Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility

One statewide tool, kept by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (WVDCR), lists people in each regional jail. Try these steps:

1. Tap Daily Incarcerations for a rundown of recent intakes.
2. To hunt by name instead, go to the WVDCR Offender Search hub and choose "Offender Search (Jails)".
3. Enter the last name and first name. No hit? Remove the middle name or shorten the spelling.
4. Check the facility shown with the record. A listing for Southern Regional Jail means the person sits in Beaver.
5. Copy down any OID number you spot. Letters need it.

Booking charges, bond amounts and release timing are questions for the Beaver staff at 304-256-6726.

An empty search is usually innocent. Typical causes:

• Paperwork in progress. Staff must finish intake before the record appears.
• Still on the road. The arresting officers may not have reached Beaver yet.
• Already out. A magistrate may have approved release on recognizance or a posted bond.
• Odd spelling. Test nicknames, hyphenated surnames and maiden names.
• A minor. Juveniles go to a youth detention center instead.

Ring Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813, at 304-256-6726. The magistrate clerk in the Judicial Center, 222 Main Street, Beckley, WV 25801, can say whether bond was set or paid. That line is 304-255-9197.

The county itself operates no jail. WVDCR handles adult custody, and each site below fills a different role:

• Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813, 304-256-6726. Fresh arrests from every town in the county end up here. It houses people booked after an arrest and people a local court orders held. Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Summers and Wyoming counties share it. The building can also hold federal detainees, plus state-sentenced people waiting on a prison bed.
• Beckley Correctional Center and Jail, 111 S. Eisenhower Drive, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-256-6780. This is minimum security. Sentenced men and women live here on work release, and a separate unit runs treatment for men. New arrests never come here.
• Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, 400 Abbey Road, Belington, WV 26250, 304-637-0382. Most women in the state who wait for a prison transfer are kept here, so a woman sentenced in Beckley could be moved there.
• Home confinement. A judge may let some people go home with an electronic monitor. The Sheriff's Home Confinement Division supervises them. It has no line of its own, so use the Sheriff's main number, 304-255-9300.

Picked up outside the county? Then that county's regional jail has them. A Kanawha County arrest goes to South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, 1001 Centre Way, Charleston, WV 25309, 304-558-1336. A Boone County arrest goes to Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, 1300 Gaston Caperton Drive, Holden, WV 25625, 304-239-3032.

Use the WVDCR lookup to learn where someone is held. Booking pictures and mugshots come from the arresting agency, so send that request to whichever department below handled the case:

• Raleigh County Sheriff's Office, 308 Ned Payne Drive, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-255-9300
• Beckley Police Department, 501 Neville Street, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-256-1720

Lawmakers tightened the rules on police posting mugshots in 2023 (see W. Va. Code §62-1-6a). Under it, police are barred from social media posts of a booking photo when the charge is a minor offense. That label fits misdemeanors, with some exceptions. It also fits a nonviolent felony that qualifies to be cleared from a record later. Posting is allowed only in four cases: a conviction, a fugitive, an imminent threat to the public, or a court order. Suppose police already posted the picture and the case later falls apart: dismissed, never indicted, or ended in acquittal. The person can request removal, and police then have 14 days.

• Journalists send photo requests to that same agency.
• Ask ICE for its images through the ICE records request page.
• Photos taken by federal law enforcement are normally kept private. The U.S. Marshals Service may make an exception, for instance for a fugitive it is searching for.

VINE tracks custody for every WVDCR regional jail and prison. It is more than a victim notice. Anyone can check it for current custody status and the facility name.

• Register on VINELink or dial 866-984-8463, also written 1-866-WV4-VINE.
• Transfers from one facility to another don't trigger a VINE call. Run the lookup again whenever you suspect a move.

Release timing comes only from the Beaver jail, 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813. Its number is 304-256-6726.

A magistrate decides bail, usually over a video screen from the jail in Beaver. W. Va. Code §62-1-5 demands that first appearance happen "without unnecessary delay." The magistrates work in the Judicial Center, 222 Main Street, Beckley, WV 25801. Their clerk's line is 304-255-9197.

