Lookup Central Regional Jail Inmates

Central Regional Jail Overview

Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It is the primary jail-serving facility for Gilmer County, but it is located in Sutton in Braxton County. WVDCR lists Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Roane, and Webster counties as the service area. That regional setup explains why Gilmer County does not have a separate county jail roster and why a Gilmer arrest may show Central Regional Jail as the current location.

The official facility page says Central Regional Jail opened on February 22, 1993 and was the prototype for the podular design later used across West Virginia regional jails. The FY2025 WVDCR Annual Report describes the facility as holding pretrial felons, pretrial misdemeanants, sentenced felons, and sentenced misdemeanants. Superintendent Harvey Hawkins is named in the FY2025 material and on the DCR facility page.

Central Regional Jail Population

WVDCR's FY2025 Annual Report gives Central Regional Jail a rated population of 312 and an average daily count of 351. That means the facility-wide average was above rated population. The same report lists Central with 2,189 admissions and 2,121 releases in FY2025. Because Central serves eight counties, those figures should not be labeled as Gilmer County-only jail numbers.

Search Central Regional Jail Inmates

Use the WV Regional Jail Offender Search for people booked into Central Regional Jail after a Gilmer County arrest. The search form asks for at least the first three letters of the last name and allows an optional first name. If the booking is very recent or the spelling is uncertain, the Daily Incarcerations page lets users select Gilmer from a county dropdown.

1. Open the regional jail offender search for a name lookup.
2. Enter at least three letters of the last name and add the first name if needed.
3. Confirm Central Regional Jail as the listed location before calling or planning a visit.
4. Use court records for sentencing details because WVDCR warns roster data can change quickly.

The regional jail search page is the official online roster route for Central Regional Jail.

The search form is built for current regional jail custody, not sentenced federal prison custody or old court files.

Central Regional Jail Contact

Use the facility phone for current custody, visitation, and basic jail information. Use the Gilmer County Sheriff's Office for sheriff-created local arrest records, and use the court clerk for case-file copies. A single arrest can touch all three offices, so records requests should be sent to the custodian that made or keeps the specific record.

Formal records requests should be narrow. A request for a Gilmer County sheriff arrest report should name the person, date, arresting agency, and case number if known. A request for jail-generated booking or custody records should go to WVDCR or Central Regional Jail. West Virginia FOIA requires the custodian to respond as soon as practicable and within five business days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, but exemptions can still apply to investigative, medical, juvenile, sealed, or correctional-security material.

Central Regional Jail Directions

Central Regional Jail is reached by vehicle from Interstate 79 at the Flatwoods Exit 67. From the Clarksburg or Morgantown direction, WVDCR directions say to take I-79 South to Exit 67, turn left from the ramp, continue about 100 yards to the stoplight, turn right, continue about 50 yards, then turn left up the hill past the Days Inn. The jail is on the left at the top of the hill.

From Charleston or Huntington, take I-79 North to Exit 67, turn right off the ramp, turn right at the light, continue about 50 yards, then turn left and go up the hill past the Days Inn. From Beckley or Summersville, take US 19 North to I-79 North, then follow the same Exit 67 route. The official source did not publish fixed public transit, visitor parking rates, or ADA entry details, so visitors should call Central Regional Jail before driving from Gilmer County.

Central Regional Jail Visits

The DCR facility page publishes non-contact visitation slots and states that all visits will be scheduled by inmates. It does not publish visitor dress code, child visitor rules, lockdown rules, or attorney visit rules in the reviewed source. Confirm the visit with the inmate or facility before traveling from Gilmer County.

Central Regional Jail Phone and Money

WVDCR publishes statewide service pages for calling, video visits, and offender banking. Calling and video visits use GettingOut. Offender trust account deposits use ConnectNetwork by phone, web, or app. The official Central Regional Jail page reviewed did not publish a full mail-address format, commissary price list, deposit fee schedule, or remote video price list, so those details should be confirmed with the facility before money or mail is sent.

The WVDCR offender banking page names ConnectNetwork and the deposit phone number.

Banking and video services are statewide WVDCR channels, so confirm the person is still at Central before sending funds.

Central Regional Jail Booking

For a Gilmer County arrest, the usual path is local arrest, transport for processing, first appearance or warrant/complaint handling, then commitment to Central Regional Jail if detention continues. West Virginia Code section 62-1-5 requires an arrested person to be brought before a magistrate without unnecessary delay. Once the jail intake process is complete, public booking information may enter the WVDCR systems, but the official disclaimer warns that timing and current status can change quickly.

Booking charges are not the final word on the criminal case. Bond, first appearance, amended charges, dismissals, and sentencing are court matters. Use the jail roster to confirm current custody, then use magistrate or circuit court records for filed charges and case status.

Central Regional Jail Programs

Central Regional Jail's official resource guide lists statewide services such as WV 211, Help4WV, Medicaid, suicide and crisis resources, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, WorkForce WV, and county-level contacts. For Gilmer County, the guide lists the Gilmer County Health Department, United Summit Center, DHHR, Minnie Hamilton Health Systems, HOPE Inc., and Community Resources Inc. The guide states that it is a source of assistance information and does not promote a specific provider.

WVDCR's FY2025 materials also describe broader programs such as RSAT, GOALS, peer recovery support services, medication-assisted treatment, transitional planning, financial literacy, and family dynamic courses. These are statewide or agency-level program descriptions, not a promise that every Central inmate is eligible for each service.