Correctional healthcare for the Western Tidewater Regional Jail Authority, a four jurisdiction board serving Suffolk, Isle of Wight, Franklin and Hampton.
Western Tidewater Regional Jail is governed by an Authority board representing four member jurisdictions, the City of Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, the City of Franklin and, since September 2024, the City of Hampton, with an average daily population of 720.18. GENESYS would staff the jail's original housing and its added 180 bed unit on the same clinical protocols and medication supply chain, reporting to the Authority board on behalf of all four localities.
GENESYS is physician-owned, with leadership reachable 24/7/365 and vacancies covered through overtime, compliance pool nurses, PRN staffing pools and contingency staffing so coverage holds across the facility. Clinical decisions are made by doctors. Schedule an assessment and we will walk through a staffing plan with the Authority board.
Every GENESYS contract is built from the same nine services, sized to the facility's population and staffing model. Each one has its own page with the detail.
We will walk through a staffing plan, coverage hours and how the transition would work for your population.
Suffolk is an independent city, but its jail is not run by the Suffolk Sheriff's Office alone. The Western Tidewater Regional Jail Authority was created on November 11, 1990 by the City of Suffolk, Isle of Wight County and the City of Franklin, with groundbreaking on March 3, 1991 and operations beginning July 15, 1992. The City of Hampton became a fourth member jurisdiction on September 1, 2024.
The jail at 2402 Godwin Blvd. in Suffolk is rated by the Virginia Department of Corrections for 552 inmates and maintains a total bed capacity of 1,070. The Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails' October 2025 report lists 1,070 permanent beds, 5 temporary beds and 119 special purpose beds, an actual capacity including double bunking of 900, and an average daily population of 720.18 for the period July 2024 through June 2025.
Western Tidewater Regional Jail is governed by an Authority board representing the City of Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, the City of Franklin and, since September 2024, the City of Hampton. A healthcare contract for the jail answers to that regional board and its four member localities, not a single sheriff's office, which means clinical reporting and quality assurance need to serve all four jurisdictions' interests.
The jail began operations on July 15, 1992, after groundbreaking in March 1991. The Authority added a 180 bed housing unit in the late 1990s, funded by federal grant funds and the three founding jurisdictions. Today's 1,070 permanent beds reflect that growth, and healthcare coverage has to reach both the original housing and the added unit on the same clinical schedule.
The Vera Institute figure reflects Suffolk's own locally based population; the regional jail's average daily population of 720.18 covers all four member jurisdictions together.
The Western Tidewater Regional Jail Authority, created on November 11, 1990 by the City of Suffolk, Isle of Wight County and the City of Franklin. The City of Hampton became a fourth member jurisdiction on September 1, 2024, so the Authority now represents four localities.
The regional Authority board, which represents Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, Franklin and Hampton together, governs Western Tidewater Regional Jail. A healthcare provider works with the Authority and its member localities rather than the Suffolk Sheriff's Office alone.
The jail is rated by the Virginia Department of Corrections for 552 inmates and maintains 1,070 total beds. The state's October 2025 report lists an average daily population of 720.18 for the period July 2024 through June 2025.
Operations began July 15, 1992, following groundbreaking in March 1991. The Authority added a 180 bed housing unit in the late 1990s, funded by federal grant funds and the three founding jurisdictions. See our nursing care page for how coverage across an original building and an added unit is staffed.
Western Tidewater Regional Jail answers to a four jurisdiction Authority board. Tell us about your current staffing and we will walk through what a GENESYS program would look like for Suffolk, Isle of Wight, Franklin and Hampton.
Schedule an assessment
GENESYS offers unlimited opportunities, and you will make a difference in the lives of your patients. In this industry you will gain experience, earn recognition, and advance your career with relative ease.
Copyright © 2026 GENESYS Health Alliance. All rights reserved.