Central Regional Jail Release Paths
Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, often shortened to CRJCF, is the adult detention facility that serves Nicholas County. The official WVDCR facility page places it in Sutton, within Braxton County. Nicholas law enforcement and courts create the arrest and case trail in Summersville, but WVDCR operates the jail and records admission, movement, transfer, and release. That split determines where a request belongs.
A person can leave CRJCF in several ways. Bond, recognizance, dismissal, a probationary sentence, time served, or completion may lead to the community. A prison commitment moves the person elsewhere within WVDCR. A warrant or detainer may send the person to another county or federal agency. Parole can start a supervised community period, although a regional-jail parole grant has extra processing before physical exit. Each route closes or changes the CRJCF stay, but only some are releases into the community.
| CRJCF event | What follows | Best confirming record |
|---|---|---|
| Bond, dismissal, or time served | Community release unless another hold exists | WVDCR release event plus Nicholas court order |
| Prison transfer | Custody continues at a WVDCR institution | Prison offender search and transfer entry |
| Parole processing | WVDCR intake, then supervised release | Board outcome, WVDCR status, and actual release event |
| Other-agency hold | Custody continues with the receiving authority | Release disposition and receiving-custodian record |
Confirm a Central Regional Jail Release
The WVDCR regional-jail search is a current-custody locator. It can show that a matching person is at CRJCF, but the public warning says data can change fast and may not show the true location, release date, or status. Absence is therefore a prompt for another check, not an answer. The full Nicholas County released-inmate search explains the same multi-source method across local, state, and federal custody.
Use exact identifiers and keep the event types separate:
- Search the RJA system by the exact name and compare the facility and identifying details.
- Check West Virginia VINE for the same person and note the reporting agency, status, and event time.
- Review the Nicholas magistrate or circuit docket for the bond, dismissal, sentencing, probation, or commitment order.
- Ask CRJCF or WVDCR for the existing admission, release, or transfer entry when documentary proof is needed.
- If a prison transfer is possible, use the separate WVDCR prison search. For a federal or ICE handoff, use that receiving agency's locator.
A person who drops from the CRJCF search may still be confined elsewhere. Confirm the destination or release disposition before describing the event as freedom.
Central Regional Jail Release Records
CRJCF and WVDCR are the right custodians for the facility's admission, movement, release, and transfer data. A narrow request should identify the person by full name, birth date, OID or booking number if known, approximate admission or release date, and Nicholas case number. Ask for existing fields or documents, not a new explanation or date calculation. Useful fields include admission number, admission time, release date and time, authority, disposition, destination, transfer agency, maintained bond information, and the related booking photograph.
Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility1255 Dyer Hill Road
Sutton, WV 26601
Phone: 304-765-7904
Fax: 304-765-3341
Published hours were not verified for each records function. Call before visiting. WVDCR headquarters is at 1409 Greenbrier Street, Charleston, WV 25311, and its main number is 304-558-2036. Under WVDCR policy, eligible paper copies cost fifteen cents per page plus estimated postage. Confirm the amount and available delivery format before placing an order.
West Virginia FOIA requires the custodian to act as soon as practicable and within five days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. The response may produce records, arrange inspection, or give a written denial with reasons. It is not a promise that a large production will finish in five days. Exempt material can be withheld, while reasonably segregable public parts should still be considered. A precise request is faster to identify and less likely to draw unrelated protected information.
Central Regional Jail Release Fields
The public current-custody screen can expose less than WVDCR's internal record. When exact proof is needed, ask for the fields tied to the identified CRJCF custody episode. Use a narrow date range and provide the Nicholas County case number when known. That helps separate people with similar names and avoids asking the custodian to create a new narrative.
| Requested field | What it can establish |
|---|---|
| OID or booking number | Connects the request to the correct person and admission. |
| Admission date and time | Marks the start of the CRJCF custody episode. |
| Release or transfer date and time | Records when WVDCR ended or moved that facility stay. |
| Release authority | Identifies the order or legal basis relied upon by the facility. |
| Disposition or destination | Distinguishes community release from continued custody elsewhere. |
| Receiving agency or facility | Points to the next custodian when a transfer occurred. |
Bond information, a property acknowledgment, transportation notation, fingerprints, or a booking photograph may also be maintained, but public access can vary. Ask for the front-view booking photograph separately if it is needed. WVDCR policy describes one OID across prior adult incarcerations and a legal or booking file that can include the holding document and applicable time sheets. That supports a focused request without guaranteeing disclosure of every component.
