Locate Northern Regional Jail Inmates

Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Overview

Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The official facility page at dcr.wv.gov/facilities/Pages/prisons-and-jails/Northern-Regional-Jail.aspx identifies the facility as serving Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, and Wetzel counties. That regional structure is the key Hancock County fact: there is no Hancock-only public jail roster in the official county material reviewed.

The facility sits in Moundsville, in Marshall County, but it is the regional jail assigned to Hancock County detainees. WVDCR describes Northern Regional as a jail and correctional facility, and the research also notes related correctional-facility housing on the same Moundsville campus. For lookup purposes, a newly arrested Hancock County person who remains in jail custody belongs in the WVDCR regional jail search. A sentenced person in prison or parole status may belong in the WVDCR DOC offender search instead.

The official facility profile is shown in the Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility source.

The facility source is the best match for this page because it provides the official name, address, phone, opening year, and counties served.

Northern Regional Jail Capacity and Population

WVDCR annual-report figures should be read carefully because Northern Regional is both a regional jail and part of a broader correctional campus. The research found a FY2025 rated population figure for Northern Regional and an earlier FY2024 population snippet that appears to use a different reporting context. The safe local wording is that WVDCR publishes facility-level figures, but a Hancock-only average daily population was not located in official sources.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Northern Regional Jail

Use the WV Regional Jail Offender Search at apps.wv.gov/OIS/OffenderSearch/RJA/Offender/Search for Hancock County jail custody. WVDCR instructs users to enter at least the first three letters of the last name, and the page warns that public information can change quickly. If the search does not show a recent arrest, use Daily Incarcerations at apps.wv.gov/OIS/OffenderSearch/RJA/Daily to check admissions by county or institution.

1. Open the WV Regional Jail Offender Search.
2. Enter at least three letters of the last name and add first name if needed.
3. Complete the reCAPTCHA and submit the search.
4. Confirm the result points to Northern Regional Jail or another relevant WVDCR custody location.
5. If no jail result appears, check Daily Incarcerations, call Northern Regional, or search the DOC locator for prison or supervision status.

The regional jail search source is shown in the WV Regional Jail Offender Search page.

This is the official current-custody channel for Hancock County jail searches because WVDCR, not the Hancock Sheriff's Department, operates the regional jail roster.

Northern Regional Jail Address and Contact

Use the facility phone for current custody, visitation confirmation, and jail-specific questions that are not answered by the roster. The Hancock County Sheriff's Department can route local arrest-report questions, but Sheriff Scott Gittings' office does not operate the regional jail. The sheriff's official page at hancockcountywv.org/sheriff.html lists the local office at P.O. Box 458, 102 N. Court St., New Cumberland, WV 26047, phone (304) 564-7851, office hours Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and email hcsd@hanwv.org.

Visiting Someone at Northern Regional Jail

A Northern Regional-specific public visitation schedule was not found in the official facility page output reviewed. The page should therefore not publish guessed visiting days or hours. Treat the facility as a secure WVDCR jail, bring government photo identification, arrive early enough for screening, and call (304) 843-4067 before travel to confirm whether the visit is in person, video, non-contact, postponed, or unavailable for that inmate.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Northern Regional Jail

WVDCR offender services provide statewide channels for communication and deposits. The WVDCR calling and video page at dcr.wv.gov/services/offenderservices/Pages/calling.aspx identifies GettingOut for calls and video visits. The offender banking page at dcr.wv.gov/services/offenderservices/Pages/banking.aspx says family and friends may deposit money by phone, web, app, or money order through ConnectNetwork or GTL routes.

The WVDCR calling and video source is shown in the WVDCR GettingOut service page.

That statewide service page is appropriate here because no Northern-only calling schedule was located in the official facility source.

Northern Regional Jail Deposit Fee Table

Money-order deposit instructions in the research say to make the money order payable to GTL Financial Services, use the inmate's full name, double-check the inmate ID number, include the required deposit form, and mail it to GTL Financial Services, 10005 Technology Blvd West Suite 130, Dallas TX 75220. Do not mail cash, stamps, letters, photos, staples, paper clips, or other items with a money-order deposit.

Booking and Intake at Northern Regional Jail

A Hancock County arrest generally moves from the arresting agency to the regional jail intake process when the person is detained. Jail staff create an incarceration record, and WV Code §15A-3-16 requires jail facilities or units to keep a record of the date and time an inmate is incarcerated for per diem purposes. The specific Northern Regional public booking checklist was not located, so the page should not invent local property, screening, photo, or housing-unit rules.

After booking, the court path runs through magistrate or circuit records. For Hancock County charges after arrest, the Judiciary's Hancock County page at courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/hancock_county lists clerk and court contacts. The Circuit Clerk records page at hancockcountywv.org/circlerkrecs.html lists public criminal and civil record copy information.

Northern Regional Jail vs. WVDCR Prison Search

Hancock County users often need to separate jail custody from prison or supervision custody. The regional jail search is for current jail custody, including people held before trial or serving jail sentences. The WVDCR DOC Offender Search at apps.wv.gov/OIS/OffenderSearch/DOC/Offender/Search is for offenders under active supervision, in prison, or on parole status. Discharged offenders and people no longer in WVDCR custody or supervision may not appear there.

About Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility

WVDCR states that Northern Regional Jail opened in Marshall County in 1994. The facility serves Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, and Wetzel counties. The FY2025 annual report describes Northern Regional as housing male inmates from Level I to Level V and operating a special management or short-term segregation unit. Local program schedules, formal grievance details, medical request rules, and Northern-specific mail and visitation sheets were not located in the official public sources reviewed.

For victims and custody-status monitoring, WV VINELink at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/WV/ENGLISH is the documented notification channel. For local arrest reports or sheriff-generated records, the Hancock County Sheriff's Department remains the local office, but it should not be described as the jail operator.