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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, Bureau of Prisons and Jails. The facility is in the Flatwoods area of Braxton County, but DCR lists it as the regional jail serving Lewis County along with Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Nicholas, Roane, and Webster counties. That means a person arrested in Lewis County may be booked into a jail outside the county while still being part of the Lewis County jail custody path.

DCR states that Central Regional Jail opened on February 22, 1993 and was the prototype for the podular design used across West Virginia's regional jail system. The official facility page and FY2025 annual report list Harvey Hawkins as superintendent. Central Regional Jail is a regional jail, not a state prison. It handles pretrial and sentenced felony and misdemeanor populations assigned to the jail system, while longer sentenced prison custody is searched through the statewide DCR prison locator.

For Lewis County readers, the facility's location is more than a map detail. The sheriff, prosecutor, magistrate, and circuit offices cluster around 117 Court Avenue in Weston, while jail housing is handled in Braxton County. A custody question may therefore require a call to Sutton, and a court-copy question may require a call to Weston.

Central Regional Jail Capacity

DCR's FY2025 Annual Report lists Central Regional Jail with a rated population of 312. The same report's average daily count table lists Central at 351 for FY2025. The prior two annual reports show 337 in FY2024 and 362 in FY2023. These figures show a regional jail operating above its rated population in FY2024 and FY2025, with a three-year pattern of continued capacity pressure.

Who Central Regional Jail Holds

The FY2025 DCR facility material describes Central Regional Jail as detention for pretrial felons and misdemeanants, sentenced felons and misdemeanants, Division of Corrections inmates, and federal pretrial or sentenced detainees when assigned. For Lewis County, the key point is that Central Regional Jail is the jail custody location, while court records remain with the Lewis County court system and sheriff-created arrest records remain with the arresting agency.

Look Up Central Regional Jail Inmates

Current Central Regional Jail searches use the WV Regional Jail Offender Search. For a Lewis County view, Daily Incarcerations can be searched by selecting Lewis County. Both DCR tools use CAPTCHA. If a person has moved to state prison, parole, or supervision, the correct channel is the WV DCR prison offender search, not the regional jail roster.

1. Open the WV Regional Jail Offender Search for the current jail name lookup.
2. Enter at least the first three letters of the last name and add first name if needed.
3. Complete the CAPTCHA and submit the search.
4. Confirm that the facility assignment is Central Regional Jail or another DCR facility.
5. Use Daily Incarcerations with Lewis County selected if the name search misses a current county booking.

Central Regional Jail Address

Use the facility phone for jail custody, visitation, and facility-rule questions. Use the Lewis County Sheriff's Office for sheriff-created reports or local arrest-agency questions, and use the court clerks for court-file copies. That division keeps a Lewis County inmate search from mixing jail custody, police reports, and court records into one office.

Visit Central Regional Jail

DCR publishes non-contact visitation for Central Regional Jail and states that all visits are scheduled by inmates. The DCR facility page did not publish visitor parking rates, local locker rules, dress-code details, child visitor rules, or ADA entrance details in the reviewed material. Call before traveling if those details affect the visit.

Central Regional Jail Mail and Money

DCR uses centralized mail scanning for offender letters. The mailing format requires the inmate's first and last name, OID number, the full facility name, and PO Box 336, Phoenix, MD 21131. The sender must include a full return address with complete first and last name. DCR says photos, attachments, enclosures, and letters to multiple offenders in one envelope are not allowed.

Central Regional Jail Booking

For a Lewis County arrest, the local agency and court process start in or near Weston, while jail intake occurs through DCR regional jail custody when the person is committed. Intake can include identity checks, property inventory, booking photo and fingerprints where applicable, medical and security screening, PREA information, classification, and housing assignment. A roster appearance may lag behind arrest or transfer, so custody should be confirmed through DCR or the facility if timing matters.

Bond and initial appearance are court functions, not roster functions. West Virginia's magistrate administrative rules describe on-call magistrates contacting jails during set periods for initial appearances and bond matters. If the question is the amount or type of bond in a Lewis County case, the Lewis County Magistrate Court or Circuit Court record is the controlling source.

Central Regional Jail Directions

DCR's official directions place the facility just off I-79 at Flatwoods Exit 67. From the Clarksburg or Morgantown area, DCR says to take I-79 South to Exit 67, turn left off the ramp, go about 100 yards to the stop light, turn right, go about 50 yards, then turn left up the hill past the Days Inn. From Charleston or Huntington, take I-79 North to Exit 67, turn right off the ramp, turn right at the stop light, then turn left up the hill. Visitors from Lewis County commonly reach I-79 and travel south toward Flatwoods/Sutton, but the official DCR directions should control trip planning.

The research did not locate an official public-transit route, visitor parking rate, or detailed accessibility notice for Central Regional Jail. Visitors who need accessible parking, entrance confirmation, or mobility accommodation should call the facility before leaving Lewis County.

About Central Regional Jail

Central Regional Jail is locally important because it is not in Lewis County, yet it is the official jail service point for Lewis County custody. The same county search may involve the Lewis County Sheriff's Office at 117 Court Avenue in Weston, the Lewis County Judicial Annex for court records, and Central Regional Jail in Sutton for custody. Keeping those channels separate helps avoid wrong-office calls and missed records.

No official Central Regional Jail page reviewed for this build listed local GED, treatment, work release, religious services, medical request rules, or grievance procedures. DCR does publish statewide offender services, including calling, banking, mail, accelerated parole, reentry planning, and jail reentry materials. Facility-specific program access should be confirmed with DCR or the jail.