This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, pull an official booking record, or update a court case. Use the appropriate public office or official locator for those actions.
Where to Look First
Summers County custody questions often start with the wrong building. A person arrested in Summers County may be held at Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Beaver, which is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Summers County Sheriff's Office remains the local law-enforcement starting point for sheriff matters, incident-report questions, and county law-enforcement records, while WV DCR controls regional jail custody after booking.
Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
1200 Airport Road
Beaver, WV 25813
Phone: 304-256-6726
Operator: West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Summers County Sheriff's Office
Summers County Judicial Annex
123 Temple Street, Suite 100
Hinton, WV 25951
Phone: 304-466-7111
Hours listed by the county: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
For local law-enforcement records, use the official Summers County Sheriff's Office page as the current county source. For custody after booking, use the regional jail lookup tools and call Southern Regional Jail when the online record is missing, delayed, or unclear.
- Current regional jail custody: use the WV Regional Jail offender search or the WV Regional Jail daily incarcerations page, then see jail inmate records for the local lookup path.
- Booking photos: start with the WV regional jail profile when one is available, then see jail roster mugshots for photo limits and request routes.
- Charges and hearings: search West Virginia Magistrate Court records, check the WV Judiciary Summers County court directory, or use the Summers County Circuit Clerk page. The local process is covered in court records after a jail arrest.
- Prosecution questions: use the official Summers County Prosecuting Attorney page. West Virginia counties use prosecuting attorneys, not district attorneys.
- Sentenced state prisoners: use the WV DCR DOC offender search. This is separate from the regional jail lookup.
- Federal or immigration custody: use the BOP inmate locator for federal prisoners and the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for immigration detention.
- Custody notifications: use VINELink West Virginia when notification registration is available for the record you find.
For records that are not posted online, West Virginia FOIA, W. Va. Code 29B-1-3, is the general public-records inspection and copying route. A request should go to the office that holds the record, such as WV DCR for regional jail custody records, the sheriff or police agency for incident records, or the court clerk for case filings.