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Albemarle District Jail Overview

Albemarle District Jail is a regional jail and local confinement facility in Elizabeth City. The facility map identifies it as the primary public detention facility for this Gates County project because Gates County's own official pages do not publish a jail roster or detention-center page. The Gates County Sheriff's Office remains the local arrest and records contact, while Albemarle District Jail and VINELink are the practical custody-status route when a Gates County arrestee is held through the regional system.

The operator is the Albemarle District Jail Authority / District Jail Commission. The official history page states that the jail was the first regional jail built in North Carolina. It also says the regional jail idea was conceived in 1968, the facility was built in 1971, and the original member counties were Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, and Perquimans. Gates County should not be described as an original member county based on that source.

Albemarle Jail Capacity

The official facility history material gives the clearest population-related figure: Albemarle District Jail is described as an 88-bed facility. The reviewed facility pages did not publish a live population count, Gates County count, average daily population, booking total, demographic table, or current housing breakdown. Capacity is a building figure; it is not the same as today's headcount.

For an official current count or county-of-charge breakdown, ask the facility or the relevant records custodian for the specific date range and measure needed.

Lookup Albemarle District Jail Inmates

The official Albemarle District Jail inmate-search page links the public to VINELink instead of showing a jail-owned roster table. Use that route for custody status, but keep the Gates County source straight: a Gates County arrest question may still need the Gates County Sheriff's Office, and a filed charge question belongs with the North Carolina courts.

1. Open the Albemarle District Jail inmate-search page.
2. Follow the public inmate-search link to VINELink North Carolina.
3. Search by name and compare identity details before relying on a match.
4. Confirm the custody agency or location shown in the result.
5. If the person has been sentenced to prison, switch to the NCDAC offender search.

The Albemarle District Jail home page is shown below. It is the regional facility source, while VINELink supplies the public custody-search path.

Use the full name and date of birth where possible because common names can produce confusing results across custody systems.

Albemarle District Jail Contact

Use the facility contact for custody-location, visitation, mail, money, phone-account, and jail procedure questions. Use Gates County for sheriff arrest records, and use the court for charge and case-file questions.

The official contact page provides the facility phone, fax, email, address, and message form. It does not replace VINELink or court records, but it is the right place to confirm facility rules before traveling or sending funds.

Visit Albemarle District Jail

Albemarle District Jail publishes an in-person visitation schedule by inmate group. Visitors must be on the inmate's approved visitation list, and the facility says a person not on the list will not be allowed to visit. Visitors must bring valid picture identification, such as a state driver's license, DMV identification card, military ID, or passport. Children under 16 must be with a parent or legal guardian.

The Albemarle District Jail visitation page is shown below. Its schedule is more specific than many county jail pages and should be checked before any trip from Gates County.

Visitors are subject to search. The official page bars cell phones, purses, bags, food, drinks, tobacco products, lighters, weapons, pocket knives, cameras, recording devices, and other contraband.

Albemarle Mail and Money

Mail should be addressed to the inmate by name at Albemarle District Jail, 210 Executive Drive South, Elizabeth City, NC 27909. Mail must include a return address and is subject to inspection. The facility prohibits packages, Polaroid photographs, pornography, staples, paper clips, stickers, glitter, lipstick, crayon, marker, perfume, tape, and any mail that creates a security issue.

The reviewed facility pages did not publish online deposit fees, phone rates, or a separate video-visitation vendor. Confirm current costs and account rules with the facility or vendor before sending money.

Albemarle Booking and Intake

A Gates County arrest may involve a warrant, order for arrest, probable-cause arrest, or other lawful authority. Intake generally includes identity review, paperwork, property inventory, safety screening, fingerprints, photo, classification, and release-condition review. The official Albemarle pages reviewed do not publish a detailed intake manual, medical-screening schedule, property-release form, or booking refresh time.

If the person is not released, the facility assigns housing under its internal classification process. A new custody record may not appear online right away. For a very recent Gates County arrest, call the sheriff or the jail and check the court-date lookup when the case moves into court.

Bond questions should be checked against the court or magistrate process as well as the jail. North Carolina release conditions can include a written promise, unsecured bond, secured bond, custody release, or a hold from another authority. The reviewed Gates County and Albemarle pages did not publish a public bond desk schedule or online bond payment method, so payment details should be confirmed before travel.

Albemarle Jail Safety Reporting

Albemarle District Jail's public pages reviewed for this build do not publish a reentry-program catalog, GED schedule, work-release policy, medical sick-call form, or general grievance process. The official pages do provide practical information for visits, mail, funds, phone accounts, and PREA reporting. The PREA page states a zero-tolerance position toward sexual abuse and sexual harassment and routes reports through the jail administrator and facility contact channels.

For state prison questions, switch away from Albemarle District Jail rules. A Gates County defendant who is convicted and sentenced to active state prison time moves into NCDAC custody, where visitation, mail, money, photos, and release data follow state procedures. Federal and immigration custody also use separate public systems. Albemarle should be treated as the regional jail channel, not as a universal record source for every Gates County case.