About the Authority
The Meherrin River Regional Jail is a new facility located in the Alberta area of Brunswick County, Virginia. The facility comprises two buildings including a support building (administration, food service, laundry, intake and booking, medical, visitation, etc.) and a housing building (inmate dormitories and cells, recreation, and security areas).
The authority is a regional alliance which serves the counties of Dinwiddie, Brunswick, and Mecklenburg. The authority consists of three members from each member jurisdiction: county administrator, sheriff, and a member from the Board of Supervisors. Each member can appoint an alternate to attend meetings and vote as applicable.
- Authority Makeup / Size: Nine members
- Three – Dinwiddie County
- Three – Brunswick County
- Three - Mecklenburg County
- County administrator, sheriff, and a member of the Board of Supervisors
- Meeting schedule
- Southside Virginia Community College
- First Thursday monthly
- 2:00 pm
- Term: No restriction
- Paid: No
Current Membership
Dinwiddie County
- W. Kevin Massengill (vice chairmen)
- Appointed by Board of Supervisors
- County of Dinwiddie
- County administrator
- Alternate: Anne Howerton
- The Honorable William D. Chavis
- Member of the Dinwiddie Board of Supervisors
- Current term – No Restrictions
- Alternate: Vacant
- The Honorable Duck Adams