Find Buckingham Correctional Center Releases

Buckingham Correctional Release Paths

Buckingham Correctional Center is operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. It holds people in the state-prison system, not local pretrial detainees held for Buckingham County. When state confinement ends, the person may be discharged after satisfying the sentence or leave on parole. Court-ordered probation may also follow confinement. Release from prison therefore does not always mean the end of correctional authority.

A move to another VADOC prison is a transfer. It is not release to the community. The statewide locator may change the displayed location when such a move occurs. If the result later points to a probation and parole district, that supports the conclusion that prison confinement ended and identifies a follow-up office. It still does not prove the precise release time.

VADOC describes concrete release documents. A person who satisfies the sentence is discharged or leaves on parole and receives a notification-of-release letter. The person signs the applicable Order of Release, Conditions of Probation, or Conditions of Parole, and a staff witness signs and dates the papers. Those records show more than disappearance from a search result.

Confirm Buckingham Correctional Release

Use the VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator, not the PRJ offender lookup. The state locator covers people under VADOC custody or supervision. It is updated daily but warns that information may not always be current or accurate. Save the search date and compare identifiers carefully.

1. Search by DOC ID when available. Otherwise enter the required first-name characters and full last name.
2. Use location, age range, race, or gender only to narrow a common name. Accept the disclaimer before selecting Locate.
3. Read the location or supervision information exactly as displayed. Do not invent a status or photo field.
4. If the person moved to another prison, treat that change as a transfer and continue following the statewide record.
5. After the expected date, obtain the notification-of-release letter, signed Order of Release, conditions paperwork, eligible NAAVI event, or VADOC records confirmation.

A no-result response does not prove release. A fully discharged person may stop appearing, a local-jail-only person may never appear, and name or data differences can prevent a match. The full Buckingham County released-person workflow is available through the home search and records coverage.

Buckingham Correctional Records Contact

The facility can route a current institution question, while VADOC central records and FOIA channels handle state release, discharge, and inactive-record requests. Call before mailing when the correct record custodian is unclear. Institutional and supervision files can contain confidential or exempt material, so no particular internal record should be promised.

For a fully discharged person who no longer appears in the locator, use VADOC Form 17 and the inactive-record path. Form 14 consent may apply to some requests. Identify the person by full name and DOC ID, name Buckingham Correctional Center, and ask for the actual release date, disposition, notification-of-release letter, and releasable Order of Release documents.

Buckingham Correctional Center Details

The official VADOC Facilities and Offices directory identifies Buckingham Correctional Center as a state facility in Dillwyn. The directory is also the source for facility and District 24 contact details. No population or release-count figure was supplied in the Buckingham research, so none should be inferred.

The official directory and supervision source are captured below.

The image supports the state-facility identity and VADOC route. It does not by itself prove an individual release.

Do not apply PRJ's local release rules to this prison. PRJ is a separate regional jail in Farmville. VADOC's general facility-release rule says discharge or parole release occurs by 11:59 p.m. on the release date, weather permitting. That statement does not guarantee an earlier hour or let a reader compute the day independently.

Buckingham Projected Versus Actual Release

A projected, calculated, tentative, or anticipated date answers when release is currently expected. It is not proof that release occurred. VADOC's Time Computation page uses the term release date for its calculations, while Victim Services uses anticipated release date for an advance notice. The literal label on a live locator result was not verified during research, so it should be quoted only when visible in the official result.

A state date can change due to jail credit, concurrent or consecutive sentences, amended orders, mandatory minimums, offense classification, earned-credit class, disciplinary forfeiture or restoration, parole rules, detainers, and calculation corrections. Old-law Good Conduct Allowance and post-1994 Earned Sentence Credit are also different frameworks. There is no sound one-size percentage.

Buckingham Actual Release Documents

The VADOC release packet answers three separate questions: whether the person left state prison, the legal basis for that departure, and what authority continues afterward. The notification-of-release letter documents the completed event. The Order of Release carries signatures and dates. Conditions of Parole or Conditions of Probation identify supervision terms when those forms apply. A staff witness signs and dates the applicable documents with the released person.

Discharge

Completion of the state custody obligation addressed by the release record, which may differ from release onto supervision.

Parole

Release from prison under supervision after the authorized decision and VADOC processing are complete.

Probation

Court-ordered community supervision that can follow confinement or form part of the sentence.

Transfer

Movement to another prison or custodian, with confinement continuing after Buckingham Correctional Center.

Request the documents by name. Ask VADOC to verify the actual release date and whether the event was discharge, parole, or transfer. If only a future calculation is returned, the event has not yet been confirmed. If the record shows another institution, continue with that facility instead of treating the Buckingham location change as freedom from custody.

Buckingham Release Alerts Through NAAVI

VADOC NAAVI is the state-prison notification system for eligible crime victims. It is not the same as local-jail VINE, and it is not a universal public enrollment. A registration made for someone at PRJ may not follow a later transfer into VADOC custody. Separate state enrollment may be needed.

NAAVI distinguishes an advanced release notice from a release-date notice. VADOC describes advanced release as an anticipated date, typically sent about 30 days ahead. Its release-date event means the inmate is no longer in VADOC custody. Transfer, work release, parole, death, name change, and escape or recapture events may also be available within the eligible notification program.

The official VADOC Victim Services notification page explains the separate systems. The captured source shows that distinction.

The screen helps route eligible users to the correct state notification program. General custody checks still belong in the public VADOC locator.

Buckingham Release Supervision at District 24

If the locator points to community supervision in Buckingham's region, Farmville Probation and Parole District 24 is the relevant office. Parole is supervised release granted under the applicable state framework. Probation is court-ordered supervision that can follow confinement or be imposed as part of a sentence. Discharge may end VADOC authority without active supervision.

District 24 serves Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, and Prince Edward Counties. Ask only for publicly releasable office or status confirmation. Supervision records are generally confidential under VADOC procedure and Virginia law, so the office should not be expected to disclose addresses, appointment schedules, internal notes, conditions, or alleged violations.

The Buckingham County Post-Release Supervision page explains how parole, probation, and discharge differ after state confinement.

Buckingham County's Split Custody Map

Buckingham County has an unusual custody layout. Ordinary county detainees are transported to the six-county Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville. Buckingham Correctional Center and Dillwyn Correctional Center are state prisons physically inside Buckingham County. A search based only on the county name can therefore land in the wrong system.

Start with the operator. A local Buckingham arrest held at PRJ is checked through PRJ, Virginia Jail VINE, the Buckingham court, and PRJ Records. A state sentence at Buckingham Correctional Center is checked through VADOC, actual facility-release paperwork, NAAVI when eligible, and the receiving supervision office. Dillwyn Correctional Center uses the same statewide system but has its own facility record.

Geography does not prove custody history. A person can transfer between VADOC institutions before release, while a Buckingham arrestee can be held outside the county at PRJ. Match the DOC ID, facility, committing authority, and event record before deciding whether the person transferred, entered supervision, or completed the sentence.

Note: a result tied to Buckingham County can describe a state prison, a court, or a supervision region rather than the county's local detention path.