Jefferson County West Virginia Inmate Jail Records

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NameAddressCityStateZip CodePhone Number
(979)Jefferson County Inmate & Jail Records Offices
Jefferson County Magistrate Court110 North George StreetCharles TownWV25414
Jefferson County Inmate & Jail Records Offices
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office102 Industrial BoulevardKearneysvilleWV25430304-728-3205
Jefferson County Sheriffs Office116 East Washington StreetCharles TownWV25414304-728-3205
Jefferson County Inmate & Jail Records Databases
Jefferson County Inmate Search & Jail Roster Lookup
Statistics
Jail Population Held for State Prison17
Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Prison
Jail Population Held for State Jail83
Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Jail5
Jail Population Held for Federal Agencies6
Jail Population Held for ICE
Pretrial Jail Population62
Female Pretrial Jail Population14
Male Pretrial Jail Population74
Total Jail Admissions1,762
Total Jail Population122
Female Jail Population20
Male Jail Population86
Asian Jail Population
Black Jail Population19
Latino Jail Population2
Native Jail Population
White Jail Population85

Jail Records – The Truth Is Known, But What’s Not

In the past, it was usually very difficult to get information on jail records in Jefferson County. This is because there are no public jail records directories of this nature in Jefferson County, nor is there a Freedom of Information Act that allows access to such information. The main reason for this is because the vast majority of jail inmates in the county and around the state of West Virginia are not convicted criminals. Rather, they are people who were arrested, but found to be guilty of a crime they did not commit. These are the individuals that have their jail records filed away in different courts throughout the state, and the state of West Virginia does not maintain a national database to allow you to search for information on them.

If you need to find out the personal information on an individual in jail, one of your options is to request it from the jail records themselves. However, this can be very time consuming. In many cases, the jail records department will not have information that you’re requesting. And in some instances, the records that they do have are likely to be highly inaccurate. So what’s left?

One option is to use what’s known as an online criminal background check database. You can perform a wide range of criminal searches right from your computer at home. There are hundreds of millions of records on file that are considered public record, but the problem is that the U.S. government does not keep track of the information that is available to the general public on the internet. In other words, if you wanted to do a background search on someone today, you would have to spend hours trying to find the information you want. With that said, it is a good idea to try and get some information on anyone who has a criminal history.

You can start by going to the website of your local courthouse. All county courthouses maintain a public database of all criminal and jail records. This information comes from the court houses own records, and is updated on a regular basis. However, this information will not be very current, and is not a complete or up to date database. If you want current jail records, you’ll probably need to pay a fee to one of the many online criminal background check websites.

While the above method works great for some people, it does have a few drawbacks. First, if the person you want to look up has lived in more than one county or state, you may not be able to find the information you are after. Also, if the person has lived overseas, it can be difficult to find their records. Jail records are not normally viewable outside of the United States.

To get access to the criminal history of a person, you can try using one of the online databases that offer access to jail records. These databases are extremely popular, and can often provide you with all the information you’ll need in less than a minute. These databases are extremely reliable, because they purchase all the jail records they can find, and are always updating their database. So, if you want to find out the truth about someone, this is definitely the way to go. No matter what your reason, knowing the truth is a good thing. Jail records are public information, and you should make use of them.