Gates County Jail Roster Overview
Gates County's sheriff page does not publish a county jail roster or a dedicated Gates County detention center page. The North Carolina Sheriffs' Association listing for Sheriff Ray Campbell shows jail as N/A, and the captured official custody material points Gates County detainee lookup to Albemarle District Jail. The Gates County Sheriff's Office remains the local law-enforcement contact for arrests, warrants, transports, and local custody questions, but it is not presenting a public live roster on the county website.
Albemarle District Jail is the regional facility used for this custody path. It is located at 210 Executive Drive South, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, phone (252) 335-4844, fax (252) 335-1579. The jail homepage links inmate lookup to VINELink rather than publishing its own searchable roster page. That means a Gates County inmate lookup should be framed as a VINE/VINELink custody search, supported by jail phone contact, not as a local Gates County jail roster.
The regional custody starting point is the Albemarle District Jail official homepage.
That facility source is central for Gates County detainee questions because the county does not provide a separate Gates jail roster in the captured official sources.
How to Use the Gates County Inmate Lookup Route
Use the jail-linked VINELink route for custody status, then use court records for the charges and case outcome. VINE is a free, secure, confidential custody and criminal-case notification system. Field labels in the live VINE interface may change, and the static research capture did not expose a complete sample inmate profile. Treat VINE as a status and notification tool rather than a guaranteed source for every booking, mugshot, bond, charge, or release detail.
- Start at Albemarle District Jail and follow its inmate lookup link to VINELink, or go to the North Carolina VINE page.
- Select North Carolina and search by the person's name; use facility or agency filters for Albemarle District Jail when available.
- Review custody status carefully and confirm by phone with Albemarle District Jail at (252) 335-4844 when the result affects travel, bond, or release planning.
- For charges, hearings, failures to appear, and dispositions, search the North Carolina eCourts Portal and filter to Gates County.
- For older or incomplete court entries, contact the Gates County Clerk of Superior Court at (252) 357-1365.
The Gates County Sheriff's Office at 202 Court Street, Gatesville, NC 27938, phone (252) 357-0210, can help with arrest, warrant, and transport questions. The sheriff page lists duties that include criminal enforcement, traffic enforcement, civil papers, courthouse security, major crime investigation, sex offender tracking, child custody orders, domestic violence protective orders, and mutual aid with surrounding agencies.
Albemarle District Jail explains video visitation on its visitation information page.
The same facility rules apply to Gates County detainees held through Albemarle unless jail staff gives a different instruction for a specific person.
Roster Search Fields
There is no Gates County-hosted roster field table in the research. The jail points users to VINE/VINELink, so the expected fields are based on that linked custody service and the research limits. Do not assume the public interface will show booking number, housing unit, projected release date, mugshot, or bond unless those fields appear in the live result.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| State | Dropdown | Yes | Use North Carolina for the VINE custody search. |
| Name or offender search | Text | Likely | Live VINE field labels are dynamic; search by name and refine if results are broad. |
| Agency or facility | Filter | Optional | Use Albemarle District Jail if the interface offers a facility filter. |
| Notification registration | Account/contact fields | Optional | VINE allows custody notification registration by supported channels, with exact fields varying by interface. |
What an Inmate Profile Shows
The static research did not confirm a complete public inmate-profile sample from VINE or Albemarle District Jail. A careful Gates County custody lookup should separate confirmed VINE functions from unconfirmed jail-roster details. VINE's core function is custody status and notification. Booking number, booking date, charges, bond amount, mugshot, physical description, housing unit, and projected release can appear in some jail systems, but those fields were not confirmed in the captured official Gates/Albemarle sources.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Identifies the person returned by the custody search, subject to spelling and identity confirmation. |
| Custody status | Indicates whether the person appears in the custody or notification system. |
| Facility | May identify Albemarle District Jail or another holding or transfer agency if supported by the live interface. |
| Charges or court dates | Not confirmed as a VINE profile field in static capture; verify through eCourts or the clerk. |
| Bond or release information | Not confirmed in the static capture; call the jail, sheriff, or court when timing matters. |
| Release notification | VINE's main function supports registration for custody-status notifications. |
Gates County Jail Facilities
The working custody facility for Gates County detainee lookup is Albemarle District Jail, not a separate Gates County jail roster. Albemarle District Jail is a regional detention facility that moved to its current Pasquotank County Commerce Park location in 2010. Its history includes an original 44-bed facility built in 1972, later expansions, permission to double bunk 20 cells raising rated capacity to 90 beds, and a 2006 project that built a 248-bed facility with infrastructure to expand to 500 beds.
Albemarle District Jail
210 Executive Drive South
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
(252) 335-4844
Inmate lookup linked through VINELink; visits scheduled through Securus video visitation.
Gates County Sheriff's Office
202 Court Street
Gatesville, NC 27938
(252) 357-0210
Sheriff Ray Campbell; local arrest, warrant, and transport contact.
