West Virginia regional jail information (2024)

The facility has a gymnasium which not only serves as an indoor recreation area, but can also serve as an emergency holding area. Separate interior spaces are provided for attorney/client visits, contact and non-contact visits, an up-to-date law library, a reading library, classrooms, and a chapel. The jail is equipped with extensive electronic security controls with provisions for central control of all areas in the event of an emergency. As with all of the regional jails, Central Regional Jail has closed-circuit hearings through the “Courtroom of the Future.”

In addition, the facility contains a separate computerized booking area, a gymnasium, a 24-hour medical staff, a full-time teacher, a counseling staff, and much more. The facility is staffed with eighty uniformed correctional officers and approximately thirty non-uniformed staff members. Our uniformed staff is one of a military-style rank structure and is primarily overseen by an Administrator, a Chief Correctional Officer, and a 1st Sergeant.

The Northern Regional Jail has a medical unit which is operated 24 hours a day, a gymnasium, dining facility, a classroom with a full-time teacher, a newly computerized booking area, counseling staff, a law library, and much more. The facility is staffed with fifty uniformed correctional officers and approximately seventeen non-uniformed support personnel. The regional jail operations within the facility function on a military rank structure and are directed by an Administrator, a Chief Correctional Officer, and a 1st Sergeant.

An Administrator, with the assistance of a Chief Correctional Officer and 1st Sergeant, leads a staff of 65 uniformed correctional officers and approximately 33 non-uniformed support staff members. In addition to highly trained correctional officers, the dedicated staff members provide a 24-hour Medical Unit, Education Department, Counseling Department, and Food Services. All areas of the facility are computerized and the state-of-the-art virtual “Courtroom of the Future” video teleconferencing is being fully utilized.

The facility contains a modern computerized Booking Department; the state’s only Forensic Evaluation Unit; a closed-circuit video communication system known as the “Courtroom of the Future” which allows various hearings to be held without offenders ever leaving the facility; a gymnasium; a medical unit manned around the clock; a full-time teacher; a counseling staff; a professional training staff and training facility; and much more. The facility is staffed by 82 uniformed correctional officers and approximately thirty non-uniformed staff members. The uniformed staff is well disciplined and maintains a military-style rank structure headed by an Administrator, a Chief Correctional Officer, and a 1st Sergeant.

Additionally, the facility contains a separate booking area where inmates are processed utilizing the latest computer and imaging technology. The facility also has a full gymnasium, a 24-hour Medical unit, full-time educational personnel, counseling staff, and much more. The facility is staffed with approximately eighty uniformed correctional officers and approximately thirty non-uniformed support staff members. The facility is primarily overseen by an Administrator; a Chief Correctional Officer; and a 1st Sergeant.

In addition, the facility contains a separate computerized booking area, state-of-the-art, closed-circuit “Courtroom of the Future,” a 24-hour medical unit, a full-time teacher, a counseling staff, and much more. This facility is staffed with 81 uniformed correctional officers and approximately 25 non-uniformed personnel. Our uniformed staff is one of a military-style rank structure and it is primarily overseen by an Administrator, a Chief Correctional Officer, and a 1st Sergeant.

The facility houses both male and female inmates in segregated sections. Each housing unit, “pod”, of the jail is divided into eight sections of eight and sixteen beds to accommodate variable housing assignment related to the inmate population's pre-trial or sentenced status, security classification or gender. Each section has a day room, and each pod includes two secure outdoor recreation areas with a security wire-mesh cover.

Pursuant to WV Code §17-15-4, inmates who are sentenced to the facility serve the community in a variety of work programs inside as well as outside of the jails. Substance abuse counseling and Adult Basic Education programs are available to the inmates. Chaplains make full use of the jail chapel on a voluntary basis on Sunday as well as several week nights. A clinical psychologist is contracted to serve the facility population as are medical doctors and food service workers. Counselors are on staff for entry and follow-up counseling.

The Tygart Valley Regional Jail takes full advantage of teleconferencing for court hearings. This project has proven itself to reduce transportation dramatically, thus saving both monetary and potential public safety costs.

The facility has a gymnasium which not only serves as an indoor recreation are but also serves as a staging area or emergency holding area. Separate interior spaces are provided for attorney/client vists, contact and non-contact visits, an up-to-date law library, a reading library, classrooms and barber shop.

Pursuant to West Virginia Code § 17-15-4, inmates who are sentenced to the facility serve the community in a variety of work programs inside, as well as outside of the jail. GED and Adult Basic Education programs are available to inmates. Chaplains make full use of the jail chapel not only on Sundays, but also on several week nights on a voluntary basis.

The facility provides for attorney/client visits, contact and non-contact visits, and up-to-date law library, reading library, classrooms and a chapel. The jail is equipped with extensive electronic security controls with provisions for central control of all areas in the event of an emergency. The jail also provides closed-circuit hearings from each county which saves time and money in transporting the inmates to and from court.

The jail employs approximately one hundred two uniformed officers, nineteen administrative and support staff. An additional twenty-two employees work at the jail through contractual arrangements to provide inmate medical care and food service. A clinical psychologist, medical doctors, and nurses are contracted to serve the jail population. Also, counselors are on staff for entry and follow-up counseling.