Rockingham County Jail Roster Status
No official public online Rockingham County Detention Center jail roster, inmate profile database, booking report, or current-inmate search page was located in the official county and sheriff sources reviewed. That is the main fact for any Rockingham County inmate records lookup. The official sheriff navigation does publish detention, visitation, money and mail, VINELink Victim Services, sex offender registry, and most-wanted pages, but it does not publish a live county roster with searchable inmate profiles.
The adult jail is the Rockingham County Detention Center, operated by the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office. The facility holds people awaiting trial, people serving short misdemeanor sentences, local holds, transport custody, and detainees needing medical or mental-health screening. The Detention Center is at 130 Justice Center Drive, Reidsville, NC 27320, phone 336-634-3236. Sheriff Samuel Scott Page leads the Sheriff's Office, and Captain Windell Brown is identified in county material as the Detention Facility Administrator.
The county's official detention page is the best source for the facility identity, address, purpose, capacity, and administrator. The Rockingham County Detention Center page shows the county jail context rather than a searchable roster.
Use that official page to confirm the jail's role, then use the phone, records, PIO, court, and statewide locator paths below for the actual inmate-record search.
Rockingham County Roster Fields
Because no official Rockingham County jail roster was located, there is no county-published search-field list to reproduce. The absence of a public field list matters. It means a searcher should not expect an official county page with name, booking number, housing, charge, bond, or mugshot filters. Those details may exist inside the jail's computerized inmate records, but the research did not locate a public page that exposes them.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Rockingham County Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No official jail roster found | n/a | n/a | The county publishes phone, records, PIO, visitation, money/mail, and VINELink links instead. |
| Last name search | Not published | Not published | Have the person's full legal name ready when calling detention or records. |
| Booking number search | Not published | Not published | Use eCourts booking-number filters only if a court or agency record already provides that number. |
| Facility filter | Not published | Not published | The adult local jail is the Rockingham County Detention Center; the youth development center is not an adult roster source. |
Lookup Rockingham County Inmate Records
The fastest current-custody route is the jail phone line, followed by the sheriff's main number, the Records Division, and the Public Information Officer. For a clean search, have the person's full name, date of birth or age, and approximate arrest date ready. Ask for current housing, release or transfer status, bond guidance, and whether court details must be checked through the Judicial Branch.
- Call the Rockingham County Detention Center at 336-634-3236 to ask whether the person is currently housed in county custody.
- Use the Sheriff's Office main line, 336-634-3232, when the question needs routing to records, detention, civil process, or another division.
- Contact the Records Division at 336-634-3235 or 336-634-3234 for incident reports and public-information copies during regular weekday office hours.
- Route formal public-record requests through Public Information Officer Captain Jonathan Cheek, because the official PIO page directs all public-record requests there.
- Check VINELink or NC SAVAN for custody-status notification, especially when the goal is release or transfer notice.
- If the person is not in county custody, search NCDAC Offender Public Information, the BOP inmate locator, or the ICE Online Detainee Locator as appropriate.
- Use the North Carolina eCourts Portal Smart Search for court charges, case status, and hearing dates after arrest.
App status: No official Rockingham County sheriff mobile app, app-only inmate roster, or app-only warrant search was confirmed in the official county sources reviewed for this build.
Rockingham County Inmate Record Fields
The research did not capture an official public Rockingham County inmate profile, so the fields below are not presented as an online county roster display. They are the record areas the official pages indicate the jail maintains, plus the types of information a requester may need to ask about. Some items may be releasable, some may route to court, and some are not public.
| Field / Record Area | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name and identifiers | The person booked or held; not shown in an official county online roster. |
| Booking date or time | Intake timing if releasable through detention, records, or PIO. |
| Arresting agency | The agency that brought the person to the Rockingham County Detention Center. |
| Booking or arrest charges | Initial listed charges at intake; court-filed charges should be checked in eCourts. |
| Bond conditions | Bond amount or type if set; confirm whether detention or the court has the controlling detail. |
| Court dates | Next hearing or case event; use eCourts or the Clerk of Superior Court. |
| Release or transfer status | Whether the person remains housed, was released, or moved to another custody system. |
| Mugshot or booking photo | Not shown in an official county roster; request through PIO/records if public and not exempt. |
| Medical or mental-health information | Generally not public and likely protected by privacy and security limits. |
Rockingham County Records Contacts
Rockingham County inmate records do not sit with one public web portal. The Detention Center is the live-custody contact. The Records Division handles incident reports and public information when requested. The Public Information Officer is the formal route for public-record requests and media requests. Use the narrowest request possible, such as current custody, incident report copy, releasable booking record, or booking photo request.
Rockingham County Detention Center
130 Justice Center Drive
Reidsville, NC 27320
336-634-3236
24/7 detention non-emergency line; adult county custody.
Sheriff's Records Division
Rockingham County Sheriff's Office
130 Justice Center Drive
Reidsville, NC 27320
336-634-3235 / 336-634-3234
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; copies are $0.08 per page, cash only.
