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Middle Peninsula Regional Jail Overview

Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center is a regional jail authority facility at 170 Oakes Landing Road in Saluda. It serves Essex County, King and Queen County, King William County, Middlesex County, and Mathews County. The operator is the Middle Peninsula Regional Security Center Jail Authority. MPRSC describes itself as a state-of-the-art facility and says it works to meet or exceed standards issued by the Virginia Department of Corrections and constitutional requirements.

For Essex County users, the key local detail is location. The sheriff, prosecutor, and circuit clerk are on Prince Street in Tappahannock, but the jail is in Saluda. A person arrested in Essex County may be housed at MPRSC, and the jail's roster can include inmates from all member jurisdictions.

The MPRSC homepage confirms the facility address, member jurisdictions, mission, and rated-capacity statement.

That official page is the base source for routing Essex County jail searches to MPRSC rather than to a nonexistent Essex-only jail.

Middle Peninsula Regional Capacity

MPRSC lists a rated capacity of 121 inmates. The 2025 Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails capacity report gives more detail: capacity including double-bunking 306, special-purpose beds 20, medical beds 5, rated capacity 121, and FY2025 average daily population 171.82. That means the reported FY2025 average daily population was above rated capacity but below the operating capacity reported with double-bunking.

The BLRJ death-review report lists MPRSC with zero inmate deaths in calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024. Those are facility-level figures, not Essex-only figures.

Look Up MPRSC Inmates

The correct lookup tool for this facility is the MPRSC current inmate listing, also linked from the MPRSC current-inmate wrapper page. The roster is a public grid with filter-row controls, sorting, grouping, paging, and visible columns for Full Name, Age, Race, Sex, and Admit Date. Hidden or adaptive charge fields include PrimaryChargeCourtType and PrimaryCharge.

1. Open the MPRSC current inmate listing or the direct grid when the wrapper is slow.
2. Filter by Full Name, then use age, race, sex, and admit date to narrow results.
3. Do not expect a mugshot, bond amount, housing unit, or court date in the main grid.
4. Call MPRSC at 804-758-2338 if the person does not appear or the page is unavailable.
5. Use VADOC, BOP, or ICE locators if the person is in state, federal, or immigration custody.

Middle Peninsula Address and Contact

Use the main jail number for facility and custody questions. MPRSC is not at the Essex courthouse or sheriff's office in Tappahannock. Before traveling, confirm the visit, lobby status, and custody information directly with the facility.

Directions to Middle Peninsula

MPRSC's official directions use Route 17 and Route 33 in Saluda. From Route 17, turn onto Route 33, go to the traffic light, turn at the old courthouse onto Oakes Landing Road, pass the new courthouse, and the facility is on the right. From Essex County or Tappahannock, plan for a trip to Saluda rather than to the Prince Street courthouse block.

Middle Peninsula Visitation Rules

MPRSC offers Securus video visitation. On-site visits require a Securus account, uploaded photo and driver's license, scheduling at least 24 hours ahead, arrival 5 to 10 minutes early, confirmation email and PIN, and valid picture ID. Visitors are subject to search and must follow dress and conduct rules. The visitor rules page says there are no Saturday, Sunday, or legal-holiday visits, and the visitor information page says no on-site video visitation occurs on observed holidays.

The MPRSC visitor rules page lists ID, dress, search, conduct, and no-weekend/no-holiday requirements.

Use those rules before scheduling a visit because visitation approval and conduct rules are enforced at the facility.

Mail Phone and Money

Ordinary personal mail uses Securus digital mail scanning and is viewed on tablets or kiosks. Legal mail, publications from publishers or authorized retailers, and money orders go directly to MPRSC with the inmate name and ID number. Packages and certified mail are returned to sender, and contraband may be seized for investigation or prosecution.

Money can be deposited by certified check, money order, JailATM lobby kiosk, or JailATM.com. The kiosk accepts cash and credit cards during lobby hours, and JailATM.com accepts major cards with service fees disclosed by the site or kiosk. Phone access is through Securus and the housing-area system, generally 8:30 AM-10:30 PM. No incoming calls or general messages are forwarded.

Property and Weekend Sentences

MPRSC provides basic essentials including clothing, bedding, shower shoes, and meals, and indigent inmates receive basic hygiene products. The property page covers court clothes, property release, transfer-property deadlines, and pickup hours. Weekend and nonconsecutive-day inmates are a distinctive MPRSC category. The facility's weekend instructions tell eligible inmates to report Friday at 6:00 PM unless court paperwork says otherwise, and the person may not report with a BAC of .02 or above, illegal drugs, extra property, or money.

Virginia Code § 53.1-131.1 supports weekend or nonconsecutive-day service in limited active-sentence situations. MPRSC's weekend page also tells inmates with medication to call Medical in advance at 804-758-2338 ext. 237 and bring medication in the proper individual pharmacy bottle.

Middle Peninsula Records Requests

MPRSC accepts FOIA requests by U.S. Mail, fax, email, in person, or phone. A request should identify existing records with reasonable specificity, such as an inmate name, admit date, booking photo, custody record, or incident record. FOIA does not require the jail to create a new record or answer broad questions as a custom report. MPRSC may charge actual costs and may require a deposit if the estimate exceeds $200.

The MPRSC FOIA page should be used for custody records held by the regional jail. Sheriff-created arrest or warrant records should be requested from the Essex County Sheriff's Office, and court records should be searched through Virginia courts or requested from the clerk.

About Middle Peninsula Regional

MPRSC publishes information on group programs, community programs, work release, religious services, PREA, inmate property, mail, money, and visitation. The BLRJ homepage explains that the Board establishes minimum standards for health care services, including medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and behavioral health services, in local and regional jails. It also establishes construction, equipment, administration, and operations standards for local correctional facilities and lockups.