Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Inmate Search

Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Overview

Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The facility is in Sutton/Flatwoods in Braxton County and serves multiple county jurisdictions, including Roane County. That arrangement is the central point for Roane County searches: the Roane County Sheriff's Office may create arrest or incident records, but the jail custody facility for Roane County detainees is the state regional jail.

WVDCR identifies Central Regional as a regional jail and correctional facility serving Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Roane, and Webster Counties. The facility holds pretrial detainees and sentenced jail inmates from those counties. It is not a state prison page for sentenced long-term prison placement, and it is not a federal or immigration detention locator. After a person is committed to state prison or supervision, the WVDCR prison/supervision search becomes the better lookup channel.

The official WVDCR Central Regional Jail facility page is the source for the facility contact, counties served, directions, and non-contact visitation schedule shown below.

Central Regional Jail Capacity and Population

Facility population numbers for Central Regional are multi-county numbers. They cover the whole regional jail, not Roane County alone, because the facility serves eight counties. WVDCR's FY2025 Annual Report lists a rated population of 312 for Central Regional Jail and an FY2025 average daily population of 351. The same annual report lists 2,189 admissions and 2,121 releases for FY2025. A stable Roane-only current jail count was not located in an official static source.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Central Regional Jail

The correct official lookup for current Central Regional Jail custody is the WV Regional Jail Offender Search. The visible search form requires at least the first three letters of the last name, offers an optional first-name field, and uses CAPTCHA. WVDCR warns that public jail information is updated regularly but can change quickly, and that court records control the underlying criminal action.

1. Open the WV Regional Jail Offender Search for jail custody.
2. Enter at least the first three letters of the person's last name and add the first name if known.
3. Complete the required CAPTCHA and review matching records carefully.
4. Confirm that the person is held at Central Regional Jail or appears under the correct county or institution context.
5. Use Roane County court records after jail arrest for filed charges, hearings, bond orders, and dispositions.

WVDCR also offers Daily Incarcerations for county or institution views. If a person has moved from jail into sentenced prison custody or active supervision, use the WVDCR prison/supervision locator instead. Federal defendants and immigration detainees use separate federal or ICE channels, not the Central Regional jail search.

Central Regional Jail Address and Contact

Use Central Regional Jail for current jail custody, facility rules, visitation questions, and local facility routing. Use the Roane County Sheriff's Office for sheriff-created arrest reports or local law-enforcement records, and use the Roane County court clerks for case records.

Visiting Someone at Central Regional Jail

WVDCR labels Central Regional Jail visits as non-contact visitation and states that all visits are scheduled by inmates. The facility page does not publish a separate visitor application, visitor ID rule, dress code, child-visitor rule, attorney-visitation procedure, or lockdown exception in the located research. Confirm the current schedule and entry rules with Central Regional Jail before traveling from Roane County to Sutton.

Mail, Phone, Video, and Money at Central Regional Jail

WVDCR's offender-service pages control the mail and money rules used for Central Regional Jail. Mail is scanned through the WVDCR mail process, and deposits use WVDCR's ConnectNetwork channels. WVDCR identifies GettingOut for inmate calling and video visits, while ConnectNetwork lists AdvancePay and Trust services for Central Regional under the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Site ID 179.

Booking and Intake at Central Regional Jail

Roane County arrests that require jail custody normally route into WVDCR's regional jail system. Intake can include identity checks, warrant checks, property handling, fingerprints, booking photograph if required, screening, classification, and housing assignment. The official Roane sheriff sources did not publish a local step-by-step booking rule, and the inspected WVDCR jail search did not expose a sample inmate profile without search and CAPTCHA access.

Because of that limitation, custody details should be confirmed through the WVDCR search or Central Regional Jail by phone. Filed charges, bond orders, next hearings, and dispositions should be confirmed through Roane County Magistrate Court, Roane County Circuit Court, WVPASS, or Magistrate Case Record Search. Jail booking language and court case language are related, but they are not interchangeable.

Directions, Entry, and Travel Caveats

WVDCR directions route visitors to Central Regional Jail through Flatwoods Exit 67 on Interstate 79. From the Clarksburg or Morgantown direction, WVDCR directs drivers south on I-79 to Exit 67, left at the end of the ramp, right at the stop light, then left uphill past the Days Inn. From Charleston or Huntington, WVDCR directs drivers north on I-79 to Exit 67, right off the ramp, right at the light, then left uphill. From Beckley or Summersville, WVDCR routes drivers through U.S. 19 North to I-79 North and Exit 67.

The located facility page did not publish visitor parking rates, public transit directions, ADA entrance details, locker rules, bag rules, or lobby hours. Visitors should confirm current entry instructions, allowed property, identification expectations, weather or lockdown changes, and schedule status before leaving Roane County.

County Jail, Regional Jail, and Prison Distinctions

Central Regional Jail is the regional jail facility serving Roane County, but it is not a Roane County-operated jail. West Virginia law and practice route county detainees into regional jails once available, so Roane County custody searches often point outside the county to the WVDCR facility in Braxton County. The Roane County Sheriff remains the contact for local law-enforcement records and warrants, while WVDCR controls regional jail custody services.

A prison search is different. Roane County has no state prison inside the county in the located WVDCR adult facility list. Once a person is sentenced to state prison or placed on active supervision or parole, the WVDCR prison/supervision locator becomes the proper tool. Federal custody and immigration custody also use different systems. BOP, U.S. Marshals, and ICE records do not become Central Regional Jail records simply because the person has a Roane County connection.

About Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility

WVDCR says Central Regional Jail opened on February 22, 1993 and served as the prototype for the podular regional jail design used across West Virginia's regional jail system. The Central Regional resource guide lists statewide and local support resources, including West Virginia 211, Help4WV, Alcoholics Anonymous, Medicaid, suicide-prevention resources, Narcotics Anonymous, domestic-violence resources, and Roane-specific contacts such as the Roane Health Department, Westbrook Health Services, Community Resources, and DHHR.