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Arlington County Detention Facility Overview

Arlington County Detention Facility, often shortened to ACDF, is operated by the Arlington County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division. It is a county jail and local detention facility, not a Virginia state prison. The facility serves the Arlington local custody system for arrests, warrants, court movement, local sentences, and approved alternative programs. The Sheriff's Office describes ACDF as a direct-supervision jail and the first urban high-rise jail run under direct supervision in Virginia.

The facility holds several custody levels because the Sheriff's Office says charges can range from lower-level offenses such as petty larceny and check fraud to first-degree murder. It can also hold some federal-system detainees when accepted locally. The 2022 ACSO annual report said ACDF held about 53 federal-system inmates during that year, but federal pretrial custody still involves the U.S. Marshals Service and sentenced federal custody uses BOP.

Arlington County Detention Facility Population

The 2023 Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails capacity report lists Arlington County with 717 permanent beds, one temporary bed, 184 special-purpose beds, 474 rated capacity, and 284.51 annualized average daily population for July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. ACSO's current Corrections Division page states the facility has an average of 327 inmates housed daily and says 200 employees manage an average daily population of approximately 300. The 2024 annual-report release reported 364 average daily inmates for 2024.

The rated capacity is the most conservative public capacity metric. Permanent beds and special-purpose beds should not be treated as the same figure. A point-in-time roster count also should not be treated as annual average daily population because releases, admissions, transfers, court events, and bond changes move the count day to day.

Look Up ACDF Inmates

Use the Arlington County Sheriff's Office Inmate Query for current ACDF custody. The public roster is not a historical archive. It shows people who are currently in custody and drops historical information after release, according to the roster disclaimer. Released records, older booking records, and booking photos no longer visible online require ACSO FOIA, county FOIA, or court-record channels.

1. Open the official Arlington County inmate query.
2. Search by name first, then use Subject Number or Booking Number if known.
3. Keep In Custody selected for current ACDF custody.
4. Choose Arlington County Detention Facility in the Housing Facility field if a facility filter is needed.
5. Open the public profile for booking history, photo, bond, charges, docket number, and court dates.
6. Use VADOC, BOP, ICE, VINE, or court search when ACDF is not the correct custody stage.

Arlington County Detention Facility Contact

The visitor-side detention facility address is separate from the Sheriff's Office administrative suite. Use the jail address for detention-facility visits and courthouse-area entry. Use the Sheriff's administrative address for many Sheriff's Office, records, and office references. The main published Sheriff's Office and jail information phone is 703-228-4460.

Visit Arlington County Detention Facility

ACDF visitation has several tracks. In-person social visits are inmate-initiated and scheduled according to housing. Video visits require visitor registration and approval, are monitored, and may be terminated for rule violations. Legal and professional visits follow separate windows and may require professional identification, original bar card, or state identification under the visitor rules. Check the current ACDF visitor rules before travel.

ACDF Mail Phone and Money

ACSO lists Securus for inmate phone calls, with Securus reachable at 1-800-844-6591. Personal mail is routed through the Securus Digital Mail Center rather than mailed directly to ACDF. The notice says personal mail for inmates is scanned and made available on tablets or kiosks. Use the incarcerated person's name and ID when known, Arlington, VA C/O Securus DMC, P.O. Box 21406, Tampa, FL 33622.

ACDF Booking and Intake

An Arlington arrest commonly moves through police custody, transport to ACDF, identity and record creation, booking photo, classification, magistrate bond review, public roster listing while in custody, and later court events. The Magistrate page says magistrates issue and process warrants, summonses, bonds, search warrants, and medical detention orders, and conduct bail hearings for people arrested on criminal-offense warrants.

ACSO describes classification and case management as part of jail operations. The 2022 annual report stated that classification helps identify who can and cannot live together and that counselors monitor inmate progress. The same report and later news releases discuss medical care, mental-health classifications, Medication Assisted Treatment, biometric monitoring for medically vulnerable people, and programs that support safe custody and reentry.

Programs at Arlington County Detention Facility

The Sheriff's Office describes the Corrections Division as its largest unit and lists Alternative Programs, the Addictions, Corrections, and Treatment Program, the Community Readiness Unit, educational programs, life skills, and vocational programs. The 2022 annual report also described the Inmate Work Program, Community Work Program, Work Release, Electronic Home Monitoring, Pretrial Program, GED, ESL, religious services, life skills, vocational training, and case management.

The local details are specific. Work-release participants may continue approved jobs but must follow transport, location, and screening rules. The Inmate Work Program has supported work around the courthouse, jail, county building, Uhle Street complex, mixed paper recycling, office moves, Adopt-A-Highway litter removal, and special projects. The 2024 annual-report release said ACSO expanded Medication Assisted Treatment with Sublocade, reported 16 ACT graduates, and used 4Sight Labs biometric monitoring in 11 life-saving interventions.

ACDF Records and FOIA

Use the county inmate query first for current custody. For records not on the roster, ACSO FOIA and the county-wide FOIA portal are the official fallback channels. A request should identify existing records with reasonable specificity, such as the person's name, approximate booking date, booking number if known, requested booking record, custody record, or booking photograph. Virginia FOIA does not require the word FOIA or a written request, but ACSO recommends a written request for clarity.

Arlington County says FOIA responses are due within five working days unless an extension or other legal response applies. Costs may include actual search, duplication, supply, and staff time. If estimated costs exceed $200, the office may require a deposit up to the estimated amount. Formal charges, docket numbers, hearing dates, and dispositions belong in Virginia Judiciary case information, not just the jail file.

The Arlington Corrections Division page summarizes the facility profile, programs, and visit rules.

The Corrections Division page is useful because it connects the jail profile, visitation rules, programs, and roster path in one official county location.

ACDF Directions and Entry

ACDF is in the Courthouse area near the county justice complex. The county lists Detention Facility lobby lockers at 1435 N. Courthouse Road for people who cannot bring items into court or secure areas. The locker page lists three sizes with small coin fees between 25 and 75 cents and notes that change is required. Visitor parking rates were not published in the official text reviewed, so confirm parking before arrival and leave extra time.