Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center Locator

Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center Overview

Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center is operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. A 2019 VADOC PREA audit identifies it as an adult male residential community-based correctional facility for nonviolent minimum-custody probationers sentenced by courts. It should not be described as the primary Rockingham County jail, and it should not be searched through a county jail roster.

The facility is part of the state community corrections and diversion system. VADOC's CCAP materials describe structured alternatives to incarceration that can include treatment, education, vocational training, employment, and supervision. For local users, the key distinction is custody stage: Rockingham-Harrisonburg Regional Jail handles local jail custody after arrest under Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson's office, while this center is a state-supervised diversion or community-corrections placement.

Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center Capacity and Population

The 2019 VADOC PREA audit lists a designated capacity of 126 and a current population of 117 on the audit date. It also reports 258 residents admitted during the prior 12 months, an age range of 20 to 63, an average length of stay or supervision of 22 to 28 weeks, minimum resident custody level, 45 staff with resident contact, 27 buildings, four single-cell housing units, two dorm or open-bay housing units, and 18 surveillance cameras.

How to Look Up a Participant at Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center

Use the VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator for this facility. VADOC says the locator covers incarcerated individuals in VADOC institutions, probationers and parolees supervised by district offices, institutional hospitals, people housed in local or regional jails under VADOC authority, and CCAP participants. The locator is separate from Rockingham-Harrisonburg Regional Jail and Middle River Regional Jail searches; county jail records or local booking-photo requests route through Rockingham County FOIA and Rockingham County NextRequest instead.

1. Open the VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator and accept the locator disclaimer.
2. Search by first and last name or DOC ID, using filters such as location, race, gender, or age range when helpful.
3. Check whether the location or supervision category points to a VADOC facility, district office, local or regional jail under VADOC authority, or CCAP placement.
4. Use VADOC contact and facility rules for visitation, phone, mail, and state-supervision questions.

The VADOC locator page is the correct statewide search tool for state custody and supervision.

That distinction matters because a person in a VADOC diversion or supervision placement may not appear in a local jail search, even when the facility is physically in Harrisonburg.

Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center Address and Contact

The VADOC PREA audit lists the Beard Woods Lane address and facility phone number. Contact the center or VADOC for facility-specific scheduling and supervision questions, and use the VADOC locator for public lookup before assuming the person is in county jail custody.

Visiting Someone at Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center

Use VADOC statewide visitation rules for this facility unless VADOC gives a facility-specific instruction. VADOC's visitation application process accepts applications for people housed in VADOC facilities. The PREA audit describes a separate visitation area with a secure entrance, but the research did not capture a day-by-day schedule for this center. Confirm approval, scheduling, identification, dress, and visitor-center or video options before travel.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center

VADOC statewide communication rules are the right starting point. VADOC phone correspondence materials state that the phone system is operated through ConnectNetwork by Global Tel Link, calls are recorded and monitored except properly verified attorney calls, and calls are limited to 20 minutes. VADOC legal correspondence rules and Operating Procedure 803.1 govern privileged legal mail. Use VADOC and facility-specific instructions before sending funds, mail, or packages.

Admission and Program Intake at Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center

This is not a street-arrest booking facility like a local jail. The PREA audit describes a residential state facility for nonviolent minimum-custody probationers sentenced by courts. VADOC CCAP context points to structured placement with treatment, education, vocational training, employment, and supervision. The audit also reports medical office access, onsite RN coverage eight hours daily five days a week, on-call physician access, weekly physician visits, annual dental wellness, and weekly case-by-case mental-health services.

About Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center

The 2019 audit describes a campus with two main buildings, 27 buildings overall, a separate visitation area, dormitories, medical office, kitchen and dining area, laundry, classrooms, library, barber shop, commissary, property area, indoor and outdoor recreation, and a basketball court. Program material includes work assignments, adult education, GED, ABE, ELL, special education, substance-abuse programming, and religious services.

The VADOC PREA reports page lists PREA materials for facilities including Harrisonburg Men's Detention and Diversion Center.

Those VADOC materials are useful for facility classification and conditions context, but current custody or supervision lookup should still begin with the VADOC locator.