• Misdemeanor arrests. The starting point is personal recognizance (§62-1C-1a), meaning release without money, on the person's written word. DUI, drugs, theft above $250, sexual abuse, a deadly weapon, violence and a child victim are exceptions. A cash amount may not exceed triple the maximum fine for the charge. If a secured bond is too much to pay and that is the only reason the person sits in jail, a judge must revisit it within five days.
• Felony arrests. A magistrate can't grant promise-only release for certain felonies. That list covers felonies that hurt or threaten a person and felonies where a child is the victim. It also covers felony arson, burglary and drug charges.
• Charges that carry life. Bail goes to a circuit judge (§62-1C-1).
• Bail bondsmen. Under §51-10-8, every bondsman working here needs a state license, and the Insurance Commissioner grants it. The fee they charge can't drop below 10 percent of the bond. A bondsman can take as little as 3 percent up front and collect the remainder within a year (§51-10-5a). Licenses can be checked on the bondsman lookup from the Insurance Commissioner, or by phone at 304-558-0610.

No fixed chart exists, so each bail figure is decided for that one case. Our bail page covers payment, and our state bail law summary has the background.

A booking charge is a first guess. The court file shows what was actually filed:

• Search the free Magistrate Court Record Search by party name or case number for cases opened before a magistrate.
• Felonies in Circuit Court are reached through the state Court Record Access page, which explains WVPASS accounts.
• Phone the magistrate clerk at 304-255-9197 or the Circuit Clerk at 304-255-9135. Both sit in the Judicial Center, 222 Main Street, Beckley, WV 25801.

For any felony, a grand jury later votes on whether to indict.

Money for a lawyer shouldn't stop anyone. When the magistrate brings it up, the person should say they need appointed counsel. They then fill out a sworn money form. Courts call it the eligibility affidavit (SCA-C&M-101). The circuit judge reviews it and rules on appointment.

Appointed cases in this county usually go to the Raleigh County Public Defender, 220 North Kanawha Street, Suite 2, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-253-7405. The court can name a private attorney instead. A family is free to retain a lawyer of its own whenever it chooses.

Southern Regional Jail allows only non-contact visits, booked ahead of time. Here is how it works:

• Your loved one starts the request on form SRJ 5-0029.
• Questions about scheduling go to 304-256-6738.
• Most inmates get a single visit a month, lasting 30 minutes.
• Each visit allows up to two adults. One adult may bring two minor children instead.

WVDCR also runs GettingOut video visits, including remote ones from a home computer. Whether Southern offers those is a question for the jail, 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813, 304-256-6726. Find more pointers in our visiting guide. Ask which ID to carry before you drive to Beaver.

WVDCR inmate deposits are handled by ConnectNetwork, in three ways:

• The ConnectNetwork website or phone app
• An automated payment line, 888-988-4768
• A kiosk in the jail lobby at 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813

Keep the person's full name and the facility name in front of you, and check the fee before you confirm. That balance buys canteen items, hygiene goods and phone time. Bail can't be paid from it. Mailing cash invites loss, so skip it. Deposit tips: our money guide. Spending options: our commissary guide. Deposit problems go to the jail at 304-256-6726.

WVDCR's phone and video vendor is GettingOut. Create a family account. The GettingOut website (gettingout.com) and its phone app both work. Features include voicemail, messaging, photo sharing and regular calls.

• Add call credit through ConnectNetwork or by phone at 800-483-8314.
• Family account trouble? GettingOut support answers at 866-516-0115.
• Save any talk about the arrest itself for the defense lawyer.

Features differ by site. Ask Southern Regional Jail, 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813, at 304-256-6726 which ones work there. Our phone guide and messaging guide explain prices and tips.

WVDCR's mail rules say that personal letters get scanned, so they go to Maryland instead of Beaver. Set up the envelope like this:

Loved one's legal name, OID number
Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
PO Box 336
Phoenix, MD 21131

• Write the jail's name in full. Abbreviations aren't accepted.
• Print your complete first and last name with your address in the corner. Initials will not do.
• Put mail for only one inmate in each envelope.
• Leave out photos, enclosures and attachments. Breaking a rule sends everything back.

Extra mail tips live in our mail guide. Before you mail, confirm with the jail at 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813, 304-256-6726.

The jail holds onto whatever the person carried when booked, phone and wallet included. Before driving out, phone Southern Regional Jail at 304-256-6726 and cover three points:

1. Did the person sign a release naming you?
2. When is the property window open?
3. What ID does the front desk want?

The pickup spot is the jail itself, 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813.

Take medical worries straight to the jail at 304-256-6726. Ask for the medical department at the facility, 1200 Airport Road, Beaver, WV 25813. Have this ready:

• Each medicine and its dose
• Conditions like diabetes, seizures, asthma or heart trouble
• The family doctor's name and number

Also ask the person inside to submit a sick-call slip. Fear of self-harm? Lead with that when the call connects.

