Find William G. Truesdale Releases

Truesdale Detention Center Release Routes

William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center is Alexandria’s central adult custody facility. It houses everyone committed to the Sheriff’s custody and may hold local, state, and federal prisoners. One person may post bond and leave under pretrial conditions. Another may finish a local sentence. Others may be transported to VADOC, remain federal prisoners during a U.S. Marshals Service move, or enter the custody of ICE or another agency on qualifying authority.

The safest first question is not simply whether the name disappeared. Ask whether the person left for the community, was discharged into another agency’s custody, moved to a prison or hospital, or began supervision. The Sheriff’s separation record can classify that event. A VINE change or local “not here” answer cannot by itself distinguish each route.

Confirm Truesdale Detention Center Releases

Current and very recent inquiry starts with Virginia VINE and the Detention Center Records and Inmate Information line. Call 703-746-5000 between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.; after hours, call 703-746-5050. The Sheriff FAQ specifically describes charge, bond, and court-date information. If staff say the person is not present, ask whether the existing record identifies release, transfer, or another disposition.

1. Search Virginia VINE by exact name or known offender ID and confirm the Alexandria facility and personal identifiers.
2. Call the detention center and ask whether the person remains in Alexandria Sheriff custody.
3. Ask if the record shows community release, discharge, or transfer, and request the event date and receiving agency if staff can provide them.
4. Search the matching Alexandria court case to identify the order, bond action, sentence, or later change.
5. Follow a documented transfer in VADOC, BOP, ICE, USMS, or the other named jurisdiction.

A formal record is the better route when an oral answer is incomplete. The full Alexandria released-inmate search and records-request process appears on the Alexandria County released inmates home page. Match name, date of birth, booking number, case number, and date range so a same-name record does not create a false conclusion.

Truesdale Release Records and Contact

Support Services within the Detention Center Bureau maintains inmate records. The cumulative booking and release record can establish local admission and separation, while the detailed incarceration file may contain release documents, property receipts, photographs, or pretrial material. Request existing records through Alexandria’s FOIA channels and name the Sheriff or Truesdale as the record source.

The City FOIA page provides GovQA, FOIArequests@alexandriava.gov, 703-746-3750, and in-person delivery at the City Attorney’s Office. Virginia FOIA generally requires a response within five working days, with a possible additional seven working days when invoked. Actual costs vary, so request an estimate and a narrow date range.

Ask for the booking or commitment date, separation date and time, release authority or reason, bond notation, case numbers, transfer or receiving-agency entry, and releasable supporting documents. Cumulative booking and release records are scheduled for 20 years after separation; detailed incarceration files are scheduled for three years. Those are retention periods, not promises of full disclosure or public web display.

Truesdale Detention Center Custody Profile

The Alexandria Sheriff operates Truesdale as a local jail with direct supervision. The official capacity description is approximately 300. Its 2024 average daily population was 287. In 2025, the annual average daily population was 261.98, almost evenly split between a federal average of 131.2 and a non-federal average of 130.79. Monthly overall averages ran from 243 to 282.68.

These figures are population measures. They are not release counts. Likewise, the reported initial-classification totals measure intake work rather than how many people left. The nearly even local and federal split explains why a Truesdale search must include federal transfer checks when the case or release record supports that route.

The official Detention Center Bureau profile identifies the facility, its operator, population mix, and records role.

The official page supplies institutional context, while an individual release still requires the named person’s event record.

Truesdale Detention Center Release Timing

There is no fixed release hour at Truesdale. Virginia’s minimum jail standard requires positive identification of the person, verification of release authority, and a check for other holds. Alexandria says several staff and administrative reviews are involved and the process can take hours. The event may extend to the next date based on when an order arrives, the person’s location, staffing, medical emergencies, or other conditions.

A court date, sentence-calculation date, or expected bond event is not a pickup appointment. Families should call 703-746-4099 for current facility instructions. No authoritative release door, family waiting point, or rideshare pickup area was found in the official material. Do not block secure access or assume that a vehicle may enter a restricted area.

Note: VINE notice follows source-agency processing and should not be treated as a live countdown to the jail exit.

Truesdale Federal and ICE Transfers

Truesdale houses as many as 150 federal pretrial prisoners through a U.S. Marshals Service contract. That agreement does not make the facility a standalone federal prison. USMS controls many pretrial movements, while BOP generally manages sentenced federal inmates. A person who physically leaves Mill Road for another contract jail or federal institution remains in custody.

ICE is not part of Alexandria’s federal detention agreement. Still, the Sheriff checks warrants and holds during release review and may notify ICE or another agency when qualifying authority exists. Alexandria says it does not add two days of custody on an ICE detainer alone. Its published process describes an eight-hour response window after notice in the qualifying administrative-warrant setting. If ICE takes custody, record the event as a transfer.

The Sheriff’s release-review explanation shows how warrants, holds, federal detention, and transfers differ.

The source supports the local workflow. It does not establish deportation, later federal custody, or community presence for any named person.

Truesdale Release Supervision Routes

A bond release may lead to Alexandria Pretrial Services until the criminal case reaches final disposition. A covered local sentence may lead to Alexandria DCJS Local Probation, which directs participants to report on the trial date or the next workday after release. State probation or parole is managed by VADOC Community Corrections, with Alexandria served by District 36.

Alternative programs at Truesdale include Work Release, Modified Work Release, Home Electronic Monitoring, and weekend Incremental Sentencing. Inmate Services handles questions at 703-746-5135. Program placement is a structured custody or sentence arrangement. It should not be called unconditional release unless the order and agency record say that the custodial term ended.

Pretrial supervision

Court-ordered monitoring after bail while the case remains pending.

Probation

Court-ordered community supervision, often after conviction.

Parole

Conditional release from an eligible prison sentence.

Discharge

Completion of the custody or sentence shown by the official record.

Truesdale Detention Center Release History

The Mill Road detention center opened in 1987 and replaced Alexandria’s much older jail. The prior jail had served the city for roughly 160 years, and part of its facade and wall remains. The modern facility later developed a substantial federal-custody role, which is now a defining part of release verification in Alexandria.

Older records should be requested from the office that maintained them for the relevant period. Current Truesdale booking and release records belong with the Sheriff and City records process. A later VADOC, USMS, BOP, ICE, or other-agency event belongs to that receiving system. Keeping those custodians separate prevents a historic Alexandria record from being mistaken for present status.

Truesdale and Juvenile Release Records

The Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center is the other detention facility in Alexandria’s map. It is a secure regional juvenile center shared by Alexandria, Arlington County, and Falls Church. It does not operate as an adult annex of Truesdale. Youth may return to a parent or guardian, move to another placement, or remain under juvenile court oversight.

Juvenile records are restricted and should not be pushed through the adult jail workflow. A guardian or authorized representative should work with counsel, the placing agency, or the Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Service Unit. A missing result from adult VINE, OCIS, or Sheriff pages supplies no proof about a youth’s release.