General Info

Portsmouth Sheriff's Office, located in Portsmouth, Va., is a professional law enforcement agency comprising various divisions, such as intake and receiving, civil processes, classification and records, court security, community corrections, criminal apprehension and training. It also has a traffic unit, and work release and alternative corrections divisions. Its corrections division takes handles inmates housed in the jail facility. It also provides various services, including probation supervision, community and employment services, restitution, substance abuse screenings, assessments and treatment. It additionally offers various services to courts, including alcohol and drug awareness, and anger management education, domestic violence intervention, financial, home incarceration and monitoring programs. The office also manages intake and receiving functions for the Portsmouth Police Department, and offers various services, such as processing of fingerprints, photos and booking information of persons arrested and transported to the Portsmouth City Jail. Its civil process division offers services for legal proceedings, including holding court ordered levies, evictions, juvenile petitions and serving delinquent tax warrants.