Bertie-Martin Jail Overview
Bertie-Martin Regional Jail is a regional jail and local confinement facility in Windsor. The facility is tied to the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail Commission, with Bertie and Martin County participation. That structure matters because a reader may expect a standard sheriff-run jail roster. The public record trail instead points to a commission facility, a Bertie County sheriff contact for local arrest records, and the state court system for court dates after booking.
The jail holds people arrested in Bertie County and Martin County who are waiting for a first appearance, bond action, trial, transport, or local sentence service. It is not the same system as Bertie Correctional Institution, which is a North Carolina Department of Adult Correction state prison for sentenced men. Recent arrest and local booking questions should start with Bertie-Martin Regional Jail. Sentenced state-prison placement should be checked through NCDAC.
The official facility facts found in the research are narrow but useful. The jail is listed at 230 County Farm Road, Windsor, NC 27983. The main phone is 252-794-9283, with 252-794-8957 listed as an alternate in the 2023 North Carolina Jail Administrators' Association directory. The fax number in that directory is 252-794-1636. The jail is near the Bertie County Sheriff's Office on County Farm Road, but the two offices are not interchangeable.
Bertie-Martin Regional Jail
230 County Farm Road
Windsor, NC 27983
252-794-9283
Administrative hours listed in the 2023 NCJAA directory: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Bertie County Sheriff's Office
222 County Farm Road
Windsor, NC 27983
252-794-5330
Use for sheriff arrest records and law-enforcement routing, not as a substitute for the jail custody line.
Bertie-Martin Jail Capacity
The 2023 North Carolina Jail Administrators' Association detention facility directory listed Bertie-Martin Regional Jail with a rated capacity of 90 beds. No current official average daily population, booking count, length-of-stay table, or crowding dashboard was located in the research file. That means the capacity number can be cited, but a current head count should not be guessed from the rated beds.
Bertie County's FY 2024-2025 budget message listed operating support for the regional jail, and later county minutes included discussion of a regional jail proposal involving Chowan County. Those records show that the jail is an active local government issue. They do not prove a current population level, an expansion approval, or a new facility plan.
| Measure | Confirmed Detail | Source Context |
|---|---|---|
| Facility type | Regional jail and local confinement facility | Facility map and commission information |
| Rated capacity | 90 beds | 2023 NCJAA detention facility directory |
| Current population | Not located in official public source | No jail dashboard found in research |
| Population served | Pretrial and local sentenced or short-term custody | Bertie and Martin County matters |
Bertie-Martin Jail Lookup Steps
No official Bertie-Martin Regional Jail public inmate roster, recent-booking report, released-inmate archive, mugshot gallery, or sheriff app roster was confirmed in the research. The practical lookup path is direct contact with the jail, followed by statewide tools that answer different questions. A county jail search is for current local custody. The NCDAC Offender Public Information Search is for sentenced state custody, probation, parole, and historical NCDAC records. The NC SAVAN/VINELink system can help with custody notifications, but it is not a full public roster replacement.
- Call Bertie-Martin Regional Jail at 252-794-9283 and ask for current custody status. Give the full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting county.
- If the person was recently booked, ask whether release conditions, a first appearance, or a court date have been set. Court records may lag behind the jail intake event.
- Check NC SAVAN/VINELink for custody notification options. Use it as a status alert tool, not as the only source for bond or booking details.
- Search the North Carolina eCourts Portal for Bertie County court dates and criminal case records after paperwork reaches the court system.
- Use NCDAC only if the person has moved into state prison custody. Use BOP or ICE tools only for separate federal or immigration custody.
Note: A Bertie County arrest can touch jail, court, sheriff, state prison, or federal systems, but each system answers a different question.
Bertie-Martin Jail Record Fields
Because no official public Bertie-Martin roster profile was located, there is no verified online sample record to quote. The safer approach is to ask the jail or the record custodian for the public fields needed for identity, custody, bond, and court tracking. Initial booking charges can differ from later court charges, so custody confirmation and court-case lookup should be treated as linked but separate steps.
| Field to Ask About | Why It Matters |
|---|---|
| Name and date of birth | Helps staff distinguish people with similar names. |
| Booking date or arrest date | Shows whether the inquiry involves a new arrest or an older case. |
| Arresting agency | Can identify Bertie sheriff, Windsor police, Martin County, or another agency. |
| Bond or release condition | Shows whether release depends on secured bond, unsecured bond, written promise, court review, or a hold. |
| Court date and case number | Lets the caller cross-check the case through eCourts or the clerk. |
| Transfer or detainer status | Explains whether the person moved to NCDAC, another county, BOP, ICE, or another agency. |
North Carolina public-record law treats some arrest information as public while protecting many criminal investigation records. A request should be precise. Ask for public arrest information, booking information, a booking photo if needed, or an incident report by name, date, agency, and case number when available. Broad requests are slower and easier to misroute.
