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Potomac Highlands Jail Overview

Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Bureau of Prisons and Jails. It is in Augusta, Hampshire County, and serves Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton counties. For Mineral County, that means jail housing, non-contact visitation, and most immediate custody questions route to this WVDCR facility rather than to the Mineral County Sheriff's Department office in Keyser.

WVDCR's FY2025 report describes the facility population as pretrial felony and misdemeanor detainees plus sentenced felony and misdemeanor offenders from the five-county service area. The 2024 PREA audit describes minimum-to-maximum classification levels, male and female housing, and all-cell housing rather than open-bay dormitory units. The same audit also records segregation-cell capacity, so housing status can vary by classification, discipline, medical, safety, and operational needs.

Potomac Highlands Jail Capacity

Official sources give several facility-wide measures for Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility. WVDCR FY2025 lists a rated population of 312 and an FY2025 average daily count of 240. The 2024 PREA audit gives designed capacity of 312, a current population of 194 at the audit snapshot, and an average daily population of 221 for the prior 12 months. The PREA audit also states that the facility had not been over capacity during that prior 12-month period.

These are Potomac Highlands regional figures, not Mineral County-only counts. The facility serves five counties, so a person searching Mineral County inmate population data should not read the 312 capacity or the 240 FY2025 average daily count as a Mineral County jail bed count. The research did not locate an official Mineral County-only average daily population, average length of stay, or booking total.

Look Up Potomac Highlands Inmates

Current regional-jail custody is searched through the WV Regional Jail Offender Search. The form requires at least the first three letters of a last name, allows an optional first name, and uses reCAPTCHA before submission. For same-day jail activity, the WV Daily Incarcerations page can also be checked by county or institution. WVDCR warns that roster information changes quickly and may not show the true current location, release date, status, or complete offender information.

1. Open the WV Regional Jail Offender Search for a person believed to be in jail custody at Potomac Highlands.
2. Enter at least three letters of the last name, add the first name if known, complete reCAPTCHA, and submit the search.
3. Check the facility or institution shown in the result before assuming the person is housed at Potomac Highlands.
4. If the jail search does not resolve the question, call Potomac Highlands at (304) 496-1275 because online jail data can lag.
5. Use the WVDCR prison search for a sentenced prison or parole case, not the regional-jail roster.

The access channels split by custody type. Mineral County arrest reports or incident reports may be held by the sheriff or another arresting agency. Jail housing and immediate status route to Potomac Highlands. Sentenced prison custody routes to WVDCR prison search. Federal post-sentence custody uses the BOP inmate locator, while immigration custody uses the ICE detainee locator. West Virginia VINE is also available through VINELink for custody status and notification needs.

Potomac Highlands Address and Contact

The facility's public contact block is the best starting point for custody confirmation, visitation questions, and visitor planning. The Mineral County Sheriff's Department remains the local law-enforcement contact for sheriff records and some arrest-report questions, but the actual jail bed for Mineral County detainees is normally at Potomac Highlands. Call before traveling from Keyser, Fort Ashby, Ridgeley, Piedmont, or another Mineral County community, especially if accessible parking, visitor entry details, or mobility assistance is needed.

Potomac Highlands Visitation

Potomac Highlands publishes non-contact visitation rules through WVDCR. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday visits must be scheduled one day in advance by calling (304) 496-7057 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Visits are first-call, first-served and cannot be scheduled at the window. Visitors should arrive at least 15 minutes early to sign in. Late arrival means the visit is shortened to the remaining assigned time.

Each offender is allowed one visit per month under the posted rules. A visiting group may include two adults or one adult and two children. All visitors register when they enter and must show valid photo ID, such as a valid driver's license, DMV-issued photo ID card, or passport. Visitors under 18 need a birth certificate and a parent or legal guardian, unless an authorized adult visitor has a signed and notarized juvenile visitation authorization. Facility notaries cannot notarize that form. Dress must be appropriate, and the shift supervisor decides whether clothing meets the rule.

Potomac Highlands Mail and Money

The official Potomac Highlands facility page did not publish a facility-specific mail format, commissary fee schedule, kiosk instruction, money-order rule, phone-call price, or video-visit price. The research found a ConnectNetwork West Virginia DCR listing that includes services such as AdvancePay Phone, Pin Debit, Trust Fund, Community Corrections, Video Visitation, Visitation Scheduling, Messaging, Photo and Video Attachments, and Debit Link, with Potomac Highlands listed among facilities. Because that vendor listing is not the facility page and fees can vary by account type, the page should not promise a fee or payment method without confirmation.

Potomac Highlands Booking and Intake

A Mineral County arrest may start with the sheriff, Keyser Police, West Virginia State Police, or another agency. If detention is ordered or bond is not posted, the person may be transported to Potomac Highlands for WVDCR jail intake. Intake records identity information, connects the person to the Offender Information System, and begins the jail classification process. The research did not locate an official Potomac Highlands statement on exactly how long booking takes or exactly when a new booking appears online.

The PREA audit confirms minimum-to-maximum classification, male and female housing, and cell-based housing. Classification is the jail process that assigns custody level, housing, and supervision needs. WVDCR FY2025 categories include DOC, federal pretrial, pretrial misdemeanor, convicted misdemeanor, pretrial felony, and convicted felony statuses. Those categories matter because a person can move from arrest-related jail custody to sentenced DOC custody, and the correct lookup tool can change with that status.

About Potomac Highlands Regional Jail

Potomac Highlands is part of the WVDCR regional jail system and serves a rural, five-county area near the Virginia and Maryland borders. The WVDCR resource guide for the facility lists reentry and support resources such as WV 211, Help4WV, Alcoholics Anonymous, Medicaid, Narcotics Anonymous, domestic-violence and veterans-crisis resources, WorkForce WV, housing and employment supports, and behavioral-health referrals. The research also notes Potomac Highlands Guild's Keyser Clinic as a regional behavioral-health contact.

WVDCR FY2025 named Corporal Edward Roby from Potomac Highlands as agency Employee of the Year and cited his Transportation Department work and suboxone-administration supervision. The same annual report gives FY2025 admissions and releases for the facility, while the PREA audit supplies capacity, classification, housing, and population details. No official consent decree, DOJ investigation, or recent Potomac Highlands-specific death or litigation item was located in the research sources used for this build.