Fairfax County Adult Detention Center

Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, usually called the ADC, is the county jail in Fairfax, Virginia, operated by the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office. It sits at 10520 Judicial Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, in the Public Safety Center next to the Courthouse, just west of Chain Bridge Road. The public parking garage is a short walk away at 10550 Page Avenue. The main phone number is 703-246-2100.

All communication services run through Smart Communications. Inmates use tablets or kiosks to visit by video, make and receive phone calls, send and receive text messages, read mail, and view pictures from loved ones. The Sheriff's Office contracted with Smart Communications in 2021, and video visiting for the general population began in August 2021. On-site kiosks for family and friends in the ADC lobby are free of charge.

Phone calls use Smart Communications. Families can set up a Pre-paid Collect, PIN Debit, or Direct Bill account for local, in-state, out-of-state, and international calls by signing up at smartinmate.com. Customer Care is at 1-888-253-5178 or 1-727-349-1561. Inmates may not receive incoming phone calls; only verified emergency messages are delivered to them. After classification, inmates may make free local official calls to their attorneys, probation and parole officers, bonding agent, and some community agencies.

Video visits are scheduled and paid for through Smart Communications. Authorized inmates get one video visit per day in 15 or 30 minute increments. Remote video visiting costs 10 cents per minute, and on-site video visiting using a lobby kiosk is free. Visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance, or the inmate may not receive notification. Visit windows are 9 to 11 a.m., 12:30 to 4 p.m., 5 to 6 p.m., and 8 to 10 p.m., with lobby kiosks unavailable from 8 to 10 p.m. Direct video-visit questions to the vendor, not the Sheriff's Office.

Personal mail does not go to the facility. Since August 23, 2021, personal mail is no longer accepted at the ADC, and it must go to Smart Communications/FXCOADC, Inmate Name and Inmate Number, P.O. 9128, Seminole, FL 33775-9128. Mail must carry a full return address with the sender's first and last name plus the full correct inmate name and number. It is opened, scanned, screened by the ADC mail room, and forwarded electronically. Bound or book-like materials are rejected, and books sent through regular mail will not be scanned or delivered. Photographs go to the same Smart address, limited to 10 per mailing. Professional and legal mail still goes directly to the ADC, labeled Legal Mail, from the attorney of record, a Commonwealth's attorney, or the courts. Official documents and original transactional documents go to the ADC Property Officer at 10520 Judicial Drive.

Money goes into the inmate's account three ways. The lobby kiosk accepts cash and credit cards. The money safe in the lobby accepts money orders and cashier checks (no personal checks or cash) made out to the inmate's full name, with the inmate number plus the sender's name and address, with no envelope and no correspondence. Online credit card payments go through smartinmate.com, where the vendor charges a fee. The inmate gets access to deposited money within 72 hours. Inmates are charged $2 per day of incarceration to offset housing cost. Seven days after release, the Sheriff's Office mails a check for any remaining balance. Gift packages are ordered through Aramark at 1-888-439-5020 or icaregifts.com, and no gifts or food may be brought into the ADC.