Southern Regional Jail Overview
Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The official facility page places it at 1200 Airport Road in Beaver, Raleigh County, and lists Summers as one of the counties served. That point matters for Summers County inmate lookup. A deputy, Hinton officer, or state trooper may make the arrest in Summers County, but WV DCR controls the jail custody record after the person is accepted into the regional jail system.
The facility is a regional jail and correctional facility, not a Summers County-owned jail. It holds adults from several counties for pretrial detention, jail sentences, and transfer status when WV DCR accepts custody. A roster result can show a person held at Southern Regional Jail even when the criminal case, bond order, or hearing remains in Summers County magistrate or circuit court. Treat the jail record as a custody record. Use court records to confirm filed charges, hearing dates, bond changes, and dispositions.
Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
1200 Airport Road
Beaver, WV 25813
304-256-6726
WV DCR regional jail serving Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, and Wyoming counties.
Summers County Sheriff Local Contact
Summers County Judicial Annex
123 Temple Street, Suite 100
Hinton, WV 25951
304-466-7111
Official county page lists office hours as Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Southern Regional Jail Inmate Lookup
The main lookup path is the WV Regional Jail offender search. It is the official public search for regional jail custody and requires at least the first three letters of a last name. A first name can narrow common results. The daily booking path is the WV Regional Jail daily incarcerations page, where the county dropdown includes Summers. Both systems use CAPTCHA, and both are state-hosted public portals rather than county sheriff pages.
The regional jail search has limits. WV DCR warns that information can change quickly and may not reflect the true current location, release date, status, or other offender information. The roster can help confirm whether a person is in custody, but it is not the official criminal case file. If the roster shows a charge or sentence note, verify the court side through the West Virginia Magistrate Court case search, the Summers County court directory, or the clerk.
| Search path | Best use | Key limit |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Jail Offender Search | Name search for current or known regional jail custody. | Requires CAPTCHA and at least three last-name letters. |
| Daily Incarcerations | Checking recent admissions by selecting Summers from the county list. | County query also requires CAPTCHA. |
| VINELink West Virginia | Custody notification and status alerts when a record can be found. | It is a notice service, not the court docket. |
| WV DOC Offender Search | State prison, parole, or active supervision after sentencing. | Discharged people may not appear. |
The official WV Regional Jail offender search is the name-search screen used for Southern Regional Jail custody.
Use that search first for a known name, then move to daily incarcerations if the person was just booked from Summers County.
- Open the regional jail offender search and enter at least the first three letters of the last name.
- Add the first name only when the last-name results are too broad or the name is common.
- Check whether the result lists Southern Regional Jail and read the status with the DCR disclaimer in mind.
- If the person is not found, search daily incarcerations by selecting Summers County and checking recent bookings.
- For a sentenced prisoner who no longer appears in the jail search, use the WV DOC offender search.
Southern Regional Jail Population Notes
Southern Regional Jail is a multi-county regional facility, so facility-wide population is not the same thing as the Summers County inmate population. Research for Summers County did not locate a current official rated capacity on the public facility profile, and it did not locate a current official daily count for only Summers County inmates held at Southern Regional Jail. The most direct current check is the WV daily incarcerations portal, because it lets a user select Summers County manually.
Older public reports and litigation often discuss Southern Regional Jail as crowded or over capacity, but a facility page should not turn those references into a current headcount unless the number comes from an official DCR publication, BJS source, Vera source, or a dated court or agency document. The safest local wording is plain: the facility serves Summers County arrests, current county-specific jail population is not published in the county material located, and users should separate facility-wide counts from the county subset.
| Measure | Status for this facility page | Where to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | Not located on the current public facility page. | WV DCR publications or facility records. |
| Current Summers-only population | Not published in county pages reviewed. | Daily incarcerations county query. |
| Facility-wide current count | Do not attribute all facility population to Summers County. | WV DCR reports or official daily counts. |
| Operator | Confirmed as WV DCR. | Official WV DCR facility directory. |
The WV Regional Jail daily incarcerations page is the county-selection path for checking recent Summers admissions.
That daily page is useful for new admissions, but CAPTCHA and fast-changing custody data still make phone or court verification important.
Southern Regional Jail Directions
Southern Regional Jail is in Beaver near the Raleigh County Memorial Airport corridor, not in Hinton. A Summers County visitor generally travels toward Beckley and Beaver. The official DCR directions route traffic from the I-64 and I-77 area to Airport Road. From the Lewisburg side, the facility page directs drivers west on I-64 toward Beckley, then to the Airport Road exit and the facility address. Mountain roads, winter weather, and road work can change travel time.
Do not drive first to the courthouse or sheriff's office expecting a jail visit. The Summers County Sheriff's Office is the local law-enforcement office, and Sheriff Justin L. Faris's office page is a local contact point for sheriff functions, but jail visiting, non-contact scheduling, inmate mail, and facility custody questions flow through Southern Regional Jail and WV DCR rules. Call the jail before leaving if the trip depends on a visit, property question, or exact custody status.
