Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail Inmate Search

Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail Overview

Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Its name can mislead searchers because it includes "Ohio County" and "Jail," and because the building is the old county jail in downtown Wheeling. For current use, however, WVDCR describes the facility as a state correctional center. It is not the ordinary county booking jail for someone arrested yesterday by the Ohio County Sheriff's Office, Wheeling Police, or another local agency.

The official facility address is 1501 Eoff Street, Wheeling, WV 26003. WVDCR lists phone numbers of (304) 238-1007 and (304) 238-1008, with fax (304) 238-1009. The facility houses a state custody population tied to technical parole violations, minimum-security placement, work crews, approaching parole or discharge, and work release. That purpose makes its lookup path different from Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, which is the regional jail serving Ohio County local jail custody.

Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail Capacity and Population

The WVDCR FY2025 Annual Report lists Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail with a rated population of 66. The same research source describes the Wheeling facility as minimum-security housing levels 1-2, for male technical parole violators, offenders supervised outside on work crews, offenders within 24 months of parole or discharge, and an 8-bed work release unit. The Prison Policy Initiative correctional population locator lists a 2020 vintage figure of 66 for the Ohio County Correctional Complex.

Those numbers are facility figures, not a count of all people arrested in Ohio County. The county jail function shifted to the regional jail system when Northern Regional Jail opened. For that reason, a person may be arrested in Wheeling, appear first in the WV Regional Jail system, and later move to a WVDCR state placement. Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail should be understood as one state facility in that larger chain, not as the county's live booking roster.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail

Use the WVDCR DOC offender search for Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail because this is a state correctional-center page. The DOC search is separate from the WV Regional Jail offender search. WVDCR states that the DOC search is for people under active supervision, in prison, or on parole status with WVDCR. It does not show people who have discharged or moved out of WVDCR custody.

1. Open the WVDCR DOC offender search for prison, parole, or active-supervision custody.
2. Search by Offender ID number if available; the OID route requires at least four numeric characters.
3. If searching by name, enter both last name and first name, using at least three characters for each.
4. Complete reCAPTCHA, submit the search, and review whether the person is in active WVDCR custody or supervision.
5. Confirm whether the result is tied to Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail or another WVDCR facility before mailing, visiting, or depositing funds.

Do not use this state DOC search as the first step for a person arrested today or yesterday in Ohio County unless there is a known state-custody or parole-supervision issue. For a fresh local booking, begin with the WV Regional Jail offender search, the Daily Incarcerations page, or Northern Regional Jail at (304) 843-4067.

Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail Address and Contact

Contact the facility before visiting, mailing, sending funds, or relying on a vendor screen that lists a similar facility name. Because the Wheeling correctional center and Northern Regional Jail serve different custody roles, users should confirm the person's exact WVDCR placement before taking action.

Visiting Someone at Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail

No Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail specific visitation schedule was located on the official facility page in the research set. The available research identifies the facility, address, phone numbers, history, and custody role, but it does not provide a public table of visit days, visit hours, approval steps, parking rules, dress code, or minor-child rules. Call (304) 238-1007 before travel and ask whether the person is eligible for in-person visitation, video visitation, or another approved contact method.

Because this is a state correctional-center setting for parole violators, work crews, and minimum-security state custody, visitors should not assume county-jail visitation practices apply. State custody may require approval, scheduling, identity verification, and facility-specific screening. Attorney and legal visits should be arranged directly with the facility rather than treated as part of family visiting hours.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail

No facility-specific mail-format rule for Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail was located on the official facility page during research. Before mailing, confirm the person's exact WVDCR facility, name format, and offender identifier through the DOC search or facility phone. This is especially important here because the facility name resembles a county jail name, while the facility function is state correctional-center custody.

WVDCR's statewide services identify GettingOut for inmate calling and video visits. ConnectNetwork lists West Virginia DCR services that include AdvancePay Phone, Pin Debit, Trust Fund, and Community Corrections, and its WV DCR facility list includes the Ohio correctional address. Union Supply Direct was the West Virginia inmate package vendor located during research. Its FAQ says shipped packages generally deliver to the facility on the designated weekly commissary delivery day and may take up to 7 days from delivery for distribution. No official local fee table or commissary spending limit for Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail was located, so fees and availability should be confirmed in the vendor flow and with the facility.

Which Lookup Channel to Use Instead

Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail is the correct page when the question is about a state-custody placement in Wheeling, a parole violator, a WVDCR work-crew population, or a person under active WVDCR supervision. It is not the best starting point for every "Ohio County jail inmate" search. Current regional-jail detainees are searched through the WV Regional Jail offender search. New bookings and same-day intake questions can be checked through Daily Incarcerations, which includes Ohio County in the county dropdown and Northern Regional Jail in institution admissions.

Custody notification can be followed through West Virginia VINE. Local arresting-agency reports go through the agency that made or handled the arrest, such as Ohio County Sheriff's Office Records at (304) 234-3792 for sheriff records. Federal sentenced inmates are searched in the BOP Inmate Locator. Federal pretrial custody may involve the U.S. Marshals Service Northern District of West Virginia, which lists a Wheeling office phone of (304) 232-2980 but does not run a county-style public roster. Immigration custody uses ICE's Online Detainee Locator, not the regional jail or WVDCR DOC search.

Placement and Intake at Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail

Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail should be described as state correctional placement, not street-arrest booking. A person arrested in Ohio County normally begins with a local agency and, if held, with the regional jail system at Northern Regional Jail. If a case later results in state custody, parole supervision, or a technical parole violation, WVDCR systems become the better route. The DOC offender search is designed for active WVDCR supervision, prison custody, and parole status.

The facility's current use is tied to minimum-security state custody, technical parole violators, outside work crews, people approaching parole or discharge, and work release. That is different from the court-facing booking stage where someone is waiting on initial appearance, bond, or early charge review. If the issue is bond, a warrant, a criminal complaint, or a court date after arrest, use Ohio County Magistrate Court, the Circuit Clerk, or the relevant court-record system rather than assuming the correctional-center page will answer it.

About Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail

WVDCR states that the building at 1501 Eoff Street was built in 1974 and served as the Ohio County jail until 1994. It closed as the county jail when Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility opened in Moundsville. The former Division of Corrections began leasing the Wheeling building in 1998. That timeline explains why the facility name still sounds local while the current operation is part of the state corrections system.

This history is also the reason searchers should separate the Wheeling correctional center from the Ohio County arrest path. The courthouse and county offices are nearby in downtown Wheeling, and the old jail building sits close to other local government addresses. But new jail custody for Ohio County is usually associated with Northern Regional Jail in Marshall County, while the Wheeling correctional center houses the state parole-violator and work-crew population described in WVDCR sources.