# Uncage RRJ public-records correspondence docket Privacy-preserving public summary. Private people appear only by role. ## 2025-01-28 — Electronic-monitoring-program records and statistical information (exact request text was in an attachment not available in this corpus) **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The January 28 request itself was an unavailable attachment, so the docket does not reconstruct its exact wording. A later email quotes the official January 31 production notice. Attachment contents cannot be verified from this corpus. A named non-requester individual appears in the underlying correspondence and attachment filenames; that name is withheld here as a privacy judgment. - **2025-01-31 — Santina Thelen:** Stated that a response and documentation were attached and that the annual report would follow separately because of file size. - “Please find the attached response and documentation. The Annual Report will be send in a separate email as the file is too large.” ## 2025-03-24 — Probation-officer communications, notes, reports, supervisory-review records, and supporting-evidence records for a specified probation-violation matter **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** withheld **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The original March 24 request and the same-day official response appear in a quoted chain. The request concerns the requester’s own probation matter; no other private person is named in this entry. - **2025-03-24 — Santina Thelen:** Denied the requested probation-related records as excluded from mandatory disclosure; stated RRJ's general policy is not to disclose records that may be exempted. - “The records requested are excluded from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act:” ## 2025-06-29 — Follow-up concerning electronic monitoring versus GPS/pretrial supervision, including records supporting the placement of a non-requester individual **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** partially produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The June 29 message is phrased as a follow-up question, but Thelen expressly called it a FOIA request dated June 29. A named non-requester individual is anonymized because the corpus does not establish a basis for publishing that person’s identity. - **2025-06-30 — Lisa Walker:** Lisa Walker said Santina Thelen would respond after returning to the office. - “Ms. Thelen will respond to your email upon her return to the office on Monday, July 7, 2025.” - **2025-07-07 — Santina Thelen:** Provided a chronology describing GPS and pretrial supervision, but declined to release the pretrial file. ## 2025-11-17 — Audio/video, phone, surveillance, and evidence recordings of a community requester while in custody on May 4, 2023 **Requested by:** a community requester **Status:** referred elsewhere **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The requester’s name, contact information, date of birth, and identification attachment are omitted under the privacy rules. The request names a law-enforcement officer in a personal-case context; the name is omitted because it is not necessary to describe the docket outcome. - **2025-11-18 — Santina Thelen:** Closed the request after stating the Virginia residency requirement had not been met. - “As the Virginia residency requirement has not been met, this FOIA request is now considered closed.” - **2025-11-19 — Santina Thelen:** After follow-up clarification, said jail video is stored up to 60 days, RRJ officers do not wear body cameras, inmate calls are held by an outside vendor and unavailable under FOIA, and the sought evidence would be better sought from Stafford County. - “The Rappahannock Regional Jail does not store nor retain audio evidence collected by the Stafford County Sheriff Department.” ## 2025-11-25 — Records distinct from the earlier audio request concerning a May 4, 2023 custodial incident, including classification, custody-movement, policy, and related records **Requested by:** a community requester represented by Uncage RRJ **Status:** referred elsewhere **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The body of the request is truncated at 8,000 characters, so its full scope cannot be verified. Files named as attachments are listed in the corpus but their contents were not available for review. The underlying person and any medical details are intentionally not published. - **2025-11-25 — Santina Thelen:** Acknowledged receipt and explained its working-day calculation around the Thanksgiving closure. - “Please look for correspondence regarding this request next week.” - **2025-12-02 — Santina Thelen:** Said no incident record was found in the requester’s file; supplied custody-movement records and several policies/contracts; said a classification file was ready; stated medical and mental-health records were exempt and directed the requester to another custodian for a complete mental-health record. - “The RRJ does not record nor store any audio security files.” - **2025-12-05 — Santina Thelen:** Reiterated that RRJ had responded and directed the requester to the appropriate Stafford County agency. - “As the Jail has already responded, there is no further response required from us at this time.” ## 2025-12-07 — Video, incident, grievance, use-of-force, and related records concerning a former detainee’s short RRJ incarceration, later narrowed to a three-month systemic-records subset **Requested by:** a former RRJ detainee represented by Uncage RRJ **Status:** fee-blocked **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The original request’s detailed narrative contains personal and medical allegations about a private requester; it is summarized at a high level and the name is withheld. The original request body is truncated. The corpus verifies sample attachments and stated future production, but not that the flash drive or the remaining records were ultimately delivered. - **2025-12-12 — Santina Thelen:** Invoked an additional seven working days because the request was described as voluminous and required a $250 deposit before processing. - “The FOIA request will not begin processing until the deposit is received.” - **2025-12-19 — Santina Thelen:** Said a flash drive of video in which the requester appeared would be mailed; said other video had been redacted under the public-safety exclusion; offered a cost estimate for remaining materials. - “Please note, it is the Jail’s general practice to exempt any and all records that are allowed