- Regional jail
- A state-operated jail serving more than one county.
- County subset
- The people held from Summers County within a larger multi-county facility.
- Detainer
- A hold request from another agency that can affect release.
- Classification
- The jail process that assigns housing and supervision level after intake.
Southern Regional Jail Visitation
Visitation at Southern Regional Jail is controlled by WV DCR and facility rules. The official facility page lists a non-contact visitation scheduling number of 304-256-6738 and states that inmates must submit a visitation request form. It also states that each inmate is permitted one visit per month, that visits are non-contact, and that visits last thirty minutes unless facility leadership approves an exception in advance. Visitors should confirm current rules before travel because lockdowns, staffing issues, weather, holidays, or security events can change access.
The WV DCR visitation page and facility phone line should be checked before any visit. Bring current government photo identification. Expect screening, dress-code enforcement, and denial for contraband, weapons, drugs, unauthorized electronics, or rule-barred property. Children and minors may need a parent, guardian, or approved adult. The facility page says special visit requests for unusual circumstances go to the Chief Correctional Officer and may require proof.
| Visitation item | Southern Regional Jail rule located | Practical caveat |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | Non-contact visitation scheduling: 304-256-6738. | Call before travel and confirm the person's location. |
| Request process | Inmate must submit a visitation request using SRJ form 5-0029. | Visitor approval may depend on facility review. |
| Visit frequency | One visit per month is listed on the facility page. | Emergency or special visits require approval. |
| Visit length | Thirty minutes, non-contact. | Longer visits require prior approval. |
| Visitor count | One adult and two minor children, or two adults. | Confirm minor rules and identification needs. |
Note: Confirm the visit by phone on the day of travel because custody status and facility operations can change fast.
Southern Regional Jail Mail Money
Mail, money, commissary, grievances, classification, PREA, and conduct rules come from WV DCR policy and the facility. The research did not locate an official current vendor, deposit fee table, phone rate, video-visit rate, or commissary limit in accessible official text. Do not assume a third-party vendor or fee from another jail. For a Summers County inmate at Southern Regional Jail, call the facility and check WV DCR policy resources before sending money, mail, or property.
Mail should use the inmate's correct name and the facility's current format. Include any required identification number only after confirming it through the roster or the jail. Do not mail cash, drugs, weapons, tobacco, electronics, or any item barred by WV DCR rules. Legal mail and attorney visits usually follow separate rules from social contact. If a family member needs release or bond information, confirm the order with the jail and the court instead of relying only on a roster screenshot.
| Topic | What was confirmed | What remains a gap |
|---|---|---|
| WV DCR facility rules apply. | Current inmate-mail format should be confirmed with the jail. | |
| Money deposits | Money rules are facility controlled. | Official vendor and fee table were not located. |
| Phone or video | Non-contact visitation scheduling number is published. | Phone/video vendor and rates were not confirmed. |
| Commissary | Jail commissary access depends on facility rules. | Limits and ordering schedule were not found in accessible official text. |
Southern Regional Jail Booking Release
A Summers County arrest can begin with the sheriff's office, Hinton police, West Virginia State Police, or another law-enforcement agency. If the person is not released by citation or immediate court action, the arresting agency transports the person for booking. Intake at Southern Regional Jail can include identity checks, property inventory, search, photograph, fingerprinting, health screening, phone access subject to rules, and classification. A booking record may update before a court docket fully reflects all filed charges.
Initial appearance and bond are court functions. West Virginia law requires an arrested person to be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay, and bail or release conditions come from a magistrate or court order. The roster may show bond or hold information, but the court order controls. A detainer, probation hold, parole hold, family-court hold, out-of-county warrant, or federal hold can block release even when a money bond appears. The court path is especially important in Summers County because the inmate may be physically jailed in Raleigh County while the case remains local.
For charge details after booking, use Summers County court records after jail arrest and the official court systems. For a broader roster walkthrough, use the Summers County jail inmate records page. Those searches answer different questions than the facility phone line.
Southern Regional Jail Records Conditions
Southern Regional Jail has been the subject of official scrutiny. The U.S. Department of Justice issued a public notice titled Justice Department Finds Conditions at Southern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, and research for Summers County flagged that conditions, use of force, medical care, deaths, staffing, and oversight have drawn attention. That history is relevant because reforms or litigation at the facility can affect Summers County detainees even though the jail is outside Summers County.
Conditions reporting should be read as dated official context, not as a live statement about every housing unit or every current inmate. For individual concerns, use the facility's current channels, WV DCR policy resources, grievance procedures, PREA reporting resources, medical request procedures, or counsel. For public records not posted online, West Virginia FOIA allows inspection or copies of public records held by a public body, subject to exemptions for law enforcement, privacy, security, confidential records, and other limits. Send records requests to the custodian that actually holds the record: WV DCR for regional jail custody records, the arresting agency for incident records, and the court for case filings.