Sussex II Release Records

Sussex II Closure Record

Sussex II was a VADOC state prison on the Sussex correctional campus near Waverly. It is not an active facility and should never be presented as a place to call for a current prisoner. VADOC listed Sussex II among four planned closures and later reported that the four sites officially closed as scheduled on June 30, 2024. The closure announcement is the key source for interpreting records that end at Sussex II around that period.

The official VADOC closure confirmation documents the status of the former Sussex II facility.

The announcement fixes the facility’s closing date, but it does not identify a community-release date for each person who once lived there.

A building closure and a sentence release are different events. VADOC had to move people out of Sussex II, yet movement from one institution to another keeps the person in state custody. The later VADOC location, not the last Sussex II reference, determines where custody continued.

Sussex II Transfer Records

Closure movement should be classified as transfer unless a person-specific release document proves otherwise. A transfer record marks the end of placement at Sussex II, not the end of a VADOC sentence. News coverage, an old directory entry, or a stale search result may show only the former institution. None of those sources establish that the person entered the community.

Trace Sussex II Release

The person’s seven-digit DOC ID is the best link between Sussex II and a later VADOC location. Names can collide, change, or be indexed in different forms. The DOC ID stays tied to the state record. If it is not known, the locator accepts a full last name plus at least three letters of the first name, with optional filters for age range, location, race, and gender.

Use this sequence to separate the campus history from the individual release history.

1. Search the VADOC Inmate and Supervisee Locator by DOC ID or name and match identity details.
2. Read the listed location. Another state prison means the person remained in secure VADOC custody after Sussex II.
3. If a probation or parole district appears, confirm the supervision status with VADOC and note that prison custody and sentence supervision are different stages.
4. Record the displayed Release Date exactly. Treat a future date on a confined result as computational, not completed release.
5. Request the later institution’s Notification of Release or releasable Order of Release details to establish the actual date, type, and destination.

The Sussex County released-person verification path helps identify the correct custody system. For a former Sussex II prisoner, VADOC remains the controlling source.

Sussex II Locator Limits

The VADOC locator is a current custody and supervision tool, not a permanent public archive of every former prisoner. It includes people in VADOC institutions, institutional hospitals, probation and parole districts, certain local or regional jail settings under VADOC authority, and other listed programs. The agency says its data is updated daily while warning that it may not always be current or accurate.

A current prison result is strong evidence against the claim that closure produced release. A district result can indicate that secure prison custody ended but supervision remains. No result is less decisive. A fully discharged person may fall outside the locator’s scope, and a name-only search may miss the right record. Preserve the search date, inputs, and exact result wording before moving to a records request.

Transfer

Movement to a new custodian or institution while custody continues.

Parole

Conditional community release for an eligible sentence, followed by supervision.

Discharge

Completion of the relevant custody or supervision phase.

Detainer

Authority that may send a person to another custodian after VADOC processing.

Note: A blank current locator result does not erase the older Sussex II record or prove when the later release occurred.

Sussex II Release Requests

Because Sussex II is closed, release questions belong with VADOC records rather than a former facility front desk. Identify the person by full name and seven-digit DOC ID when possible. Include Sussex II as the former institution and the approximate period of placement. Ask for the next institution or transfer destination, then request the releasable Notification of Release and release date/type from the institution that later processed the actual departure.

A narrow VADOC request can ask for the transfer date and receiving institution if the immediate question is what happened at closure. A separate actual-release request should ask for the Notification of Release and the status reflected in the later Order of Release. Conditions may contain protected information, so focus the request on date, release type, institution, and destination.

A court judgment can explain the sentence, and parole material can document a Board decision. Neither replaces VADOC’s physical-release record. Keep the closure, transfer, decision, and release as separate dated events.

Sussex II Release Evidence

VADOC’s facility-release procedure describes the records created when a person is actually discharged or paroled. The person reviews the applicable Order of Release, Conditions of Probation, or Conditions of Parole. The person and a witness sign and date those papers, and VADOC supplies a Notification of Release letter. For a former Sussex II prisoner, those documents would normally come from the later institution that completed release.

The evidence chain should move forward in time:

1. Use the Sussex II record to establish the former placement.
2. Use the closure or transfer record to identify the receiving institution.
3. Use the locator to check later custody or supervision.
4. Use the signed release documents to establish the actual event.
5. Check the destination for community release or delivery under a detainer.

A future Release Date on a still-confined VADOC record is calculated from sentence and credit information and can change. It should not be substituted for signed, dated release paperwork. Similarly, a parole grant begins a later processing path; it is not the door-exit record.

Sussex Prison Release History

Sussex County’s state-prison landscape is unusual because the active Sussex I facility and closed Sussex II campus have nearly matching names and adjacent addresses. Search results may shorten either one to “Sussex,” omit the Roman numeral, or surface an older report. Facility identity must be checked before the custody event can be interpreted.

VADOC’s 2024 closure record gives Sussex II a firm historical endpoint. The agency’s earlier Sussex II closure announcement supplies the planned institutional context. Neither source closes an individual sentence record. A person moved to Sussex I or another institution remained a state prisoner. If that person later entered parole supervision, the locator may show a district. If supervision later ended, final discharge is yet another event. Each stage needs its own source.

The active Sussex I facility also means that a present search for a former Sussex II person can still return a Sussex County prison address without indicating a community release. Read the exact facility name, DOC ID, status, and date. That careful match prevents the closed campus from becoming a false release signal.

Verify Sussex II Release

A defensible conclusion names the chain rather than guessing from the closure. For example: Sussex II closed, VADOC transferred the person to a named institution, the locator later showed a supervision district, and a dated Notification of Release confirmed parole or discharge. If the chain stops at a transfer, then the person’s eventual release remains unconfirmed.

Another authority may receive the person under a detainer. In that case, release from VADOC does not mean release from all custody. Ask for the destination and check the receiving agency’s record. For a transfer to another state prison, stay with VADOC. For a federal destination use BOP. For immigration custody use ICE ODLS. Each system proves only its own custody.

Historical silence also has limits. Sealed, confidential, or incomplete public records may produce a blank search. State the system, search date, and result. Then use the DOC ID and a focused VADOC request. The closed Sussex II address is a starting fact, not the last word on release.

Note: The individual’s later VADOC release record controls; Sussex II’s closing date cannot be assigned as a personal release date.