to be exempted, redacted, or excluded from production by law.” - **2025-12-29 — Santina Thelen:** Said the remaining processing would exceed $300 and described searching files for complaints, grievances, use-of-force reports, and incident reports. - “We anticipate the cost of processing your remaining request to exceed $300.” - **2026-01-07 — Santina Thelen:** Sent a requested sample of records as attachments. - “Attached please find a sampling of the files as requested.” - **2026-01-09 — Santina Thelen:** Said remaining records would not be released until the final cost was determined, billed, and paid, and estimated another 30 days. - “Records will not be released until final cost is determined , billed, and payment received .” - **2026-01-14 — Santina Thelen:** Stated all FOIA requests are billed at $20 per hour and that a bill would issue before release. - “Once complete, a bill will be generated and sent for payment prior to the release of the records.” ## 2026-01-13 — Facsimile transmission logs, delivery confirmations, error reports, and metadata for specified RRJ fax numbers and timestamps **Requested by:** a community requester **Status:** unresolved **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The request relates to a medical-power-of-attorney matter involving a person held at RRJ. The person’s name and medical context are withheld because the corpus does not establish a public-record basis for publication. A requester disputed the signature/residency requirement, but the corpus contains no verified further RRJ response. - **2026-01-14 — Santina Thelen:** Asked the requester to provide a legal name and valid Virginia mailing address before responding. - “Please provide a name and valid Virginia mailing address for response.” ## 2026-02-11 — A request for one person’s incarceration dates in support of a district court case **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ **Status:** produced **Type:** records verification request (not a FOIA request) **Note:** This was expressly a records-verification request, not a FOIA request. The site withholds the person’s name and case number. - **2026-02-11 — Rappahannock Regional Jail Authority:** Provided a facility roster and stated that a subpoena would be needed for certified records delivered to the court. ## 2026-02-17 — Policies, agreements, communications, and aggregate data concerning RRJ immigration/ICE identification, notification, detention, and transfer practices **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** partially produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The final response body is truncated at 8,000 characters. This entry reports only the categories visible in the email and attachment list; attachment contents were not reviewed. A parallel request to a county government is not docketed as an RRJ request. - **2026-02-24 — Santina Thelen:** Acknowledged continued processing and projected a response by February 27. - “We are continuing to process this request.” - **2026-02-25 — Santina Thelen:** Attached policies and a redacted report; said no agreements were available, certain categories were not tracked, and some transfer reports were attached with redactions. - “No documents to provide” ## 2026-02-24 — Spotsylvania County notice of a FOIA cost inquiry related to RRJ matters **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ **Status:** notice received **Type:** county FOIA correspondence **Note:** This entry records a county notice, not an RRJ production or a finding about the underlying request. - **2026-02-24 — Spotsylvania County:** Sent a notice concerning a FOIA cost inquiry. ## 2026-04-06 — 2024 booking-log / recidivism data: booking and release times, charges, classifications, agencies, bond amounts, and inmate-identification numbers **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** partially produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** This is the April 6 request underlying the mandamus matter. The April 10 clarification is treated as part of the same request because it sought the same missing field after the April 9 production. The report attachment is listed but its contents were not available for review. - **2026-04-09 — Santina Thelen:** Attached a 1,855-page booking-and-charges report but said a report combining the requested fields with inmate-identification numbers could not be generated. - “Please note, no report can be generated to include the requested information that also includes an inmate identification number.” - **2026-04-13 — Santina Thelen:** Responded to the requester’s April 10 clarification that no additional reports existed and the identifier was not an existing field on such combined reports. - “After another careful review, there are no additional reports to provide.” ## 2026-04-16 — Written advisory-opinion request to the Virginia FOIA Advisory Council regarding the 2024 booking-log response **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ **Status:** advisory response received **Type:** advisory-opinion correspondence (not a FOIA request) **Note:** The Council did not vindicate either side. Its response discusses Va. Code §§ 2.2-3704(D), (G), and (B)(3): the system need not invent a record; the factual question whether the responsive record exists is for a court. - **2026-04-20 — Virginia FOIA Advisory Council:** Explained that FOIA does not require a public body to create a record, but noted that RRJA had contradicted the premise of nonexistence and that the factual dispute could only be resolved by a court. - “it would appear that the record you seek does not already exist in the form you want it.” - “it appears that RRJA has already contradicted that premise, thus presenting a factual dispute that could only be resolved by a court.” - “There is no requirement to cite any exemption if the requested record does not exist” - “only a court has the authority to rule on such factual matters.” ## 2026-06-08 — Court-notice, service, scheduling, and applicable policy records for a person held at RRJ **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** partially produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** This is Request 4 of the June 8 multi-part submission. The individualized court matter is not named because public-record status was not independently verified. - **2026-06-11 — Santina Thelen:** Withheld approximately 30 records-file pages while attaching inmate-intake and inmate-records-management policies. - “The requested records, identified as approximately 