Albemarle District Jail Inmate Lookup

Albemarle District Jail Overview

Albemarle District Jail is a regional or district jail at 210 Executive Drive South, Elizabeth City, NC 27909. The official jail history and contact materials identify the facility as the custody point serving Camden, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties. Camden County arrestees who are not released through magistrate processing, citation-based charging, bond, or other court action may be booked into this Elizabeth City facility even though the Camden County Sheriff's Office and Camden County Courthouse are in Camden.

The jail is operated under the Albemarle District Jail Commission, with day-to-day management by the Jail Administrator. Camden County participates in that regional arrangement; the official jail site lists Camden County representative Clay Riggs on the Jail Commission. For Camden users, the facility is the correct place to confirm current local custody, release status, visitation rules, inmate mail, inmate funds, and jail-specific policies.

The official Albemarle District Jail history page documents the facility's move from an older crowded jail arrangement to the current building.

The history page is useful because it distinguishes the 248-bed current facility from the older 44-bed and 90-bed jail history.

Albemarle District Jail Capacity and Population

The current Albemarle District Jail is described by the official site as a 248-bed facility. The jail's construction project also included infrastructure for possible expansion to 500 beds if needed. That 500-bed figure is not current operating capacity; it is expansion infrastructure. The facility serves three counties, so its 248-bed capacity should not be treated as Camden County's inmate population.

Vera Institute trend data estimated Camden County's 2024 jail population at 33.44 within the regional-jail data context. The research file specifically warns that Camden's estimated population and Albemarle's facility capacity must be presented separately. Albemarle District Jail does not publish a current daily census, Camden-only headcount, housing-unit table, or demographic dashboard in the official public pages reviewed.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Albemarle District Jail

Albemarle District Jail's Inmate Lookup menu links to North Carolina VINE / SAVAN. Use that route for current custody status and notification registration. VINE/SAVAN is not the same as a detailed county-hosted booking roster, and the jail's official site did not publish a separate Camden County roster, daily booking report, or mugshot gallery in the pages reviewed.

1. Open Albemarle District Jail's official website and choose the Inmate Information inmate lookup link, or open North Carolina VINE site 34003.
2. Search the VINE/SAVAN interface by the person's name or available offender-identifying information.
3. Confirm that the facility or agency result points to Albemarle District Jail when the question involves Camden local custody.
4. For very recent arrests, releases, or transfer uncertainty, call the jail at 252-335-4844 because public notification systems may not show a same-day change immediately.
5. If the person has been sentenced to North Carolina state prison, use the NCDAC Offender Public Information Search instead of the jail lookup.

Federal and immigration custody use separate systems. A sentenced federal prisoner should be searched through the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator, while immigration detention should be searched through the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Those federal locators do not replace Albemarle District Jail for Camden local jail custody.

The VINE / NC SAVAN page linked by Albemarle District Jail is the custody-notification path for the jail's public inmate lookup.

Use VINE/SAVAN for custody status first, then use court or sheriff channels when the needed record is an arrest report, case file, bond order, or disposition.

Albemarle District Jail Address and Contact

The official contact page lists the jail's main address, phone, and fax. Call before traveling for non-emergency records, release, property, visitor, or professional-access questions because public materials do not publish separate records-counter hours or intake lobby hours. The jail homepage notes in-person detention-officer application hours, but those are not stated as general public counter hours.

Visiting Someone at Albemarle District Jail

Albemarle District Jail's public visitation rules describe social visitation as video visitation. Family, friend, and clergy visits use Securus Online / Videovisitanywhere scheduling. Off-site appointments must be made 24 hours in advance, and former inmates must have been released from Albemarle District Jail for at least six months before visiting an inmate there. Legal counsel and legal representatives are privileged visitors and should confirm professional-visit procedures directly with the jail.

The official visitation page publishes the video visitation schedule and Securus scheduling requirement.

The schedule is video-based, so confirm whether the visit will be off-site or on-site before making travel plans.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Albemarle District Jail

Inmates may send and receive mail Monday through Friday except holidays. Nonlegal mail is searched for contraband. Legal mail to or from legal counsel, attorneys, courts, or legitimate legal officials is privileged and is not censored or read unless contraband is suspected; if inspected for contraband, it is opened in the inmate's presence and not read. All incoming and outgoing mail must include a return address.

The official mail-rules page explains the address format and legal-mail treatment.

Address mail with the inmate's name and the jail's Executive Drive South address, and do not send cash or personal checks through the mail.

The jail uses a cashless inmate-account system. An account is opened at admission, and money in the inmate's possession from cash, money orders, checks from other correctional facilities, or approved deposits becomes the inmate's personal debit account for canteen purchases and other debits. Routine non-emergency health care appointments, prescriptions, and restitution for property damage may be debited from the account.

The official inmate-funds page identifies Access Corrections and mailed money-order/cashier's-check options.

Confirm custody before sending money, because funds and remaining balances are handled by the jail account process tied to the person's current confinement status.

Booking and Intake at Albemarle District Jail

Camden County arrests are handled by the Camden County Sheriff's Office or another authorized law-enforcement agency, but local confinement is handled through Albemarle District Jail. After arrest or a custody order, a magistrate or judicial official sets release conditions under North Carolina law. If the person is not released, the person may be transported to Albemarle District Jail for intake and local custody.

The official jail policies page states that all inmates receive an inmate handbook after processing. The funds page confirms that an account is opened in the inmate's name at admission and that cash, money orders, or checks from other correctional facilities in the inmate's possession are deposited. The public site does not publish a full intake checklist, booking timeline, medical-screening details, or the timing for VINE/SAVAN appearance after booking.

About Albemarle District Jail

The regional jail's history begins with a 1972 original facility with 44 beds. A 1988 project added 24 cells, available in 1990, and the jail board received permission under North Carolina jail standards to double-bunk 20 cells, increasing the old rated capacity to 90 beds. Severe overcrowding led to the 2006 project for the current 248-bed building, and the jail moved into the Pasquotank County Commerce Park location in 2010.

Public program detail is limited. Verified public-facing details include an inmate handbook after processing, video visitation through Securus/Videovisitanywhere, mail privileges with legal-mail protections, inmate account and canteen access, indigent writing supplies with later recoupment when funds are deposited, medical and prescription debits, property-damage restitution debits, and debit-card return of remaining money after release or a transfer of more than 24 hours.

North Carolina local-confinement standards under N.C. Gen. Stat. 153A-221 cover secure and safe physical facilities, jail design, space, heat, light, ventilation, supervision, hygiene, medical care, sanitation, food, and welfare. The public Albemarle pages reviewed did not publish a GED program, vocational program, substance-abuse treatment list, formal reentry partnership, ACA accreditation statement, or current inspection report.