Goochland has no jail building of its own to search, so the list you want belongs to Henrico's Sheriff. Here is the routine:

1. Go to the Henrico jail inmate page.
2. Type a surname. Too many rows? Add a first name.
3. Compare ages before you assume a row is your person, because common names repeat.
4. Copy the ID number into your phone. It saves time on every later call.
5. Know that children never show up there, and neither do verdicts. Court clerks keep those.

Nothing on the page says how often it refreshes or whether Jail East rows are included. When a result matters, ring 804-652-1120 and have a staff member read the booking to you.

Blank results are normal early on. Consider these causes:

• Booking is still underway. Fingerprints and paperwork take hours.
• Freed by the magistrate. A signed promise, a bond with nothing owed today, or a paid bond can send a person home within hours.
• Issued a summons. An officer handed over paperwork with a hearing date instead of a booking.
• Another spelling. Test nicknames, a maiden name or a name with a hyphen.
• Housed elsewhere. Henrico's second jail, another locality's cells, federal agents or the state may have custody.
• A minor. Young people under 18 have a separate system.

Ask jail staff at 804-652-1120 to look up the booking record directly. The Sheriff's Office at 804-556-5349 can say if a deputy took the person in.

Because Henrico, New Kent and Goochland share a jail deal, local adult prisoners are kept in Henrico's facilities. Try Jail East first.

• Jail East in the Henrico system, 17320 New Kent Highway, Barhamsville, VA 23011, 804-652-1120. This is the lockup the county's court pages name for people it cannot release. It stands in New Kent County, east of Richmond. Public information line, weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: 804-652-1211. Evenings and weekends: 804-652-1100. Classification, the unit that picks each person's housing: 804-652-1121.
• Henrico County Jail West, 4317 East Parham Road, Henrico, VA 23228. Weekday information, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: 804-501-4581. After hours: 804-501-4586. Call if Jail East says your person was sent there.

The pages we studied do not explain which group of prisoners lives in which building, such as men, women, work release or higher security. Staff can tell you where a specific person sleeps.

An arrest made by a neighboring department could mean the neighbor's lockup comes first, and the arresting agency knows. Custody by federal officers, by ICE or by the state prison system is covered in later answers.

We can't promise the Henrico search shows mugshots, since its page doesn't say. Virginia's open-records act says officers must hand over an adult's intake photo, with one carve-out: a felony probe that the release could damage (Va. Code § 2.2-3706). That makes a direct request worth a try.

Ask the agency that arrested the person. For a county deputy's arrest, that is the Sheriff's Office, 2938 River Road West, Building C, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-556-5349. Children's photos stay private.

• Photos made by ICE are asked for at the ICE records request site.
• Federal booking photos are kept sealed. Only the U.S. Marshals Service may circulate one, such as a picture of someone it is hunting.

VINE does this at no cost. Register once. After that, a call, text or email arrives each time the person is freed, or moved out of any city, county or regional lockup or the state prison system.

• Open VINELink and enter the person's name.
• Or phone 800-467-4943, any time of day.
• Pick phone, text or email.

Messages can lag a little. If a pickup time matters, also ring the jail at 804-652-1120.

A magistrate sets the terms soon after booking, day or night. The county's magistrate works from Building G, 2938 River Road West, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-556-5363. The options are a signed promise to return, a bond that costs nothing today, or one backed by money, land or a licensed bondsman.

• Virginia grants bail unless the evidence shows the person would likely flee or endanger someone (Va. Code § 19.2-120).
• Terms may keep the person away from the accuser, impose a curfew, forbid weapons, require testing or add GPS tracking.
• A bondsman needs a state license from the DCJS. The cut is set between ten and fifteen percent, and the state does not return it.
• A person still held appears before a judge at the next sitting, and that judge may revisit the amount.

The magistrate or the Sheriff's Office at 804-556-5349 can explain where to pay and when. Our bail walk-through goes deeper. A statewide summary lists the laws.

The magistrate's paperwork begins the case, then a court takes over. These offices hold the details:

• Clerk of the combined district court (adult and juvenile), 2938 River Road West, Building G, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-556-5309. Misdemeanors, traffic tickets and the early stage of felonies start here.
• Circuit Court clerk, 2938 River Road West, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-556-5353. After a grand jury indicts, a felony moves here.
• Commonwealth's Attorney, 2938 River Road West, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-556-5345. This is the prosecutor, who picks which charges go forward.

Virginia also runs the Online Case Information System, which can search district-court crime and traffic cases, adult cases from the juvenile court, and every Circuit Court file. Cases about children stay out of it. If nothing turns up, a clerk can look by name and birth date.

Yes. The Indigent Defense Commission shows no office of public defenders in the county, so the judge selects a private attorney from the court's roster.

1. The person asks for an appointed lawyer when seeing the magistrate or when the case first reaches court.
2. They complete a sworn sheet about earnings and debts. The district clerk, 804-556-5309, supplies it.
3. The judge makes the final ruling (Va. Code § 19.2-159).

Relatives can instead pay for a lawyer they choose. Hire early, since key decisions come at the first appearance. Tell your loved one to avoid case details on jail lines, because those lines can be recorded.

Henrico's Sheriff says virtual visitation exists at Jail East, though its page gives no schedule and no video company. Rules change, so ask at 804-652-1120 before you make plans.

• How do you book a slot, and how far ahead?
• Which ID and which clothing rules apply?
• Has the person lost visiting as a penalty?
• Do lawyers and clergy follow a separate process?

