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Rockingham County Jail Overview

The official Rockingham County Detention Center page describes the jail as a secure confinement facility for people awaiting trial and people serving short misdemeanor sentences. It is operated by the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Samuel Scott Page and is physically tied to the Law Enforcement Center. The current public address is 130 Justice Center Drive, Reidsville, NC 27320, in the county government complex near Wentworth and NC 65. Older jail-administration references may show a Highway 65 address, but the county contact page uses Justice Center Drive for public contact.

The jail is not just a housing unit. County material says detention staff maintain computerized inmate records, secure inmate property, address medical needs, and move people to court, prison units, hospitals, treatment facilities, and out-of-county facilities. That transport role matters because a person may leave the building for a hearing, hospital trip, treatment setting, state-prison intake, or another agency hold while local records still matter. The facility administrator is Captain Windell Brown, who is identified on the county detention page and command staff material.

Rockingham Detention Custody Lookup

No official public online Rockingham County jail roster, inmate profile database, or daily booking list was located on the county or sheriff website in the research file. That is the key fact for a Rockingham County Detention Center inmate lookup. Current custody starts with the jail phone line, not a county web form. The sheriff contact page lists the Detention Center 24-hour non-emergency number as 336-634-3236, while the Sheriff's Office main number is 336-634-3232.

Use a narrow question when calling. Ask whether the person is housed at Rockingham County Detention Center, whether they have been released or transferred, and whether bond or court-date details must be checked with the court. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth or age, and rough arrest date ready. If staff cannot release a detail by phone, ask whether the record should be requested from the Records Division or the Public Information Officer.

1. Call Rockingham County Detention Center at 336-634-3236 for present local custody.
2. Use the Sheriff's Office main line, 336-634-3232, if routing to detention, civil process, records, or another division is needed.
3. For incident reports and public information copies, contact the Records Division at 336-634-3235 or 336-634-3234 during office hours.
4. For formal public-record requests, use the Public Information Officer, because the sheriff page says public-records requests go through that office.
5. If the person is not in the county jail, check VINELink, NCDAC Offender Public Information, BOP, or ICE based on the custody type.

Rockingham County jail inmate records need the same fallback chain because the county does not expose a roster search-field page. For filed charges and hearing dates, use the North Carolina eCourts Portal or the Rockingham County Clerk of Superior Court rather than relying on booking language alone.

Rockingham Detention Contacts

The contact split is important. Detention handles present custody and jail operations. Records staff handle incident reports and certain public information. The PIO is the official route named by the sheriff for public-records requests and media requests. Court files, case numbers, and formal charge status belong to the Judicial Branch.

Rockingham Jail Visitation

The county uses HomeWAV for web access visitation. The official inmate visitation page says visitors must be on the inmate's visitation list, must be at least 16, and must sign in at least 15 minutes before visiting hours end. Only four visitors are allowed per inmate per week. The local page does not publish a full dress code, attorney-visit schedule, remote session price, or child-visit rule beyond the age limit, so those details should be confirmed with detention before travel.

The official detention-center source is useful for confirming the facility identity before planning a visit. The county detention-center page shows the jail purpose, address, capacity, and administrator.

Rockingham Jail Mail Money

The official money and mail page gives two fund routes for adults housed at Rockingham County Detention Center. The preferred method is the kiosk in the Sheriff's Office main lobby, available every day at all hours. Money orders may be left only during the weekday windows listed by the county, must be made payable to the inmate, and are not accepted on weekends or holidays. The county page does not name an online commissary vendor or publish a deposit fee table.

Do not send non-legal inmate mail to the Justice Center Drive address unless detention staff gives a different current instruction. The scanned-mail address and Facility ID 5287 are the local details most likely to prevent returned mail. The research did not locate a full banned-items list, legal-mail rule, book vendor rule, or scan-retention rule on the county page.

Rockingham Jail Programs Conditions

Medical and mental-health details are unusually specific in the county budget material. The FY2026/27 adopted budget says the jail continued the Medical Assisted Treatment program for people with substance-use disorder. It also sets a goal that detainees who self-identify at booking as needing medical care should be seen within 24 hours at least 95 percent of the time. A separate goal says detainees identified by nurse assessment and self-identifying as needing mental-health treatment should be referred immediately to Daymark.

Medication brought by the public is not accepted. The county detention and visitation material says approved medication sources are the facility pharmacy, a pre-approved contracted pharmacy for medicine not readily available at the facility pharmacy, and a hospital pharmacy during an authorized outside medical visit. The rule includes over-the-counter medication. Family members should not bring pills, inhalers, supplements, or other medicine to the jail lobby unless detention staff changes the instruction in writing.

MAT

Medical Assisted Treatment, a health program used here for substance-use disorder recovery support.

Daymark

The named mental-health referral provider in the jail budget goals.

Vaya

The funding source cited for contracted mental-health services outside the jail budget line.

Classification

The jail's intake assessment for housing, security, supervision, medical, and mental-health needs.

Rockingham Detention Capacity Staffing

Capacity is one of the strongest documented Rockingham County jail facts. The official detention page, county location entry, FY2026/27 budget, and North Carolina Jail Administrators Association directory all point to a 232-inmate capacity. The jail was built in 2010. The county page says detention has more than 50 full-time and part-time officers, while the FY2026/27 budget lists 48.00 full-time equivalents for the Jail department. Those are related staffing views from different source types, so they should not be merged into one single headcount.

The budget also gives operating context. Jail expense is adopted at $6,801,631 for FY2026/27, with general fund support of $6,424,356 and jail charges revenue of $372,775. The county says inmate medical-service projections rose by $205,000, or 25.86 percent, compared with the FY26 adopted budget. It also reports that jail-fee rental revenue fell because the jail population increased and less bed space was available for reimbursement. No official live population dashboard or current average daily population was located.

Rockingham Jail Inspection News

The county's April 10, 2025 news release, Commissioners Reaffirm their Support of the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office, gives local conditions context. It describes sheriff-office funding, staff turnover, open positions, inspection concerns, monitoring, improvements, and insurance issues tied to detention reporting. The release says NCDHHS inspectors conducted a biannual inspection in April 2024, county administration monitored state-issued jail reports, and improvements continued after concerns were identified.

The FY2026/27 budget points in the same operational direction. It says several jail renovations were completed as part of a multi-year capital improvement project expected to be fully complete in early FY27. It also lists future work to increase routine rounds, improve safety and accountability, address staffing shortages, and maintain coverage. None of the official sources reviewed reported a federal consent decree or court-ordered jail population remedy for Rockingham County.

Note: Confirm custody, visiting eligibility, and mail instructions with detention before travel because custody status and local rules can change quickly.

Rockingham Custody Transfer Paths

A Rockingham County Detention Center record is a county-jail record. If a person is sentenced to state prison, public lookup shifts to NCDAC Offender Public Information, which covers state prison and community supervision records, not county jail records. If a person is in federal custody, the BOP locator may apply after federal placement. If the issue is immigration detention, use ICE's locator. VINELink and NC SAVAN can help with custody-status notification across county jail, state prison, probation, parole, and sex offender categories where the system supports the person.

The Rockingham Youth Development Center is a separate juvenile secure-custody facility run through NCDAC's juvenile justice division. It is not the adult county jail, and it should not be used as an adult inmate roster source. Juvenile custody information has different confidentiality rules and inquiry routes.