This jail is an absolute hell hole. It's all about paying for everything. You pay for phone…read morecalls, visits (the free ones are few and far between), room & board, to have your blood sugar checked, even a quarter for the locker to put your id in when you visit. The food is beyond belief. The potatoes aren't cooked right (ever). There is little more than 2 tablespoons of food per meal. There is always a piece of hard cornbread. I have never seen such a poorly run establishment. I have called and left messages. No One EVER calls back or answers their phone. If I could have given this place a MINUS "10" I would have. Trish

If I could give a 0 it would be too much praise for this group. No one seems to know anything…read more Everyone tells you 30 mins, when they mean 4-6 hours. They have made it difficult to get a bonded individual out and bond was posted 5.5 hours ago. They made an excuse that they had a medical emergency and had to lock him back up, but that was 2 hours after bond and monitor in place. So that's crap. They have a guy here since yesterday (2pm) and here it is almost 7pm and they can't confirm if he is on a list to turn himself in or not. CLOWNS! Now...shift change is happening...so, now; he might get out in "30" minutes. Make that 45 min.. Now an hour and a half....We shall see.. People that are incarcerated have rights. When you violate those rights, you become the criminals. This is a sad excuse for police officers...slow, ignorant, uncaring. When you treat your inmates and their family like trash, you in turn become the trash.

Long wait times during processing. One person ahead of me and it still took over 2 hours…read more Minimally staffed facility, that moves at a snail's pace. Absolutely ridiculous!

If you feel like going out of town to get your civil disobedience on, I strongly recommend going…read moreelsewhere. The transportation service provided was most disagreeable. The chauffeur was condescending and the ride intolerably bumpy and without air conditioning. It was considerate of them to rinse the mace from my eyes (though I fail to understand why I was hosed at all), however my clothes were soaked and the effects lingered. Upon arrival, I was seated in a waiting area for eight hours (a bus. It was a bus). We are in the middle of a pandemic, yet people were packed one per foot. After being given a misdemeanor charge (for being out past my bed time) I was shown to a second waiting area, where ambience was provided in the form of the ever objective Fox News. The commemorative photo they took was unflattering and lacked a sense of composition-this guy was no Saul Leiter. After a few more hours of waiting (and waiting, and waiting-the predominate theme of my visit, as I am sure you have discerned, was waiting. It was worse than being at Disney Land in mid July without a fast pass), I was shown to a cell. The decoration was wanting, and while I appreciate their use of a local artist, the mural on my cell's wall was nonetheless amateurish. Still, it did succeed in making me long to be literally anywhere else. The food (which I had waited fourteen hours for) was a single piece of mystery lunch meat on plain white bread and a days old apple. The only water provided was what came out of the sink and had to be shared with my cellmates. My compliments to the chef. Having at last been served, I was unceremoniously shown the door. Seriously, get arrested elsewhere. This place was a joke.

I've had never been to jail before, but I've heard a lot and seen a lot on TV. These people and…read morefacilities are top notch amazing! The water tasted horrible though!

This jail does not care about inmates AT ALL!!! Staff is RUDE & not helpful at all. Medical acts…read morelike they don't know what the hell they are doing! Do they even have real medical professionals there?! This place is so dirty inmates get staph infections. Then, they don't even take the inmates their medications & antibiotics regularly IF EVEN AT ALL!!! HELLO!? You're not supposed to skip antibiotics, idiots! These men may have made mistakes but they don't deserve to be treated worst than dogs at an animal shelter! If my loved one dies because of their negligence, they are going to be sued! I've had to call multiple times with my loved one in pain because they are not taking him meds. I've had to call multiple times because some punk guard wouldn't take them toilet paper ALL DAY!! Really?! I will be calling the a$$hole in charge tomorrow!!! I've had it!!! If you're loved one gets sent there, they to do what you can to get them the hell out of there!!!

This museum is quite small, having only a couple of rooms. Many of the exhibits were being…read morerenovated when I stopped in. Had I driven here for the museum, I would have been quite disappointed. Having said that, there was still some history here, and the racialized history of criminal enforcement in the area is something worth pondering. There was no charge to enter but I did get a brief greeting.

Staff is extremely informed on both the material in the museum itself, and the local surrounding…read morearea. Easy museum, probably see everything in 15-20 minutes, but provides great information on the history of the Oldest Sheriff Office in the US.

OK, so I'm from ESVA (Eastern shore of Virginia). Either my hometown is REALLY hurting to be…read morenoticed by Yelpers around the world or, the jail has a mean lunch special. I gave the jail 5 stars because it keeps the guy that keeps stealing strawberry's from my grandfather (yes, my Gdad sells "scrawburrs") off the the mean... um... highway, and also because there is the possibility that they have a pretty good lunch special. I don't think I'll ever find out, the place is too exclusive for me.

