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Western Regional Jail
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Western Regional Jail is a county jail located in Cabell County, West Virginia. Rated capacity: 400. Reported population: 630. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
400
Current population
630
Occupancy
158%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 7 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
mixed
Opened
—
Region
West Virginia
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 22/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Severely overcrowded at 158% of capacity
This facility scores 22. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 20 points above national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Noble County JailCaldwellCounty jail542% occupancy
- Stark County JailToulonCounty jail3446% occupancy
- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
66%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Western Regional Jail. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/western-regional-jail
"Western Regional Jail." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/western-regional-jail.
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