Bertie-Martin Jail Visits
No official Bertie-Martin visitation schedule, visitor approval rule, video-visit vendor, dress code, attorney-visit hour, or lobby-service rule was located in the research. Visitors should not rely on rules from a neighboring county or a commercial inmate-search page. Call the jail before traveling, especially if the visit is on short notice or outside ordinary administrative hours.
| Topic | Confirmed Public Detail | Practical Action |
|---|---|---|
| Visit schedule | No official schedule found | Call 252-794-9283 before travel. |
| Visitor ID | No jail-specific rule found | Bring government photo ID and ask about age rules. |
| Dress code | No official jail list found | Ask the jail what clothing is not allowed. |
| Video visits | No vendor confirmed | Do not create a vendor account unless the jail confirms it. |
| Attorney visits | No public hour table found | Attorneys should call ahead for entry and scheduling rules. |
Bertie-Martin Mail and Money
Official sources did not confirm a Bertie-Martin mail format, commissary vendor, phone vendor, tablet vendor, deposit vendor, kiosk rule, money-order process, or fee table. That is a real research gap, not a reason to borrow a commercial platform from a nearby county. Families should confirm the current rule with jail staff before sending mail or funds.
| Service | What Was Confirmed | What to Ask |
|---|---|---|
| No official format located | Ask for inmate name format, ID needs, envelope limits, and banned items. | |
| Phone calls | No provider or price located | Ask whether calls are collect, prepaid, tablet based, or vendor based. |
| Money deposits | No kiosk, online, phone, or money-order rule located | Ask which deposit methods are accepted and when funds post. |
| Commissary | No vendor or order limit located | Ask whether funds must be posted before a weekly deadline. |
Bertie-Martin Jail Governance
The regional jail commission is part of the reason Bertie-Martin records can be confusing. The Martin County commission page says the commission has local confinement authority under North Carolina county law and concurrent acts of the Bertie and Martin boards of commissioners. It also describes a meeting schedule that alternates between Williamston and the Bertie County Courthouse in Windsor.
The official Bertie-Martin Regional Jail Commission page is the source for the screenshot below. It is relevant because it shows that the jail is documented through a regional commission source, not only through Bertie County sheriff pages.
That commission structure should guide records requests. Custody questions go to the jail. Arresting-agency reports may go to the sheriff or police agency. Court dates go to the North Carolina Judicial Branch. State prison records go to NCDAC after transfer.
Bertie-Martin Booking Intake
For a Bertie County arrest, the usual path is arrest, transport, jail intake, identity checks, property inventory, search, booking information, fingerprinting or booking photo if required by policy, medical screening, classification, and then magistrate or judicial review. State standards require local confinement facilities to address secure custody, health, welfare, and humane treatment. The exact local intake checklist was not published in the sources reviewed.
New bookings may be confirmed fastest by calling the jail. Do not expect a public web roster to update in real time because no official public roster was located. If staff say the person has been released, transferred, or held for another agency, ask which system now controls the record. That answer determines whether the next search is eCourts, NCDAC, BOP, ICE, or another county jail.
About Bertie-Martin Regional Jail
Bertie-Martin Regional Jail is best understood as the local jail starting point for recent Bertie County and Martin County custody. It has a documented rated capacity, a County Farm Road location, commission governance, and a direct jail phone line. It does not have a confirmed official public roster, mugshot feed, visitation page, commissary page, mobile app roster, or jail population dashboard in the research materials.
That mix makes direct confirmation more important than usual. A person may be booked locally, released on bond, transferred to state prison after sentencing, moved for another county hold, or shifted into federal or immigration custody. Each move changes the correct lookup tool.
Note: Confirm custody, visits, mail, money, and public-counter service with Bertie-Martin Regional Jail before relying on plans made from older information.