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Lancaster County Jail
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Lancaster County Jail is a county jail located in Lancaster County, Virginia. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Lancaster County Jail is a historic former jail building at 208 West Gay Street. Built in 1823, it is a virtually unaltered work of the noted early American architect Robert Mills, and reflects innovative changes in jail design promoted by him. It is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1823
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1823
Region
Virginia
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Southwest Virginia Regional Jail - TazewellTazewellMaximumCounty jail330% occupancy
- Stevens County Jail / CourthouseColvilleCounty jail259% occupancy
- Gallia County JailGallipolisCounty jail336% occupancy
- Noble County JailCaldwellCounty jail542% occupancy
- Stark County JailToulonCounty jail3446% occupancy
- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q6483161)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Lancaster County Jail. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lancaster-county-jail
"Lancaster County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lancaster-county-jail.
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