Bristol Jail is located in the city of Bristol, Virginia which has a population of 17,835 (as of 2016) residents. Prisoners are housed in separate areas depending on the crimes they committed, their current risk assessment, and their behavior. This facility is currently under the supervision of Chief of Police John S. Austin and houses male and female offenders.

If you have a family or loved one that is currently incarcerated at Bristol Jail, the first thing you should do is contact the prison for information on the inmate. Based on the information you are provided, you would then contact either a criminal defense lawyer or a bail bond service. They will provide you with vital information which can be used to defend an individual and in a lot of cases get them released from detention while awaiting trial.

Bristol Jail Facility and Inmate Contact Information:

Phone Number to Reach this Facility is:

(276) 645-7400

Email Address for this Facility:

[email protected]

Send Mail to the Facility (not inmates):

Bristol Jail
501 Scott St.
Bristol, VA 24201

To Send Mail to an Inmate at Bristol Jail:

(please get a list of acceptable mail from the facility)

Bristol Jail
Inmate Name, Inmate ID #
501 Scott St.
Bristol, VA 24201

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Mar 8, 2017 - BRISTOL, Va. — A Bristol, Virginia, family was get ready supper on Wednesday evening when an auto went go dirt road romping through the area and collided with their terrace. "We were cooking supper, and out of the blue we heard a boisterous blast," said Justin Artrip, who lives along Lynnwood Drive. "We watched out our secondary passage, and we seen (sic) headlights." Artrip said he could hear the sound of trees snapping as the auto thundered through the forested areas and went airborne into the terrace. "I ain't ever heard anything like it," Artrip said. Artrip and Devin Quade rapidly kept running outside, where they found a destroyed Cadillac ATS among broken tree appendages at the back of the yard and a lady in the driver's seat. "He went to the driver's side vehicle entryway and kept an eye on her," Artrip said. "I looked through the traveler side." Meanwhile, no less than two different inhabitants on Lynnwood Drive called 911. City fire, police and EMS touched base on the scene. "She was oblivious until I began thumping on the window," said Quade, who included that the lady was likely oblivious for around 30-40 seconds. "I had her lower the traveler window, and afterward I inquired as to whether it was OK to stroll around to the driver's side and open the entryway and she stated, 'yes." The lady over and again apologized. "She stated, 'I'm so sad. I recognize what I've done. I'm so sad. I recognize what I've done,'" Artrip said. "She had blood in her lap." The lady's hand seemed, by all accounts, to be dying, Quade included. "Somebody then came going through the forested areas after her, saying, 'Would you say you are OK? Are you OK?'" Artrip reviewed. The driver, Brandi Smith of Speedwell, Virginia, had been seen by a witness going at a high rate of speed on Old Airport Road in Interstate 81's Exit 7 range, said Bristol Virginia Police Department Officer Jack Thurston. "They saw a Cadillac pass them," Thurston said. "They pondered 90 mph. It just passed up them." When the witness moved toward the convergence of Old Airport Road and Bonham Road, the Cadillac was going through the Office Max call focus parking garage. "They saw her pulling over the check and through the parking area, no brake lights or nothing," Thurston said. "It in the end got through the patio here and took out a few trees and a fence." Artrip's neighbor, Chris Stevenson, was working in his parking space and heard the crash. "I kept running in there and got an electric lamp, since I didn't know where on the planet it came through at, or I most likely would have beaten them over yonder," Stevenson said. "I know I heard her experience those trees. I was working outside and heard it." Stevenson said smoke was surging from the auto, so he requested that Smith kill the motor. He noticed that the rooftop had folded under to about the lady's shoulders. "Devin and Justin were the initial ones here, and I went to the traveler side," Stevenson said. "She was moving her arm and everything. I advised her to remain still." Once on scene, Fire Department faculty slice into the auto to evacuate Smith, who managed obscure wounds, Police Lt. Keith Anderson said. Smith was transported by emergency vehicle to Bristol Regional Medical Center. Anderson said the crash stays under scrutiny. He said tests would be directed to figure out if Smith was impeded.