The Bertie County Inmate Population
The Bertie County inmate population is not held in one simple county-run jail system. Recent arrests in Bertie County are routed to Bertie-Martin Regional Jail, a regional local confinement facility connected to Bertie and Martin Counties. Sentenced state prisoners in Windsor are held through the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction facility profile for Bertie Correctional Institution. These two systems count different people, use different lookup tools, and answer different public questions.
That split matters when the Bertie County inmate population changes. An arrest may add a person to local jail custody, but a bond order, written promise, transfer, state prison sentence, federal hold, or immigration matter can move the person out of the local jail path. No official public Bertie-Martin online roster was located in the research, so the current local count is not visible through a county web roster. The strongest public path is to confirm current custody with the jail, use NC SAVAN or VINELink for status notices, and use court and prison systems only for the parts they actually cover.
Bertie County Inmate Population Statistics
The sourced Bertie County inmate population numbers are strongest for facility capacity, county financial support, and state prison capacity. A current average daily population for Bertie-Martin Regional Jail was not located in an official public dashboard, so it should not be guessed. The 2023 North Carolina Jail Administrators' Association directory gives the regional jail's rated capacity, while NCDAC publishes the prison capacity and unit structure for Bertie Correctional Institution.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bertie-Martin Regional Jail rated capacity | 90 beds | 2023 NCJAA Detention Facility Directory |
| Bertie-Martin current average daily population | Not located | No official public ADP dashboard found |
| Bertie County jail operating support | $1,020,795 | Bertie County FY 2024-2025 Budget Message |
| Bertie Correctional Institution capacity | 1,504 offenders | NCDAC facility page, accessed June 23, 2026 |
| North Carolina local jail bookings | At least 128,000 people each year | Prison Policy Initiative North Carolina profile |
Bertie County Inmate Population Trends
The Bertie County inmate population trend record is a mix of facility milestones and public planning records, not a complete year-by-year jail count. That is a real limitation in the source set. Bertie Correctional Institution has published history and unit-capacity facts, while the regional jail has a documented rated capacity and county budget support. Bertie County commissioners' minutes also show that regional jail planning remained active in 2025.
| Year or Period | Population or Capacity Note | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Bertie Correctional Institution opened | NCDAC facility page |
| 2016 | Bertie CI restrictive housing cells reduced from 269 to 128 | NCDAC facility page |
| 2023 | Bertie-Martin Regional Jail rated capacity listed at 90 beds | NCJAA directory |
| FY 2024-2025 | Bertie County budget listed $1,020,795 in operating support | Bertie County budget message |
| June 23, 2025 | NCDAC said Bertie CI housed more than 800 men | NCDAC warden announcement |
| Sept. 8, 2025 | County minutes included a regional jail partnership proposal | Bertie County commissioners minutes |
Who Makes Up Bertie County Custody
No official public demographic breakdown was located for the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail inmate population. The research did not find a public county dashboard with sex, race, age, charge level, pretrial status, or length-of-stay percentages. For that reason, the local jail population should be described by custody role rather than by unsupported percentages. The regional jail holds people arrested in Bertie County and Martin County who are awaiting first appearance, bond, trial, transport, or local sentence service.
The state prison side has clearer public detail. Bertie Correctional Institution is listed by NCDAC as a male close and medium custody prison. It is not a holding place for new Bertie County arrests. Its population is made up of sentenced state prisoners in NCDAC custody, including men assigned to close-custody cells and medium-custody dormitory housing. That state-prison group is part of the physical incarceration footprint in Bertie County, but it is not the same as the Bertie County jail roster population.
Important: A recent Bertie County arrest points first to Bertie-Martin Regional Jail, while a sentenced state prisoner points to the NCDAC locator.
Bertie County Jail Capacity
Bertie-Martin Regional Jail capacity is documented at 90 rated beds in the 2023 NCJAA directory, but current overcrowding cannot be quantified from the official sources captured for this build. A public jail population dashboard, daily average report, and annual booking report were not located. The safest reading is that capacity is a public planning issue, not that a specific overcrowding level has been proven by the research.
