United States Navy Brig, Norfolk Virginia

The United States Navy Brig in Norfolk was a military detention center operated by the Navy to hold service members. The facility sat behind secured walls and housed inmates awaiting court-martial or completion of disciplinary sentences.

The facility was established as a key detention center for the Navy and operated for decades as a core part of military justice. Its operations eventually moved to the Consolidated Navy Brig in Chesapeake before the original building was demolished.

The Norfolk Brig represented the intersection of military justice and national security, processing both service members and special status detainees.

The site is located in Norfolk near other naval facilities in the downtown area. Since the building no longer stands, visiting means seeing the empty land where it once operated.

The facility gained attention when it temporarily held Yaser Esam Hamdi, an American citizen initially detained in Afghanistan and transferred from Guantanamo Bay.

Location: Norfolk

GPS coordinates: 36.93000,-76.30330

Latest update: December 14, 2025 12:22