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Roanoke City Jail
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Roanoke City Jail is a local jail located in Roanoke (City) County, Virginia. Reported population: 530. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
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Current population
530
Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 7 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Roanoke local correctionsPopulation held
mixed
Opened
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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.
- Rikers IslandEast Elmhurst, NYMixedLocal jail42% occupancy
- Newport News City JailNewport NewsMaximumLocal jail158% occupancy
- Fort Peck Tribes JailPoplarLocal jail150% occupancy
- Virginia Beach Correctional CenterVirginia BeachMaximumLocal jail173% occupancy
- Long Beach City JailLong BeachMinimumLocal jail115% occupancy
- Joplin City JailJoplinLocal jail103% occupancy
Data completeness
60%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
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Roanoke City Jail. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roanoke-city-jail
"Roanoke City Jail." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roanoke-city-jail.
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