The jail publishes mail rules at the Albemarle District Jail mail-rules page.
Mail rules matter because family members often find a custody record first and then need the correct facility address and mailing restrictions.
Booking Process in Gates County
A Gates County arrest can involve the sheriff, deputies, magistrates, court orders, or other law-enforcement agencies. After arrest, the custody path may move through local processing and then to Albemarle District Jail, depending on the case, release conditions, and agency decisions. A booking or custody entry is not the final court record. It may reflect the reason for detention at that time, while the court file later shows filed charges, amendments, dismissals, pleas, trial results, sentencing, and financial obligations.
Initial appearances, bond, written promises, secured or unsecured conditions, and no-bond orders are court or magistrate matters. If the person is held after arrest, use VINE and Albemarle District Jail for custody status. If the question is what the person is charged with or when court is scheduled, use eCourts Portal, Search Hearings, or the Clerk of Superior Court. If the person has been sentenced to state prison or is on probation or parole, the N.C. Department of Adult Correction search may be more relevant than a county custody search.
Visitation Hours and Rules
Albemarle District Jail requires social visits with family, friends, or clergy to be by video. Visitors must create a Securus Online account through www.videovisitanywhere.com, and appointments must be scheduled 24 hours in advance. Off-site visits cost $12.95 per 30-minute visit. Visitors who want to visit on-site must also use the video scheduling system. Legal counsel and legal representatives are treated as privileged visits, which are separate from ordinary social visits.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Off-site Securus video |
| Tuesday | 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Off-site Securus video |
| Wednesday | 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Off-site Securus video |
| Thursday | 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Off-site Securus video |
| Friday | 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Off-site Securus video |
| Saturday | 5:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. | Off-site Securus video |
| Sunday | 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.; 5:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. | Off-site Securus video |
Former inmates must be released for at least six months before visiting an inmate at the jail. The jail homepage also contained a visitor mask notice in the captured research; because health notices can remain online after conditions change, visitors should confirm current rules with Albemarle District Jail before scheduling or traveling.
Funds and commissary instructions are listed on the Albemarle District Jail inmate funds page.
That source gives the money-handling rules families need after confirming that a detainee is held through the regional jail.
How to Contact an Inmate
Inmates at Albemarle District Jail may send and receive mail Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. All non-legal mail is searched for contraband. Incoming and outgoing mail must contain a return address, and inmates sending mail must use Albemarle District Jail as the return address. Address mail to the inmate's name at 210 Executive Drive South, Elizabeth City, NC 27909. No cash is accepted through the mail, and personal checks are not accepted. Money orders and cashier's checks received by mail are deposited into the inmate account.
Legal mail to or from legal counsel, attorneys, court officials, or legitimate legal officials is privileged and will not be censored or read unless contraband is suspected. If contraband is suspected, the mail is opened in the inmate's presence, checked, and not read. Outgoing inmate mail must have proper postage. Inmates may purchase pre-stamped envelopes and writing supplies, and indigent supplies may be provided with costs recouped when money is deposited.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
Albemarle District Jail operates cashless. An account is opened in the inmate's name at admission, and the account serves as a personal debit account for canteen purchases and other debits. Friends and family can deposit funds by credit card through Access Corrections at accesscorrections.com. They can also send money by mail as a money order or cashier's check. Money orders and cashier's checks received through the mail are processed by jail staff Monday through Saturday and deposited by the end of the business day.
Personal checks are returned. Inmate accounts may be debited for routine non-emergency health care appointments, prescription medications, and restitution for damage to county property. Remaining funds are returned at release or transfer from the facility for more than 24 hours through a debit card, and the inmate signs for the debit card. The captured official pages did not provide a canteen price schedule, phone-call rate table, tablet fee table, or video price beyond the $12.95 per 30-minute off-site visit fee.
North Carolina VINE is available through the state VINE custody notification page.
Use the state VINE page when starting from North Carolina custody status rather than the Albemarle District Jail homepage.
State Custody, Court Charges, and Release Records
A person can move from local arrest to regional jail custody, release, probation, or state prison depending on the case. For that reason, an inmate lookup is only one part of the record picture. eCourts Portal can show public Gates County criminal case entries, hearing dates, and some charge information. The Clerk of Superior Court can provide public terminal or paper-file access for Gates County case files. The Department of Adult Correction search covers state prison offenders, probationers, parolees, and historical DAC data, but it is not a county pretrial jail roster.
No official Gates County Sheriff's Office mobile app was found in the captured research. No Gatesville city police app was located. The official route remains sheriff contact, Albemarle District Jail, VINE/VINELink, eCourts, the Clerk of Superior Court, and DAC when a person has moved into state correctional supervision.
VINELink also provides a direct public custody search entry at VINELink.com.
This is the lookup service Albemarle District Jail points users toward instead of hosting a separate local roster page.