Official county records still show why capacity belongs in the Bertie County inmate population discussion. The FY 2024-2025 budget message lists operating support for the regional jail, and September 2025 commissioners' minutes include a proposal to pursue a partnership connected to the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail. Those records show local government attention to the facility. They do not, by themselves, establish a current daily population count or a final expansion decision.
Laws Governing Bertie County Inmates
North Carolina public-records and jail-standard laws shape what the public can ask for about the Bertie County inmate population. Chapter 132 defines public records broadly, but criminal investigation records have special treatment. Jail booking, arrest information, capacity issues, health and welfare standards, and death-in-custody reporting are governed by a mix of statutes and administrative rules. These laws do not create an online Bertie-Martin roster, but they explain why a public-records request can be the fallback when web access is thin.
Key Statutes:
North Carolina Chapter 132 defines public records and the general right to inspect and obtain copies, subject to exemptions.
G.S. 132-1.4 treats criminal investigation records differently but keeps certain arrest and charge information public.
G.S. 153A-221 requires minimum standards for local confinement facilities, including secure custody, health, welfare, and humane treatment.
Chapter 153A Article 10 covers county authority for local confinement facilities and death-in-custody reporting.
Bertie County State Prison Population
Bertie Correctional Institution gives Bertie County a large state prison presence that can confuse people searching for a jail inmate. NCDAC lists the prison at 1,504 offender capacity, with a 1,000-cell close-custody unit and a 504-bed medium-custody dormitory building. It holds sentenced male state prisoners. It does not serve as the public roster for someone just booked on a Bertie County charge.
The correct state lookup is the NCDAC Offender Public Information Search. NCDAC states that the database includes current and historical prison, probation, and parole records back to 1972, but it does not include county jail records. A person may leave the Bertie-Martin inmate population after conviction and sentencing, then appear in NCDAC under a new current location, admission date, custody classification, and sentence record.
How to Search Bertie County Inmates
No verified official public Bertie-Martin online roster was located. The practical Bertie County inmate search is therefore a fallback chain. Start with the jail for current custody. Then use court, notification, state prison, federal, and immigration systems only when the person's status points there. This keeps local pretrial custody separate from court charges and state or federal confinement.
Have the person's full legal name ready, with a date of birth, arrest date, and arresting agency if known. A name alone may not be enough when two people have similar names. If the jail says the person is not in custody, ask whether the person was released, transferred, transported to another county, moved to NCDAC, or held for another agency.
- Call Bertie-Martin Regional Jail and ask for current custody status.
- Provide the person's full name, date of birth if known, and whether the arrest was in Bertie County or Martin County.
- Use NC SAVAN / VINELink for custody status notices when available.
- Search the North Carolina eCourts Portal for case records and hearings after charges are filed.
- Use NCDAC, BOP, or ICE only for state prison, federal, or immigration custody.
Bertie County Current Inmate Lookup
Because no official online jail roster was found, the Bertie County current inmate lookup relies on phone and in-person details rather than a web form. The research did not find a released-inmate archive, recent-booking report, or mugshot gallery on the county or jail sources. That absence should change the search plan. The phone line is the first local access channel, while court and prison systems answer different questions.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public online county jail roster | Not located | Not applicable | No official Bertie-Martin public roster form was located. |
| Phone lookup: full name | Spoken detail | Practical requirement | Give first, middle, last, and spelling if possible. |
| Phone lookup: date of birth | Spoken detail | Useful | Helps distinguish people with similar names. |
| Phone lookup: arrest date or agency | Spoken detail | Optional | Useful for recent Bertie County arrests. |
| In-person inquiry: ID | Physical ID | Not published | Bring government photo ID, but exact ID rules were not posted. |
Bertie County Past Inmate Records
Released and past Bertie County inmate records may require a public-records request because no official released-inmate archive was found. Start with the office that likely holds the record. Jail custody status belongs with Bertie-Martin Regional Jail. Arresting-agency reports or booking-photo requests may route to the Bertie County Sheriff's Office or the police agency that made the arrest. Court records belong with the North Carolina Judicial Branch.
