Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility

About the Facility

The Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is located off the Coalton/Norton exit of Route 33, seven miles west of Elkins. The facility formally opened in June of 2005 and currently houses the majority of the State's female inmates awaiting transfer to prison.

Superintendent

Bryan Lanham

Counties Served

Barbour, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker and Upshur.

Resources

• Resource Guide
  

​​Non-Contact Visitation (Visitation Rules ​& Regulations​​​)

• ​All visits will be scheduled via inmate filling out (TVRJ Form 5-0029 “Request for Scheduled Visitation”) to the Visitation OA between 8am Monday and noon Thursday of the week prior they wish to have the visit. 
  
• Each visit is limited to one (1) adult and two (2) minor children or two (2) adults.​
• Each inmate not withstanding any classification or security restrictions, will be allotted one (1) visit per month. 
• Visits are one half hour (30) minutes in length, non-contact, and mu​st be scheduled in advance of the visitation day. Any visits exceeding this time frame must have prior approval [twenty-four (24) hours prior] from the Superintendent or Chief Correctional Officer. ​​
• ​Please contact the facility for scheduling visits and hours of visitations during holidays as these days may have changes.