Our guide to jail visits covers common rules and what the day will feel like.

Funds cover snacks, soap, writing supplies and phone time. Henrico's Sheriff lists these routes for families:

• A lobby kiosk at Jail East, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• The site accesscorrections.com or the AC SendMoney app, with help at 636-888-7004.
• ViaPath, for money that pays for calls, tablets and video.
• A certified check or money order, sent to P.O. Box 3368, Henrico, VA 23228.

For account questions, the Sheriff's finance staff are at 804-501-5569. No cash in envelopes, ever. See our deposit guide and the commissary page.

Global Tel*Link is the phone company Henrico's Sheriff names. Calls may be collect, paid from an Advance Pay account, or made with canteen calling cards. For prices and limits, ring 804-652-1120.

Treat every call as recorded. Keep the facts of the case between your loved one and a lawyer, since only attorney talks are private. For more, read our jail calls explainer and inmate email and text explainer.

Henrico's Sheriff asks for this layout on the envelope:

Line one: the inmate's name and ID number.
Line two: Henrico County Jail East.
Line three: 17320 New Kent Highway, Barhamsville, VA 23011.

• The mailroom takes deliveries Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and passes letters along within a day.
• Greeting cards, personal checks, cigarettes and drugs are barred.
• Magazines and books must be sent by the publisher.

Add your return address. Leave cash out. Read our guide to writing inmates for more.

Items the person carried in stay in storage until release. Henrico's Sheriff says a person may name a relative to receive property. Ring 804-652-1120 to learn the steps, and carry a photo ID.

• One clothing exchange is allowed, handled by the quartermaster.
• Submit the request form five working days early.
• Exchanges don't happen on a release day or a hearing day.
• Glasses prescriptions can be left with the quartermaster.

Nurses and other medical staff cover Jail East all day and night. The person should submit a written or verbal request to the staff on duty and list each condition, medicine and dose.

You can back that up by ringing 804-652-1120 with a doctor's name and a pharmacy. Dial 911 if someone could die. Fears about suicide or self-injury should be said out loud on the call. Staff make the medical calls, but your message tells them someone is watching.

Warrant service in the county belongs to the Sheriff's deputies, because no town has its own police. Ring the Sheriff's Office, 804-556-5349, and ask. The office's website has no wanted list. For case records, phone the district clerk, 804-556-5309, or the Circuit clerk, 804-556-5353, or try the state case lookup. If you are the one with a warrant, speak to a defense attorney, then contact the judge's clerk who issued it. Both clerks sit at 2938 River Road West, Goochland, VA 23063, with the district court in Building G.

The clerk where the case sits has the date. Keep the name and birth date handy.

• Combined court for district and juvenile cases, 2938 River Road West, Building G, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-556-5309. Its counter closes at 4:00 p.m. on weekdays.
• Circuit Court, 2938 River Road West, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-556-5353. Felony trials and appeals are heard here.

Prisoners at Jail East often join hearings by video. Dates may also appear in the online case system. Our guide to court follows a case from first appearance onward.

The area gets its federal court from the Eastern District of Virginia. Its Richmond Division courthouse is at 701 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219. The clerk answers at 804-916-2220.

1. A judge hears arguments on jail versus release at the first appearance (18 U.S.C. § 3142).
2. The U.S. Marshals Service oversees prisoners awaiting trial. Its Richmond office is at 701 East Broad Street, Suite 2800, Richmond, VA 23219, 804-545-8501.
3. The Federal Public Defender's Richmond office is at 701 East Broad Street, Room 3600, Richmond, VA 23219, 804-343-0800.
4. Once a sentence is imposed, search the federal prison locator.

Immigration agents use Form I-247A to ask for a detainer (8 CFR 287.7(d)). Its request: keep the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, which lets agents collect them.

• Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Type in an A-number, or the whole name and place of birth.
• When that finds nothing, phone ICE's Washington field office, 14797 Murdock Street, Chantilly, VA 20151, 703-633-2100.

Detainer rules in Virginia are in flux in 2026, so we leave them out. One plain fact: in February 2026 a directive closed out the 287(g) agreements of state agencies, and only those. A lawyer can explain what a hold means for a case.

When a court orders a prison term, the state's Department of Corrections takes over. The person might remain at the jail until a bed opens.

• Search the VADOC locator by DOC number or name. Data is renewed each day.
• The department's headquarters line is 804-674-3000.
• Our Virginia prison page lists visit and mail rules.

Cases for anyone under 18 run through the juvenile half of the combined court, 2938 River Road West, Building G, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-556-5309. Intake staff at the Court Service Unit, in that same building, 804-556-5346, decide on a petition, diversion or detention.

County court materials say held youth are usually placed at the James River Juvenile Detention Center, mailing address P.O. Box 880, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-652-3046. Phone ahead, because the state list gives only that mailing address.

The county has no police department and no incorporated towns. Two agencies make nearly all arrests:

• Sheriff's Office, 2938 River Road West, Building C, Goochland, VA 23063, 804-556-5349. Deputies answer calls in every community, including Centerville, Oilville, Crozier, Sandy Hook and Manakin-Sabot.
• Virginia State Police, Division One, 2434 Pine Forest Drive, Colonial Heights, VA 23834, 804-609-5500. Troopers work Interstate 64 and Route 6. Ask this office which local area office covers your spot. Statewide field operations: 804-674-2088.

We found no campus police force for the county.