I got to spend 10 days away from my annoying wife Sarah. It was great. The cooking compared to hers…read morewas gourmet. The room service was top notch. Only complaint is that your stay is temporary. I tried to stay more than 10 days but they said I wasn't qualified.

Clean, not a strong foot smell, the deputies were nice enough. They changed the radio when asked,…read morebut just to another country station. Will he ever get his truck back? I don't know. Lost a star because tI had to wait a longer time than anticipated.

Place needs to be investigated! No supervision at all. Employees just show up, make a round or two…read moreand set around eating snacks all day/night. Not sure why they have a mental health person there because they don't treat anyone for mental health they get released before even get to talk to a doctor about their mental health. Why have a mental health person there? And they wonder why people snap when they get out.

So my husband's inmate there I'm not going to mention his name do for his safety but you cannot…read morevisit inmates in person due to covid so they have to use tablets and unfortunately the inmates are running the tablets they told my husband he had to pay $100 or $50 to get access to the tablet for a visitation and when they go to use the phones that all ran by gangs once a blood phone once up Petersburg phone and wants a white phone one's a Hopewell phone so I call up there to complain and a young lady told me to call during the day to make a complaint so I did and I get a very rude lady that hangs up in my face and tells me she can't help me unless I give my husband's name which obviously he's not safe there because they have no control over their jail so I'm wish I would not do that so now I'm contacting the news and giving a bad review because the lady I spoke with yesterday said there was one officer per pod isn't there like 90 men in a pod isn't there a ratio for how many people can be supervised by one person so Riverside regional jail needs a higher poor people or something because the officers should be the one running the jail not the inmates or gangs my husband is not safe there

I read the novel, The Yellow Wife, and if you are a fan of historical fiction, I highly recommend…read moreit. The book is based on the story of Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman in Richmond, VA who went on to inherit the Lumpkin Jail and used the property to establish Virginia Union University. I was so moved by her story that I felt the need to visit this site. Much like my experience on the slave trail, I was unclear of what was a part of the site. I was a bit disappointed that I may have missed parts of the experience.

Easily located. Very heavy history. I think the city of Richmond can definitely do a better job at…read moreupkeep but that's neither here nor there. We already know anything as it relates to the history of slavery America tries to erase. This is a must see if you are in RVA to pay your respects.

Hard time figuring how to put money on an account I've been on this phone for hours and got nowhereread more

Boy was I wrong!! I had expected much more from a privatized jail but this just went south right…read morefrom the get go. First of all, I had a very sub-par shuttle service to the jail. The Chauffeur was the most chatty Kathy I have ever met. He talked the whole way! I just wanted to sit and look at the beautiful autumn colors of the Virginia trees but not with officer talks-a-lot. If it wasn't for the handcuffs, I would have definitely rolled down the window to drown out his voice. Once I arrived I thought to myself, just forget the long uncomfortable ride and let the fun begin! Again, dead wrong. I asked for an expedited check-in but they just laughed. The nerve of these people right? Who waits for 3.5hrs to check in!? I am sure there were at least 2 people that arrived after me and they totally got checked in before me. When they finally called me, I got a different room because my main room wasn't ready or something yet. I had to wait in some room called "Security Housing" or something like that for 2 nights!! Two whole nights just to get my room ready. Wow what a joke. When my room was finally ready I thought to myself, just relax it can't get any worse. Oh man that couldn't be any further from the truth. I guess all the rooms were full and the only other vacancy was with someone else!! Yes you read that right, I had to share a room with some stranger! WTF!? I begged for a single room but was told if I did not leave the front desk that they would lock my in my room for 3 whole days. I think he was joking but he didn't even snicker. Sometimes this random guy would even poop right there next to me without even a thought! Anyways, after I settled in and realized it was almost lunch time I began to get excited. I was told we were having hamburgers and potatoes. Not real fancy but I was hungry so it would do. What they served me was probably the worst excuse for a hamburger ever! I overheard someone call it a "meat rock" and I am sure they will probably be giving it a bad review soon as well because they were spot on with the description. Yuck is an understatement. I was waiting for this thing called "store day" everyone kept talking about but I never saw a store. It must be some inside joke among the other patrons that I didn't get (I would have given anything for a store at that point). The weird hours and the fact that the guy at the front desk would open and close my door whenever he/she wanted day and night made me super uncomfortable and very tired. The only privacy I got was in a bathroom called "the truckstop" and it was exactly that. GROSS! After I started getting used to everything, my vacation time was over. I was actually looking forward to going back to work and the real world! This place was the pits and I will make sure I never go there again. I would give it zero stars if it would let me. I hope no one else has an experience like me. Next time I am just going to check out some place called "up-state". I heard they are a lot more friendly and welcoming there with a lot more amenities too!