Northern Regional Release Destinations
Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is Brooke County's main physical custody point, but it is located in neighboring Marshall County and operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Brooke County Sheriff does not run a separate county adult jail. Sheriff Richard Beatty's office may hold the arresting-agency file or manage a later home-confinement order, while WVDCR records the admission, custody movement, and exit from Northern Regional.
A detainee on the regional-jail side may leave on bond, after dismissal, after time served, through probation or home confinement, or under another court order. The person may also transfer to a regional jail, the state correctional side, a federal authority, or ICE. A sentenced offender on the correctional side may leave secure custody on parole, at minimum discharge, through mandatory supervision, or by transfer. These are not interchangeable outcomes. The most useful WVDCR record gives the actual release date and time, method of discharge, releasing institution, release destination, and any transfer destination.
| Recorded movement | What it means |
|---|---|
| Community destination | The named WVDCR custody placement ended and the destination supports a community release. |
| Home confinement | Secure jail custody ended, but a court order and electronic monitoring still apply. |
| Parole or mandatory supervision | Secure state custody ended while state supervision may continue. |
| Transfer destination | The person left one side or facility but remained in another authority's custody. |
| Final discharge | The relevant sentence or supervision endpoint was reached as the record defines it. |
A blank current search does not supply any of those labels. It shows only that no matching current entry appeared under the spelling and identifiers used. The Brooke County released-inmate search connects the court, VINE, supervision, and federal paths when the destination is uncertain.
Confirm Northern Regional Jail Releases
The jail-side path applies to a person held on a Brooke arrest, pretrial case, or shorter local sentence. Start from WVDCR's official Offender Search landing page and choose the jail search, not the prison search. The current roster is an active-custody tool. A match supports listed custody at the time checked. No match does not prove release because spelling, data lag, an internal movement, or another custodian may explain the result.
- Search the regional-jail channel with the complete name and any available offender identifier. Record the exact facility and status displayed.
- Use the free Magistrate Record Search for the Brooke case number, bond status, disposition, sentence, or an Order - Jail Release entry.
- Review an existing VINELink registration for a custody-change event. Match the person and agency before relying on the notice.
- Call Northern Regional at 304-843-4067 and ask whether the event was release or transfer. Request the actual time, method, and destination when disclosure is available.
- If the online and telephone checks do not settle the event, send WVDCR a focused written request for the public movement fields.
The court record and the jail record answer different questions. A bond-posted entry or release order shows legal authority. It does not establish when processing ended, and another hold can still affect departure. The WVDCR actual-release field answers when that custody ended. Its destination tells whether the person returned to the community, entered a controlled placement, or moved to another facility.
Note: A later “Bond Released” docket entry may concern the surety and should not be treated as another physical jail release.
Confirm Northern Regional Prison Releases
The correctional-side path applies to a sentenced West Virginia offender. From the same WVDCR landing page, choose the prison search and use the offender ID when known. The research environment could not test a live released result, so no exact online status phrase, persistence period, or displayed release field should be promised. Copy the wording shown by the official system. A future date is not an actual release, and a missing result is not a discharge finding.
State sentence records contain several dates that must remain separate. Parole eligibility is when the Board may consider parole. A projected minimum discharge date is a calculated expectation that can change. Full-term expiration, mandatory release, parole grant, actual release, and parole discharge are different milestones. A person can leave secure custody on parole or mandatory supervision while state control continues. The Brooke County release date lookup explains those sentence-computation labels in more depth.
Confirm the completed event through DCR's custody and movement record. Ask for the actual release date and time, method of discharge, institution, and destination. If the record states transfer, follow the receiving facility. If it states parole, keep secure-custody release separate from the later end of parole. This prison-side sequence should never be replaced with the regional-jail roster or a Brooke court bond entry.
Northern Regional Release Contact
Direct facility contact is appropriate when a search result is unclear, a pickup depends on verified processing, or a movement may have occurred between the jail and correctional sides. No public records hours or release hours were verified. Call before traveling and ask which office holds the needed record.
West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation
112 Northern Regional Correction Drive
Moundsville, WV 26041
Phone: 304-843-4067
Fax: 304-843-4089
Public release hours: Not verified
The facility is the first contact for a current movement question, but WVDCR's central custodian is the better route for a durable public record. Brooke court clerks hold release orders, bonds, judgments, and sentencing documents. The sheriff holds its own arrest or incident material and local home-confinement records. Sending one broad request to the wrong office can leave the custody question unanswered.
Request Northern Regional Release Records
West Virginia FOIA requires a reasonably specific request. For the physical exit from Northern Regional, write to the WVDCR Commissioner or custodian at the central office. No current official DCR-specific request email or form was verified, so one should not be invented. Identify the person, offender ID or birth date, Brooke case, and a narrow date range. State whether the question concerns the jail side, correctional side, or an uncertain transition between them.
Commissioner
1409 Greenbrier Street
Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: 304-558-2036
Ask for commitment date and time, actual release date and time, releasing institution, method of discharge, release destination, and transfer destination after the fact. A state-sentence request may also seek parole eligibility, projected minimum discharge, full-term expiration, mandatory release, good-time totals, and the latest time sheet. Those extra fields explain the timeline but must not replace the actual-release field.
Request searchable electronic copies if they already exist, and ask for an itemized estimate before costs are incurred. West Virginia FOIA permits actual reproduction costs. No current WVDCR facility-specific fee schedule was verified. The statutory response may produce records, arrange inspection, or give a written denial; it does not guarantee that full production will be complete within the response window.
Note: If part of a record is withheld, ask for all segregable public fields and a written citation to each exemption used.
Northern Regional Release History
Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility opened in 1994. Its history explains the Brooke County search problem. The building sits in Marshall County, serves a six-county region, and combines regional-jail and state-correctional functions. When the regional system opened, Brooke did not gain a sheriff-run county roster. Brooke courts and law enforcement explain the local case, while WVDCR documents custody and movement.
The six counties are Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, and Wetzel. The two custody functions are the regional-jail side and the state correctional side. Those sourced facts do not establish population, release volume, or capacity, so no such figures are added.
The official WVDCR facility profile shows the institution, service area, and contact details.
The captured official page supports the mixed-facility identity and regional service area. It also reinforces why a Brooke release search must begin with WVDCR rather than a county jail page.
Plan for Northern Regional Release
No authoritative source established a public release door, routine release time, weekend or holiday procedure, family waiting area, property-pickup schedule, or dedicated bus stop at Northern Regional. Do not plan a trip around an online forecast or a court event alone. Call 304-843-4067 before leaving and ask staff to confirm what can be disclosed about timing and pickup location.
A general DCR transportation policy may offer options for some state inmates who cannot arrange transportation. Research did not establish that service as a promise for each Brooke regional-jail detainee. Likewise, a Moundsville public-transit page did not verify a dedicated jail stop. Keep the plan conditional until the facility gives current instructions for the person's custody side and release event.
If a Brooke court orders home confinement, describe the movement as release from secure jail to court-ordered electronic monitoring. If federal or immigration authorities take custody, describe it as a transfer from WVDCR. If a sentenced offender leaves on parole, distinguish secure-custody release from continued supervision. These precise labels prevent a facility exit from being mistaken for the end of every legal restraint.
Note: Verify current staff instructions directly because facility access, release processing, and transportation details can change without a public schedule.