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Kanawha County Jail, WV

Updated on: February 10, 2024
Kanawha County Jail

Kanawha County Jail - General Information

Facility Name: Kanawha County Jail
Facility Type: County Jail
Address: 409 Virginia St E, Room 280Charles Town, WV 25301
Phone: (304)357-0200
City: Charles Town
State: West Virginia
County: Kanawha County
Official Website: http://www.kanawhasheriff.us

Kanawha County Sheriffs Office - Chelyan Detachment

Address: 200 Upper Kanawha Valley Way, Cabin Creek, West Virginia, 25035
Phone: 304-595-6470

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Kanawha County Jail is in , West Virginia. Kanawha County Jail started holding their employee orientation and training classes. It was not until a few months later that inmates started arriving.

Kanawha County Jail entire goal is to keep a humane, secure, and safe place for inmates and their staff members.

The facility can hold up to inmates. There is an administrative office as well.

Kanawha County Jail is County Jail.

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Kanawha County Jail has their inmate roster public. You can find their inmate roster on the official Kanawha County Sheriff’s website. You can search the inmate roster by the inmates name, the charge they are being charged with (or already charged with), or by the how many numbers of days they’ve been in the Kanawha County Jail.

In the Kanawha County Jail, you can find their name, mugshot, the charge they are in on, date of birth, and other personal identifying information. From here, you can schedule visitation too.

Sending a Mail/Care Package

Inmates can receive mail. All mail is scanned into the Smart Communications system and then available to the inmates.

To send mail, you will need to use the following address:

Kanawha County Jail
INMATE NAME, ID NUMBER
409 Virginia St E, Room 280Charles Town, WV 25301

The inmates then will be able to check their mail at the inmate kiosks. This is to keep both staff and inmates safe from things that people try and sneak into letters, postcards, and other postal mail.

However, inmates can still choose to send letters through the snail mail, but many inmates prefer to use the Smart Communications system to send an email because it is faster.

Both inmates and their family and friends must pay $0.50 per message. It also costs $1 for inmate’s family and friends to send a photograph. Inmates are not permitted to print out photographs.

Sending Money

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You can send money to inmates in Kanawha County Jail a few different ways.

Phone

You can contact Keefe Commissary at this phone number 866-345-1884. You can also add money by contacting Correct Solutions at the phone number 877-618-3516.

In-Person

If you are close to the jail, you can come in to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Lobby from 7am to 11pm minus holidays.

Online

The last way you can send money is by going online and setting up an account with Access Corrections. There is a fee involved with this service.

Visitation

Jail clerks are no longer in charge of setting up visitation appointments. In order to visit, you must have a government ID. There are only four people allowed to visit at one time.

Depending on what pod the inmate is being held in, visitation can be between . Each housing pod has two designated visitation times.

All visitors in Kanawha County Jail need to be registered, even children. You must call and schedule an appointment with 24 hours of the visit. You can also schedule visitation times online too.

Video visitation is available too. Video visitation is through Smart Communications.

How Often Can I Visit?

You are only permitted one visit a week. Visitation days in Kanawha County Jail are typically .

Visiting Hours

Monday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Tuesday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Wednesday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Thursday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Friday 7:30 AM to 9:00 PM
Saturday 7:30 Am to 2:30 PM
Sunday 7:30 Am to 2:30 PM
Holiday

The visiting starts in first in, first out type of fashion. No new visitors will be allowed in 45 minutes before the end of the visit day. 45 minutes before the end of the visit day officers start escorting those who were first in out of the visitor room.

Kanawha County Prison Statistics

Kanawha County Jail Admissions
Total Jail Admissions 5,445
Total Jail Population 387
Female Jail Population 51
Male Jail Population 335
Kanawha County Jail Admissions By Race
Asian Jail Population -
Black Jail Population 89
Latino Jail Population 11
Native Jail Population 2
White Jail Population 285
Kanawha County Pretrial Jail Population
Pretrial Jail Population 253
Female Pretrial Jail Population 21
Male Pretrial Jail Population 211
Kanawha County Jail Held Inmates
Jail Population Held for State Prison 67
Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Prison 3
Jail Population Held for State Jail 10
Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Jail 3
Jail Population Held for Federal Agencies 77
Jail Population Held for ICE 6

Kanawha County, West Virginia Warrants, Arrests

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