WV DOC – Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility

WV DOC – Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 304-239-3032

WV DOC – Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is a regional jail facility that handles the intake from the Boone County Sheriff's arrests but also from several surrounding counties located at 1300 Gaston Caperton Dr Holden, WV. This cooperative prison is funded by all of the counties that hold their detainees and sentenced inmates.

Counties Served: Boone, LOGAN, McDowell & Mingo

The Southwestern Regional Jail sits high atop one of the picturesque mountains of Southern West Virginia. Located in Holden, West Virginia, this facility is the sixth of ten regional jails to be built in the State. The facility, which started receiving inmates on April 8, 1998, has a podular design, consisting of three pods housing approximately one hundred inmates each with an upgradeable maximum capacity of five hundred, for both male and female inmates. This regional jail serves a three-county area consisting of Boone, Logan, and Mingo counties. In addition, the facility contains a separate computerized booking area, state-of-the-art, closed-circuit “Courtroom of the Future,” a 24-hour medical unit, a full-time teacher, a counseling staff, and much more. This facility is staffed with 81 uniformed correctional officers and approximately 25 non-uniformed personnel.

Offender Banking

Family and friends of WV Division of Corrections inmates may deposit money to inmate trust fund accounts by the following methods:

• Phone: Call 888.988.4768 and use Site ID 179.
• Web: Visit ConnectNetwork.com or Jailatm.com online.

The Accelerated Parole Program (Policy Directive 454.07) shall be made available to inmates serving a sentence with a parole eligibility date, except sentences of Life with Mercy and Habitual Life. However, this program shall not be available to any inmate to which one or more of the following may apply:

1. Is serving a sentence for, or has a criminal conviction for, a felony crime of violence against a person.
2. Is serving a sentence for, or has a felony conviction, involving the use, presentment, or brandishing of a firearm.
3. Is serving a sentence, or has a felony conviction, for a crime where the victim was a minor child.
4. Is serving a sentence, or has a felony conviction, for a crime where the crime resulted in the victim's death.
5. Is serving a sentence for more than one (1) felony conviction for a controlled substance offense on which the inmate is serving a consecutive sentence.
6. Is serving a sentence on an offense for which there is a mandatory notification period under WV Code Section 62-12-23.
7. Is presently incarcerated due to parole revocation for a new felony conviction, to WV Code 62-12-19(h).
8. Is presently incarcerated in another jurisdiction, with a consecutive/concurrent WVDOC sentence.