A useful request names the person, arrest date, charge or case number if known, arresting agency, and the record sought. Ask for public arrest information, booking information, an incident report, or a booking photo as needed. For state prison records, NCDAC's public records page explains that NCDAC handles prison records, not local jail records.
What Bertie County Inmate Records Show
No official Bertie-Martin public roster profile could be inspected, so the public should not expect a standard online profile with a guaranteed booking photo, housing unit, or release date. A caller can still ask for public jail facts. Those facts may include custody status, booking date, arresting agency, release condition, court date, transfer status, and whether a hold affects release.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Confirms spelling and whether the person is in custody. |
| Booking date | May show when the jail received the person after arrest. |
| Arresting agency | Identifies whether the case came from Bertie sheriff, Windsor police, another town, state patrol, Martin County, or an outside agency. |
| Charges | Initial booking charges can differ from charges later filed in court. |
| Bond or release condition | Shows secured bond, unsecured bond, written promise, custody release, hold, or no-bond status if released publicly. |
| Transfer status | Can show release, bond, transfer to NCDAC, another county, federal custody, or another hold. |
County Jail vs State Prison Lookup
Bertie County has both a regional jail and a state prison in Windsor. That makes the lookup path easy to mix up. Bertie-Martin Regional Jail is the local custody starting point for a new arrest. Bertie Correctional Institution is an NCDAC state prison for sentenced male prisoners. A court case can continue even after a person bonds out or transfers, so eCourts may be useful when custody tools do not answer the whole question.
| Regional Jail | State Prison | |
|---|---|---|
| Who Is Held | Recent arrests, pretrial detainees, local sentenced custody | Sentenced male state prisoners |
| Run By | Bertie-Martin Regional Jail Commission | North Carolina Department of Adult Correction |
| Where to Look | Jail phone or in-person inquiry | NCDAC Offender Public Information Search |
| Record Type | Booking, bond, current local custody | Offender number, current location, sentence, custody status |
Bertie County State and Federal Search
State, federal, and immigration searches cover separate slices of the inmate population. NCDAC is for state prisoners, probationers, parolees, and historical state records. The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present and may show released or not-in-custody status. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is for immigration detention and is not a county criminal jail roster.
The NCDAC criminal offender searches page also links to other statewide tools, including NC SAVAN. VINELink can help with custody-status notifications, but it should not be treated as a full public jail roster. A federal pretrial defendant may be held by the U.S. Marshals Service outside the county before BOP has a sentenced-prison record.
Bertie County Detention Facilities
The Bertie County inmate population is anchored by two Windsor facilities with different roles. The regional jail handles recent local custody from Bertie and Martin matters. The state prison handles sentenced state custody under NCDAC. No municipal jail, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or U.S. Marshals-only facility was confirmed in Bertie County from official sources.
- Bertie-Martin Regional Jail - regional local confinement facility for pretrial, transport, bond, and local sentenced custody tied to Bertie and Martin Counties.
- Bertie Correctional Institution - NCDAC state prison for sentenced male prisoners in close and medium custody.
Bertie County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Bertie County inmate population?
The current local daily jail population was not found in an official public dashboard. The sourced figures are the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail rated capacity of 90 beds and the Bertie Correctional Institution capacity of 1,504 offenders. Those numbers describe capacity, not a live daily count.
Where should a recent arrest be checked first?
A recent Bertie County arrest should be checked first through Bertie-Martin Regional Jail. If the person is no longer there, ask whether release, bond, transfer, court transport, NCDAC custody, federal custody, or another agency hold explains the change.
Does Bertie County have an online jail roster?
No verified official Bertie-Martin public roster was located in the research. Use the jail phone line and in-person inquiry first, then use VINELink, eCourts, NCDAC, BOP, or ICE depending on the person's status.
Are state prison inmates part of the county jail roster?
No. Bertie Correctional Institution is physically in Bertie County, but it is an NCDAC prison. Sentenced state prisoners should be searched through NCDAC, not through the regional jail.