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Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail Overview

Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail, also called the Botetourt-Craig Public Safety Facility on local pages, is the primary jail facility serving Craig County inmate-search needs. The official jail page says the jail is managed and operated by the Sheriff of Botetourt County. Craig County Sheriff's Office remains the local arresting agency for many Craig County matters, but custody after booking usually routes through the regional jail in Fincastle and the Botetourt Sheriff's public systems.

The jail holds local and regional jail detainees and inmates from the Botetourt-Craig service area. That includes pretrial detainees, people serving local sentences, and qualifying work-release inmates. The facility is not a sentenced state prison, and no VADOC prison, BOP federal prison, or ICE detention center was found in Craig County. Those separate systems matter only when a person transfers, is sentenced, or is held under another authority.

The official Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail page lists the jail address, business mailing address, 24-hour line, administrative hours, and operating sheriff's office.

The facility page is the best source for core jail contact facts before using visitation, mail, commissary, or roster tools.

Botetourt-Craig Jail Population

Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails reports treat Botetourt/Craig Regional Jail as the reporting unit. They do not split the average daily population into Botetourt-only and Craig-only numbers. The 2025 capacity report lists 265 permanent beds, 0 temporary beds, 0 special-purpose beds, actual capacity including double-bunking of 265, rated capacity of 124, and average daily population of 95.32 for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

The official three-year series shows the jail below rated capacity in each period, but that should not be read as a simple crowding conclusion. Safe operating capacity depends on classification, staffing, medical needs, segregation space, and housing mix.

Look Up Botetourt-Craig Jail Inmates

The correct online lookup for Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail is Southern Software Citizen Connect Inmate Confinements for the Botetourt County Sheriff's Office. The portal has four main roster paths: Current Confinements, Admits by Date Range, Charges, and Arresting Agency. For Craig County arrests, the arresting-agency dropdown is especially useful because the regional jail roster is not a Craig-only roster.

1. Open Citizen Connect Inmate Confinements and use Current Confinements for someone believed to be in custody now.
2. Use Last 24 Hour Admits, Last 7 Days Admits, or a short custom date range for a recent booking.
3. Search Charges when the offense is known but the name or admit date is uncertain.
4. Use Craig County Sheriff's Office, CRAIG CO VA, CRAIG CO VA - VA0230000, or NEW CASTLE VA - VA0230100 for Craig arresting-agency searches.
5. Call the 24-hour jail line at 540-928-2314 if the portal is unclear, delayed, or shows no result.

Botetourt-Craig Jail Contact

The jail's Fincastle location is where inmate visits, jail information, and most facility operations route. Craig County Sheriff's Office in New Castle is still relevant for Craig County law-enforcement records and local arresting-agency questions, but the regional jail line is the direct facility contact after booking. For court records, use the Craig County court or clerk systems rather than the jail.

Botetourt-Craig Jail Visitation

Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail visitation is handled through Paytel for eMessaging, video, and phone services. The official page says on-site video visitation is free when scheduled 24 hours in advance and occurs in the main lobby of the Botetourt-Craig Public Safety Building. Remote video visits are paid and may be conducted from a phone, tablet, or computer. Visitors must register and be approved before visits can be scheduled, and visitors under 18 must be accompanied by a registered adult.

The official Paytel visitation page explains registration, remote visits, free on-site visits, monitoring, and conduct rules.

Because the jail organizes some visit information by housing pod labels, confirm the current schedule before traveling or scheduling around a specific housing area.

Botetourt-Craig Jail Mail and Money

General inmate correspondence does not use the Fincastle street address. The official mail page says correspondence goes to Botetourt County Jail, VA, P.O. Box 18247, Greensboro, NC 27419, with Facility ID Number 5019 and the detainee name plus detainee ID number. New books are accepted only when directly mailed from the publisher. The jail does not accept hardback books, used books, or magazines, and all mail is subject to search.

Money and commissary also use the jail's approved channels. The official commissary page says inmate ID numbers are required for most activities. Money can be added by phone, by the lobby kiosk, or online through JailATM. Commissary items may only be purchased or ordered through jailcanteen.com. Local pages did not publish a complete fee schedule for these regional jail services.

Bonding Out of Botetourt-Craig

The official Botetourt bonding page says that if a person has been arrested and is eligible for bond by the magistrate, bond is a financial guarantee paid to the court to secure the defendant's return for scheduled appearances. Local bond types include personal recognizance, unsecured bond, secured bond, and bondsman or surety arrangements. The page says families often use a Virginia bail bondsman for a secured bond and notes a common fee range of 10 to 15 percent of the bond.

Always confirm the current bond amount, release eligibility, and payment method with the jail, magistrate, or court before paying. A detainer, federal hold, probation or parole issue, ICE matter, or no-bond order can prevent release even when one charge seems eligible. Court records should also be checked for the next hearing date because missing court can forfeit bond and lead to a new warrant.

Botetourt-Craig Jail Programs

The jail's local program page lists an Inmate Work Crew Program, AA and NA, career development and release transitioning, Blue Ridge Behavioral Health, BrightView outpatient addiction medicine support, Pathway Home Total Action for Progress, and religious services. The work crew program is described as helping the community while giving inmates responsibility and a path back toward productive community life after serving time.

The regional jail is also subject to Virginia's State Board of Local and Regional Jails framework and minimum jail standards. The Board's role includes local and regional jail oversight, death reviews, and minimum health-care standards. The jail itself publishes a strict smoke-free and contraband notice: tobacco, vaping products, and other smoking items brought by arrestees may be destroyed, and contraband items are destroyed when found.

Transfers From Botetourt-Craig

A person held at Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail may later move out of the regional jail system. After a qualifying state sentence, use the VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator, which covers state correctional facilities, probationers and parolees, institutional hospitals, local or regional jail inmates under VADOC authority, and CCAP participants. VADOC data is updated daily but may be inaccurate or outdated, so the locator should be read with its disclaimer.

Federal and immigration custody use different systems. The BOP Inmate Locator is for federal sentenced custody and historical federal custody. ICE ODLS is for immigration detention searches by A-number or biographical information. Citizen Connect includes a US Marshals arresting-agency label, but the research did not find an official Botetourt-Craig USMS housing contract statement, so do not assume a federal contract without later documentation.