jail serving multiple participating jurisdictions under a joint authority board — structurally analogous multi-jurisdiction regional jail model.

Broad incumbents

• Virginia Department of Corrections: State-level correctional authority overseeing prisons and post-release supervision across Virginia — broader incumbent operating in the same correctional space and absorbing inmates displaced by regional jail closures.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hampton-roads-regional-jail

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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Funding rounds

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Investments

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