Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Inmate Search

Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Overview

Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Its official facility page places it at Earl Ray Tomblin Industrial Park, 1300 Gaston Caperton Dr., Holden, WV 25625, in Logan County. That location matters for McDowell County searches because the jail serving McDowell arrestees is outside the county seat of Welch.

The official DCR facility page says Southwestern began receiving inmates on April 8, 1998, consists of three pods, and serves Boone, Logan, McDowell, and Mingo counties. The FY2025 WVDCR annual report describes Southwestern as a regional jail for pretrial felony and misdemeanor detainees and sentenced felony and misdemeanor inmates for Logan, Boone, and McDowell counties, while the facility page also includes Mingo. For a McDowell County reader, the practical point is that Southwestern is the first regional jail to check for recent local arrests.

Southwestern is not a sheriff-run McDowell County jail roster. It is a regional jail and correctional facility, so its public lookup channel is the statewide WVDCR jail search and daily incarcerations search. Court records, bond orders, and charging documents remain separate from the jail record and should be checked through McDowell Magistrate Court, Circuit Court, or the statewide court portals when case detail is needed.

Southwestern Regional Jail Capacity and Population

The FY2025 WVDCR annual report lists Southwestern Regional Jail with a rated population of 468 and an FY2025 average daily count of 437. Those are facility-level numbers, not a McDowell-only daily head count. WVDCR did not publish in the reviewed sources a clean live breakdown of only McDowell County arrestees inside Southwestern, so the safest reading is that the count covers the full regional jail population.

The FY2025 status table breaks the 437 average daily count into categories that include DOC Division of Corrections inmates, pretrial misdemeanants, convicted misdemeanants, pretrial felons, convicted felons, and other county or facility status groups. In the extracted row, pretrial felony was the largest category, with 54 female and 157 male average daily count. The same source showed federal pretrial and sentenced columns at zero for Southwestern in that FY2025 row.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Southwestern Regional Jail

Use the WVDCR offender search hub first. From that hub, choose the regional jail offender search for current jail custody or the daily incarcerations search for recent admissions. The jail name search is the correct route for McDowell County arrestees held at Southwestern. The DOC prison search is for sentenced state prison or supervision status, and the BOP locator is for federal custody.

1. Open the WV Regional Jail offender search for current or recent regional jail custody.
2. Enter at least the first three letters of the last name. Add a first name only when the last name returns too many possible matches.
3. Complete the reCAPTCHA and review any returned matches for facility, name, birth date, and custody status.
4. If no match appears, try WV Daily Incarcerations by selecting McDowell County, then call Southwestern or the local holding unit if the arrest was very recent.

The official jail search warns that public information is updated regularly but can change quickly and may not reflect the true current location, release date, status, or other information. Sentencing information in the jail portal should not be treated as the complete court history. For charges, hearings, bond, and disposition, use court records and clerk contacts.

Southwestern Regional Jail Address and Contact

Use the facility phone for custody confirmation, visiting questions, and directions before travel. If the person was just arrested in McDowell County and does not appear online, the fallback chain is Southwestern, the McDowell County Holding Unit, and the McDowell County Sheriff's Office. The county directory lists the Holding Unit at 304-436-8530 and Sheriff James Muncy's office at 304-436-8523.

Visiting Someone at Southwestern Regional Jail

Southwestern publishes non-contact visitation. Visits are scheduled by calling 304-239-3070 between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Visitors receive an assigned time slot and cannot choose the time. The facility page also says late arrival for registration cancels the visit, so confirm the current process before leaving McDowell County for Holden.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Southwestern Regional Jail

WVDCR uses centralized mail scanning for Southwestern. Letters should be addressed with the inmate's first and last name, OID number, full facility name without abbreviations, PO Box 336, Phoenix, MD 21131. The sender must include a full return address with complete first and last name. The researched WVDCR mail page says photographs, letters to multiple offenders in one envelope, attachments, and enclosures are not allowed for scanned letter mail.

Booking and Intake for McDowell County Arrests

McDowell County arrestees generally enter the West Virginia regional jail system rather than a county website roster. A practical custody path is arrest by a sheriff, city, or state officer, short-term local holding if needed, transport or commitment to Southwestern, booking and intake, then an initial appearance before a magistrate. West Virginia magistrate rules require an arrested person to be taken without unnecessary delay before a magistrate, and video initial appearances may be used for people detained in a regional jail.

Exact booking photo timing, fingerprint steps, property inventory process, classification tool, medical screening steps, and roster refresh delay were not published in the McDowell-specific official sources reviewed. For a new arrest that does not yet appear online, call Southwestern at 304-239-3032, the Holding Unit at 304-436-8530, or McDowell Magistrate Court for court event and bond information.

About Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility

Southwestern is one of the regional jail facilities in West Virginia's correctional structure. The regional model explains why McDowell County does not publish a separate full county jail roster: jail custody is handled through WVDCR systems, while local court records and county arrest contacts remain separate. Southwestern's resource guide also points to McDowell County support resources, including Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center in Welch, McDowell DHHR, and the McDowell County Alternative Sentencing Program.

WVDCR's FY2025 annual report says adult and juvenile facilities achieved PREA compliance in 2025, including Southwestern. It also describes statewide program and security work, including electronic security system replacement at regional jails. Those items are institutional context, not live inmate-status information, so they should not replace a direct custody check.