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Hampton Roads Regional Jail

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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

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

—

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 30 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

—

Region

Virginia

Security level

—

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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

Known issues

[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.

Documented human-rights cases

Contact & address

2690 Elmhurst Lane, Portsmouth 23701
(757) 488-7500
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

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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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 1300 · peers avg: 547 (+138%)

Data completeness

70%

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@misc{worldprisons-hampton-roads-regional-jail,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Hampton Roads Regional Jail},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hampton-roads-regional-jail},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}