Public Information Officer
Captain Jonathan Cheek
Rockingham County Sheriff's Office
336-634-3232
Formal public-record and media requests route through the PIO under the sheriff's posted instructions.
Rockingham County Booking Records
After a local arrest, a person who is not released by citation or at the scene is taken to the Rockingham County Detention Center. Intake creates or updates computerized inmate records, secures property, screens medical needs, and starts the custody trail. The official detention page also describes court transport, prison-unit transport, hospital and treatment transport, and personal-property security as jail functions. That is why detention staff may know current custody while court staff control later case-file details.
Booking does not make every detail public. North Carolina law allows access to public records, but law-enforcement records can contain criminal-investigation material, juvenile information, medical details, security details, and other protected content. A records request should ask for releasable booking or arrest information, not for internal medical, housing, classification, or investigative notes.
- Booking
- The jail intake step after arrest, when identity, property, screening, and custody records are created.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that may block release even if local bond is satisfied.
- Classification
- A jail assessment used for housing, safety, medical, and security decisions.
- Court charge
- A charge filed or maintained in court, which can differ from the booking charge.
Rockingham County Jail Visitation
The county identifies HomeWAV as the web access visitation vendor for the detention facility. The local page publishes on-site visiting windows and rules, but it does not publish remote pricing, session length, a full dress code, attorney-visit schedule, or a complete ID list. Visitors must be on the inmate's visitation list, must be at least 16, and must sign in at least 15 minutes before the visiting period ends.
| Visit Type | Schedule / Access | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Online/video visitation | Use the HomeWAV setup link from the county page | Remote pricing and session lengths were not published on the county page. |
| On-site Friday afternoon | Fridays 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | Sign in at least 15 minutes before the period ends. |
| On-site Friday evening | Fridays 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. | Visitor must be on the inmate's visitation list. |
| On-site Saturday | Saturdays 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Only four visitors are allowed per inmate per week. |
| On-site Sunday | Sundays 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | All visitors must be 16 or older. |
Note: Confirm custody and visitor-list status with the jail before travel, because no online county roster was located.
Rockingham County Custody Systems
Rockingham County jail records cover local adult custody. They do not replace state prison records, federal prison records, immigration detention records, or court records. A person arrested locally may begin in the county jail, move to state custody after sentencing, appear in a federal or immigration locator, or show only as a court case if released. This split is the most common search problem in Rockingham County inmate records work.
| Custody System | Who It Covers | Where to Search | Key Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| County jail | Pretrial detainees, short misdemeanor sentences, local holds, transport custody | Detention Center phone, Records Division, PIO, VINELink/NC SAVAN | No official public online roster was located. |
| NCDAC | Sentenced state prisoners and state probation or parole records | NCDAC Offender Public Information Search | NCDAC says it does not hold county jail, court, police, or traffic records. |
| BOP | Sentenced federal prisoners from 1982 to present | BOP inmate locator by name or number | Federal pretrial custody may not appear until BOP custody applies. |
| ICE | People in civil immigration detention | ICE locator by A-number or by name, country of birth, and birth date | ICE is not a local criminal jail roster or mugshot gallery. |
The NCDAC public-records page explains that state correctional records are separate from county jail and court records.
That boundary is important when a Rockingham County search changes from local jail custody to sentenced state custody.
Rockingham County Locator Fallbacks
NCDAC Offender Public Information is the state lookup tool for people who have served in a North Carolina prison or are under state supervision. It includes current and historical information back to 1972 and can be searched by offender status, name, soundex, offender number, gender, race, ethnic group, birth date, and age range. It is not a Rockingham County jail roster, so a person held only at the Detention Center should be checked through county channels first.
The NCDAC Offender Public Information search is the state route after a Rockingham County sentence sends someone to prison or state supervision.
For federal custody, use the BOP locator. BOP supports name searches and number searches, and it warns that release dates can change after sentence recalculation. For immigration custody, use ICE with the A-number or the person's name, country of birth, and birth date. Neither BOP nor ICE is a Rockingham County booking-photo roster.
The BOP inmate locator overview is the federal search path when a Rockingham County arrest becomes a federal custody matter.
Use the federal locator only for federal custody questions; local jail booking details remain with the sheriff, detention center, records, PIO, and court systems.
Rockingham County Public Records Limits
North Carolina Chapter 132 is the public-records starting point. N.C. Gen. Stat. 132-1 defines public records broadly. N.C. Gen. Stat. 132-6 requires inspection and copies at reasonable times upon payment of lawful fees. N.C. Gen. Stat. 132-1.4 protects criminal investigation and intelligence records while listing certain arrest and incident information that is public unless another rule restricts it.
For Rockingham County inmate records, that means a requester may be able to obtain public booking or arrest information, but the sheriff may withhold or redact investigative, juvenile, medical, security, or confidential details. Court charges after arrest belong with the North Carolina Judicial Branch and the Rockingham County Clerk. For a custody record tied to a dismissed charge or not-guilty result, N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-146 is the expunction statute to review.