Tygart Valley Regional Mugshots, Bookings and Jail Records
For current Tygart Valley Regional Jail booking information, start with the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation offender-search system. The state search is the most useful first stop for checking whether someone is currently listed in a regional jail and for opening the record details made available by the state.
Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is at 400 Abbey Road, Belington, WV 26250. The facility serves Barbour, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker and Upshur counties, so a person arrested in one of those counties may appear in the statewide regional-jail system rather than on a separate county jail roster.
Start with the official jail search
Use the WV DCR offender-search page for the current jail lookup and daily incarceration tools. Search results can change as people are booked, released, transferred or moved into another part of the correctional system.
Official state systems may use separate routes for daily incarcerations, jail offenders and prison offenders. If the first search does not locate the person, check whether the custody type has changed.
How to Search Today’s Tygart Valley Bookings
The state offender-search hub links to both Daily Incarcerations and Offender Search (Jails). Daily incarceration information is useful when the arrest or admission happened recently, while the jail search is the better starting point when you already know the person’s name.
Where to Find Tygart Valley Mugshots or Booking Photos
The official WV DCR search should be your first route for an individual jail record. Open the person’s detail page and use only the information the state currently makes available there. Do not assume that a booking photograph will be displayed for every inmate or every admission.
If a photo appears
Match it with the accompanying name and record details. A photograph by itself is not a reliable identity check, especially when people have similar names.
If no photo appears
Use the booking and court identifiers that are available. A missing public mugshot does not mean that no arrest or custody record exists.
What a Booking Search Can — and Cannot — Tell You
Use it to determine whether the state currently lists a person in a regional jail and to review the record details provided by WV DCR.
Use it for recent admission activity. Treat it as a time-specific admissions view rather than permanent proof of current custody.
Use the West Virginia Judiciary system to examine the criminal case, filing information, charges, docket activity and available disposition information.
Call the jail when you need a current operational detail that is not clear online, especially visitation or holiday scheduling information.
Identity checks before using a record
- Compare the complete name rather than matching on surname alone.
- Use birth date or other state-provided identifiers when available.
- Confirm the listed institution before assuming the person is at Tygart Valley.
- Check the case county because the facility serves seven different counties.
- Use the court case for the legal outcome rather than relying only on booking charges.
Check the Court Case After Finding a Booking
West Virginia provides statewide online access routes for both magistrate and circuit court records. The Magistrate Record Search can be searched by first or last name or case number, but online results are not a substitute for the clerk’s official court file.
If you locate a matching case, compare the case location, filing information and available identifiers with the jail record. For copies of magistrate-court documents, the Judiciary directs users to contact the magistrate court clerk in the county where the case was filed.
Tygart Valley Regional Jail Visitation
The facility publishes a non-contact visitation process. Visits must be arranged in advance through the inmate’s request rather than treated as walk-in visits.
| Day | Published visitation hours |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| Saturday | 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
| Sunday | 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
The facility says the inmate submits the scheduled-visitation request between 8:00 a.m. Monday and noon Thursday during the week before the requested visit. Published rules limit a standard visit to 30 minutes and generally allow either one adult with two minor children or two adults.
The current facility page states that each inmate is allotted one visit per month, subject to classification or security restrictions. Rules for minors include additional requirements, so review the official visitation rules before traveling.
Deposits, Phone Calls and Video Visits
Inmate trust account
WV DCR lists ConnectNetwork as its online route for deposits to inmate trust accounts. The state also lists an automated deposit number: 888-988-4768.
Calling
WV DCR identifies GettingOut as its contracted platform for offender calling services. Use the state offender-calling page before paying through a third-party site.
Video visits
The same WV DCR communications page directs friends and family to GettingOut for video visits. Availability and scheduling may depend on the inmate and facility rules.
Get Custody-Status Notifications Through VINE
West Virginia DCR participates in Victim Information and Notification Everyday, commonly called VINE. The state says users can obtain custody-status information and register for automated notification when an offender’s status changes.
The published statewide VINE number is 1-866-WV4-VINE. Online registration is also available through VINELink.
Do not rely on a saved screenshot or an old booking page for safety-sensitive custody decisions. Use the current state record and notification tools.
Tygart Valley Regional Jail Contact and Location
Facility contact
Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
400 Abbey Road
Belington, WV 26250
Telephone: (304) 637-0382
Fax: (304) 637-0289
Counties served
Barbour, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker and Upshur.
Because this is a regional facility, the arresting county and the jail location may be different. Use the court’s county when you need the criminal case file.
If You Cannot Find the Person
Check Daily Incarcerations and try again later. Intake and public-system updates may not appear at exactly the same moment.
The person may have been released, transferred or moved to another correctional status. Check the prison search where appropriate and review the court case.
Do not choose the closest-looking result. Use birth date or other identifiers made available by the official system.
Search the West Virginia Judiciary record system or contact the clerk in the county where the case was filed.