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Central Regional Jail Overview

Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It is located in Sutton, in Braxton County, and serves Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas, Roane, and Webster Counties. For Calhoun County readers, that means the arrest, court case, and jail location may be split between two counties. A person arrested in Grantsville or elsewhere in Calhoun County may have the court case in Calhoun County while jail custody is handled at the Sutton regional facility.

The official facility page says Central Regional Jail opened on February 22, 1993, and describes it as the prototype for the podular design used in West Virginia regional jails. The page lists Superintendent Harvey Hawkins and gives the main facility phone and fax. WVDCR annual report search text describes the mission as detention for pretrial felons, pretrial misdemeanants, sentenced felons, and sentenced misdemeanants from the served counties.

The WVDCR facility page shows the Central Regional Jail contact, directions, counties served, superintendent, and non-contact visitation schedule.

The official page is the best starting point for facility identity, while current custody searches run through WVDCR's separate offender search tools.

Central Regional Jail Population

Central Regional Jail population figures were located in WVDCR annual report search text, but the inspected facility HTML did not publish a current population count or rated bed capacity. The figures below are facility totals for the regional jail. They are not Calhoun County-only counts, because the jail serves eight counties.

Look Up Central Regional Jail Inmates

The correct lookup path for Central Regional Jail is the WV Regional Jail Offender Search. Use it for a Calhoun County arrest when the person is awaiting first appearance, waiting on bond, held pretrial, serving a short sentence, or otherwise in regional jail custody. The Daily Incarcerations page is the county or institution list option when a name search is uncertain.

1. Open the WV Regional Jail Offender Search for a current regional jail name search.
2. Enter at least the first three letters of the last name. Add first name only to narrow results.
3. Use Daily Incarcerations and choose Calhoun County if the goal is a county daily custody list.
4. Confirm that the result points to Central Regional Jail before planning a visit or deposit.
5. Search the WVDCR prison and supervision locator if the person has moved into state prison, parole, or active supervision.

Central Regional Jail Address and Contact

Central Regional Jail is the direct facility contact for custody, visitation, and jail-service questions tied to a Calhoun County arrest housed there. The Calhoun County Sheriff remains a local law-enforcement contact for arrest-agency records and prisoner transport, but the regional jail is the facility custodian for jail custody records.

Visit Central Regional Jail

The Central Regional Jail page labels visitation as non-contact visitation and states that all visits will be scheduled by inmates. It does not publish a visitor ID list, dress code, locker rules, child-visitor rules, or a separate visitor lobby schedule in the inspected text. Confirm current rules with the facility before travel.

Note: A roster result should be confirmed with Central Regional Jail before a visitor leaves Calhoun County for Sutton.

Central Regional Jail Mail and Money

WVDCR offender services identify GettingOut as the contracted provider for calling and video visits. WVDCR offender banking identifies ConnectNetwork for inmate trust deposits by phone, web, and app. Research did not locate a Central Regional Jail-specific fee table, video-visit price, tablet rule, or complete mail format in the inspected official pages, so those details should be confirmed before sending funds or mail.

ConnectNetwork's WVDCR facility page lists Central Regional in Sutton under West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation services.

The listing supports the deposit channel, but it does not replace direct facility confirmation for account, name, or custody status.

Central Regional Jail Booking

A Calhoun County booking usually starts with a local arrest by the sheriff, State Police, or another law-enforcement agency, followed by transport to Central Regional Jail. Intake places custody information into WVDCR systems. The court side then moves through magistrate procedures for first appearance and bond, with later filings in magistrate or circuit court depending on the charge.

WVDCR warns that jail search data can change quickly and that sentencing information in the jail system is not the official record of the criminal action. For formal court charges after the Central Regional Jail booking, use the Calhoun County magistrate or circuit court records rather than relying on a roster line alone.

Central Regional Jail Records and Directions

Official directions place the jail just off Interstate 79 at Flatwoods Exit 67. Drivers from Clarksburg or Morgantown take I-79 South to Exit 67, turn left from the ramp, turn right at the stop light, then turn left and continue up the hill past Days Inn. Drivers from Charleston or Huntington take I-79 North to Exit 67 and use the same final approach. Drivers from Beckley or Summersville are directed to US 19 North and then I-79 North.

Records requests should be aimed at the office that holds the record. Central Regional Jail and WVDCR hold jail custody information. The Calhoun County Sheriff may hold local arrest-agency records. The Calhoun County Magistrate Clerk and Circuit Clerk hold court files after an arrest. West Virginia FOIA allows public-records requests to the custodian, subject to exemptions for privacy, sealed records, juvenile matters, and law-enforcement-sensitive information.