Want to know if the person has an active warrant? Phone the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office, 308 Ned Payne Drive, Beckley, WV 25801, at 304-255-9300. Statewide fugitives appear on the West Virginia State Police Most Wanted page. Open cases also show up on the free Magistrate Court Record Search when you type a name. To clear one, hire or call a defense lawyer before anything else. You or the lawyer can next reach the magistrate office behind the warrant. That court is in the Judicial Center, 222 Main Street, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-255-9197.

Cases begin with a magistrate. Felonies later climb to Circuit Court, which here is the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. Both work from one building:

• Magistrate clerk, Judicial Center, 222 Main Street, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-255-9197
• Circuit Clerk, same building, 304-255-9135

Ten days is the limit for a preliminary hearing when a felony defendant is in jail. A grand jury then votes on an indictment. Find dates on the Magistrate Court Record Search. Missing a court date is a crime by itself (§62-1C-17b). For a felony case, the penalty is 1 to 5 years in prison and a fine as high as $5,000. For a misdemeanor case, it is up to one year in jail, and the fine can reach $1,000. Our court guide breaks down each stage, from first hearing to trial.

Federal cases from this county land in Beckley's federal courthouse, the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, 110 North Heber Street, Room 119, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-254-8080. That building serves the Beckley division of the federal court for southern West Virginia.

1. A federal judge hears arguments about custody first: go home with rules, or stay jailed until trial? That is the detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. The U.S. Marshals Service keeps custody until trial and may place detainees in a regional jail. Its Beckley office, 110 North Heber Street, Suite G-56, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-253-1519, knows which jail.
3. Post-sentencing, people in federal prison appear on the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. Look them up by name or by register number.

Immigration holds at the Beaver jail follow a pattern:

1. ICE sends a detainer request to the Beaver jail. The form is I-247A.
2. Under 8 CFR 287.7(d), the jail may keep the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released.
3. ICE officers arrive to take custody and transfer the person.
4. Track the person on the ICE Online Detainee Locator.
5. ICE's Philadelphia Field Office covers West Virginia: 114 North 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215-656-7164.

West Virginia adds rules of its own in W. Va. Code §15-16-2 and §15-16-3. The first one says no state or local agency may keep a policy that limits cooperation with immigration enforcement. The second one covers an agency that holds someone on a detainer. That agency must notify whichever court sets bail. It must enter the detainer in its files and obey it "to the extent required by law." The Governor's office reported in mid-August 2025 that WVDCR had signed a 287(g) deal with ICE, and so had the State Police and National Guard.

People sentenced to prison start with a WVDCR intake and classification step. It matches each one to a suitable prison. Until a bed is free, some remain in a regional jail.

• Look the person up with the "Offender Search (Prisons)" tool, found on the WVDCR Offender Search page.
• For visits, letters and deposits at each prison, open JE's West Virginia prison guide.

Anyone charged with something done before turning 18 faces juvenile court, not adult court. Officers notify a parent or guardian without waiting. By the day after the arrest at the latest, the detention hearing required by W. Va. Code §49-4-705 takes place in front of a circuit judge, or in front of a magistrate when none is free. Adult jails never house them.

• For southern West Virginia, juvenile detention is at the Gene Spadaro Juvenile Center, 106 Martin Drive, Mount Hope, WV 25880, 304-877-6890.
• The Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center, One Lory Place, Julian, WV 25529, 304-369-2976, accepts detention cases from all 55 counties.
• Questions about the youth's case can go to Juvenile Probation, 117 West Prince Street, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-255-9133.

Under W. Va. Code §49-4-710, a judge may shift a youth case to adult court only in narrow situations.

All of these agencies bring adult arrests to the jail in Beaver. Unsure who made the arrest? Begin with the Sheriff.

• Sheriff's Office, 308 Ned Payne Drive, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-255-9300. Call here with questions about a county warrant.
• Beckley Police Department, 501 Neville Street, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-256-1720. Alternative number: 304-256-1700.
• Mabscott Police Department, 302 White Stick St, Mabscott, WV 25871, 304-253-5630
• Sophia Police Department, PO Box 700, Sophia, WV 25921, 304-683-3331
• Lester: phone the town hall, PO Box 56, Lester, WV 25865, 304-934-6301, or the Sheriff.
• Rhodell: phone the town hall, PO Box 5, Rhodell, WV 25915, 304-683-3668, or the Sheriff.
• West Virginia State Police, Beckley Detachment, 105 Pinecrest Drive, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-256-6700
• West Virginia State Police, Beckley Turnpike Detachment, 201 Pikeview Drive, Beckley, WV 25801, 304-256-6786

For an emergency, dial 911.