Web visibility is not a retention rule. No official source promises that a person released from CRJCF will remain visible for a fixed number of hours or days. If WVDCR reports that a requested record no longer exists, ask which retention-schedule line governed that specific record.
Central Regional Jail Custody Scope
CRJCF is a regional jail and correctional facility operated by WVDCR's Bureau of Prisons and Jails. An official PREA audit describes adult men and women, both pretrial and sentenced, and county, state, and federal inmates. Those groups can have different exit paths even while housed in the same complex.
A pretrial Nicholas detainee may leave after a magistrate or circuit order. A sentenced person may finish a regional-jail term, receive probation, or move into the state prison system. A federal prisoner may remain under federal authority after the local booking ends. The facility name alone does not identify the controlling case, and a transfer from the jail side to the correctional system is not a community release.
- Release
- The end of a specific custody episode, either to the community or another stated disposition.
- Transfer
- A move between custodians or facilities while confinement continues.
- Detainer
- A request or notice from another authority that can affect where a person goes next.
- Time served
- A court finding that credited confinement satisfies the custodial part of a sentence.
Why Nicholas Releases Start Elsewhere
CRJCF's geography is the key local fact. The facility is outside Nicholas County, yet it expressly serves Nicholas along with Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Roane, and Webster Counties. It opened in 1993 as West Virginia's prototype podular regional jail. That regional model explains why an official Nicholas Sheriff page does not carry the controlling adult jail release roster.
The Nicholas Sheriff may hold an arrest report, transport record, or other material created by deputies. The Nicholas courts hold the legal case. CRJCF and WVDCR hold the custody event. A person following only the county trail can miss the release time, while a person following only the jail search can miss the order that authorized it. Joining both locations is essential.
Nicholas Release Orders and Alerts
Nicholas County forms the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. The magistrate record search can supply charge, disposition, and document-list data, though it does not show document images and the filing clerk must validate results. Circuit matters use WVPASS and the circuit clerk. A filed bond or sentencing order establishes authority; it may not capture the time CRJCF completed physical processing.
West Virginia VINE covers all regional jails and state correctional facilities. Search the exact person, confirm CRJCF as the reporting source, and read the event timestamp. An alert is time-sensitive and can lag during transfer. A formal records request remains the stronger path for a dated release or transfer document.
Note: Record the source and event name beside every date so a court filing, VINE alert, and physical release are not confused.
Central Regional Jail Transfer Checks
A CRJCF release transaction can hand custody to another authority. When the disposition shows a WVDCR prison commitment, switch from the regional-jail search to the WVDCR prison offender search. A state-prison result may display location, active supervision, or projected and discharge-related dates. The transfer is continued state custody, even though the regional-jail stay ended.
Federal and immigration channels are relevant only when the person's case or hold supports them. The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal custody and can show a release date or “RELEASED” status for a former federal prisoner. A BOP result does not establish that all federal supervision ended, and “not in BOP custody” does not prove community release from CRJCF. Pair it with the federal court record and the WVDCR disposition.
For an actual immigration handoff, the ICE Online Detainee Locator is the proper receiving-agency check. ICE search coverage and identifiers differ from WVDCR. A jail release to ICE is an interagency transfer, not release into the community. No source in the Nicholas County research establishes a routine local ICE practice, so this channel should be used only when a detainer or transfer appears in the individual record.
The same rule applies to another county's warrant. Ask CRJCF for the receiving-custodian category, then confirm through that authority. Do not seek a private destination address. The record needs to show whether custody continued and which office became responsible.