30 pages in the Records File, have been withheld in full.” ## 2026-06-08 — Housing-classification, segregation-placement, risk-assessment, and applicable policy records for a person held at RRJ **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** partially produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** This is Request 3 of the June 8 multi-part submission. The underlying person’s name and individualized allegations are withheld; attachment contents were unavailable. - **2026-06-11 — Santina Thelen:** Withheld ten classification-file pages while attaching three policies relating to classification, relocation, and special management. - “The requested records, identified as 10 pages in the Classification File, are being entirely withheld.” ## 2026-06-08 — PREA grievance, routing, findings, and applicable investigation-policy records for a person held at RRJ **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** partially produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** This is Request 5 of the June 8 multi-part submission. The title uses the statutory acronym only and omits personalized allegations. The response body is truncated after the visible referral/policy text, so no further outcome is inferred. - **2026-06-11 — Santina Thelen:** Withheld the PREA report/grievance form, attached a redacted criminal-investigation record for the routing log, directed the requester to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office for sheriff records, and listed a PREA policy as attached. - “The RRJ is not the custodian of the requested record.” ## 2026-06-08 — Use-of-force, restraint/search, injury, staff-identification, internal-communication, and applicable policy records for a person held at RRJ **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** partially produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** This is Request 2 of the June 8 multi-part submission. The underlying incarcerated person’s name and alleged incident details are withheld as a privacy judgment; policy attachment contents were not available. - **2026-06-11 — Santina Thelen:** Withheld two classification-file pages described as use-of-force records, while attaching four related policies. - “The requested records, identified as two pages in the Classification file, are being entirely withheld.” ## 2026-06-08 — Warrant, service-timeline, and RRJ-awareness records for a person held at RRJ **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** partially produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** This is Request 1 of a submission that expressly required each numbered item to be treated as a discrete request. The named incarcerated person is not identified in the title, and source-email labels mask the name and inmate identifier. Human review: the corpus shows advocacy on the person’s behalf but does not independently establish public-record status. - **2026-06-11 — Santina Thelen:** Released a redacted facility-admission report; withheld approximately 30 jail-record pages; said requested internal-awareness communications and pre-surrender awareness records did not exist. - “The requested records are being provided in part and are being withheld in part.” ## 2026-06-11 — Inmate notary-services procedures and records **Requested by:** a community requester associated with Uncage RRJ **Status:** produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The correspondence arose from a request for assistance completing a power-of-attorney document. Individual names and legal-document details are omitted. Human review: source-email labels mask an incarcerated person’s name and inmate identifier. - **2026-06-12 — Santina Thelen:** Attached pages from the Inmate Handbook addressing notary services and stated that all available records had been sent. - “At this time there are no additional records relative to your request and all available records have been sent.” ## 2026-06-11 — Sentencing order held by RRJ for a specified circuit-court case involving a person held at RRJ **Requested by:** a community requester associated with Uncage RRJ **Status:** withheld **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** The June 12 response cited a case-number variant; later correspondence identifies a conviction-and-sentencing order in the withheld jail file. The person’s name and case number are omitted from narrative fields. Human review: source-email labels mask the personal name and inmate identifier, and the corpus suggests a court-record context but does not independently establish the record’s public status. - **2026-06-12 — Santina Thelen:** Initially said no responsive sentencing paperwork existed for a different case-number format. - “The requested records do not exist.” - **2026-06-17 — Santina Thelen:** Said no sentencing records were responsive for one case and directed previous-charge records to the circuit court; repeated that approximately 30 jail-record pages were withheld. - “We have no sentencing records responsive to this request.” - **2026-06-18 — Santina Thelen:** Clarified that the requested conviction-and-sentencing order was within the previously identified 30 pages and remained withheld; directed the requester to the circuit court clerk. - “These records continue to be withheld in full, citing exemption § 2.2-3706 B. 4.” ## 2026-07-14 — July 23, 2026 RRJA Board-meeting change, notice, agenda-packet, and meeting-material records **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** produced **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** Date anomaly for human review: the official response’s header is July 17 and quotes the request as sent July 14, but its prose says the office received the request on July 21. The docket uses the message headers for date sent and response date, and computes the deadline from the July 14 sent date. Attachment contents were not reviewed. - **2026-07-17 — Santina Thelen:** Said no records existed concerning changes to the meeting time/location; supplied two website-update emails, the agenda packet, two notice-related emails, and January 22 minutes. - “These records do not exist because they were never created by the Rappahannock Regional Jail.” ## 2026-08-10 — Names of employee-award recipients at the July 23, 2026 RRJA Board meeting **Requested by:** Uncage RRJ (Will King) **Status:** no response **Type:** RRJ FOIA request **Note:** No RRJ response to this request appears in the 173-message corpus. No recipient names are published because no records were produced.