Weekender Fee Programs

Inmate Fee
Program
Western Tidewater
Regional Jail
2402 Godwin Blvd
Suffolk, VA 23434
(757)539-3119
Admin fax (757)539-6409
Booking fax (757) 934-0594
Medical fax (757) 934-0267

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Weekender Fee Programs

In accordance with Virginia State Statute 53.1-13.1; inmates serving weekend and nonconsecutive day sentences may be charged a set amount to defray their cost of keep. Fees shall be collected and used for the sole purpose of defraying the cost of the inmate's keep.

The Western Tidewater Regional Jail has established the following fee schedule and rules for their Weekender Program:

Processing Fee

$25.00

Daily Weekender fee

$8.00

Fee Payment

All fees will be paid in the form of a certified check or money order. No cash, credit or debit cards or personal checks will be accepted.

Fees can be mailed and must be received in advance of the initial reporting date to: WTRJ
Weekender/Nonconsecutive Days Program
P.O. Box 0069
Suffolk, VA 23439-0069

All fees must be paid in full in advance of reporting to serve sentence.

A receipt will be issued to the sentenced person whenever a payment is received.

If the inmate fails to pay for a weekend in advance, but, upon check-in, has a certified check or money order for the entire confinement period, the Booking Staff will accept the payment and issue the inmate a receipt for the entire amount on the check or money order. No change will be returned.

The fee charged will be based on the actual number of days to be served in jail, in accordance with State sentencing guidelines, and multiplied by the eight dollar ($8.00) a day rate.

If the inmate willfully fails to report at the time specified by the court or fails to pay the specified fees, the inmate will be reported to the sentencing court and the sentence imposed pursuant to Virginia Code 53.1-131.1 shall be revoked and a straight jail sentence will be imposed.

Failure to pay all fees, in advance, associated with the Weekend and Nonconsecutive Days program, will be treated as a willful act on the part of an inmate not to participate or comply with this program.

The weekender will be kept incarcerated at the end of the normal weekender release time.

The Superintendent will forward a letter to the weekender's sentencing court requesting the judge revoke the non-consecutive day sentence and impose a straight jail sentence in accordance with Virginia State Statute 53.1-131.1.

If, when confronted with this inevitability, the weekender inmate can cause payment in full to be delivered to the jail prior to his scheduled weekend release, the Booking Staff will accept payment. The inmate will then be released in accordance with the court ordered weekend or nonconsecutive days sentence as ordered by the court.