United States · Virginia · Portsmouth
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Hampton Roads Regional Jail is a local jail located in Portsmouth County, Virginia. Rated capacity: 1,300. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
1,300
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 30 Jun 2026 · methodology
Operator
Portsmouth local correctionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Virginia
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Specifically, the United States provides notice of the following identified conditions: • The Jail’s use of prolonged restrictive housing under current conditions, including conditions that place them at a substantial risk of serious harm. During the first six restrictive housing cells. Though only 15% of the Jail’s population is housed in periods under current conditions, and (3) v
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treatment. The Jail fails to provide adequate intake, discharge planning, sick call, chronic • The Jail fails to provide constitutionally adequate mental health care to prisoners. The Jail’s mental health program lacks many of the hallmarks of a constitutionally the failure to provide adequate medical and mental health care, violates the health disabilities in violation of the ADA. The Jail places prisoners with mental health prisoners’ rights to adequate medical and mental health care, (2) violates the constitutional rights
[doj-cripa 2018-01-01 — Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia (Virginia)] • The Jail fails to provide constitutionally adequate medical care to prisoners. Many are placed at a substantial risk of serious harm when they do not receive adequate treatment. The Jail fails to provide adequate intake, discharge planning, sick call, chronic harm due to delays or lack of treatment. • The Jail fails to provide constitutionally adequate mental health care to prisoners.
Hampton Roads Regional Jail in
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This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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World Prisons. (2026). Hampton Roads Regional Jail. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hampton-roads-regional-jail
"Hampton Roads Regional Jail." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hampton-roads-regional-jail.
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title = {Hampton Roads Regional Jail},
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urldate = {2026-07-21}
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