The Western Regional Jail in Cabell County serves as a prison facility for the city of Barboursville and other smaller towns surrounding Cabell. As well as inmates awaiting transfer to other prisons, jails and State penitentiaries. Western Regional Jail is one of several medium prisons for the State of WV. In order to visit inmates at Western Regional Jail, you'll be traveling to Barboursville, WV, 25504-9503 in Cabell. The address of this facility is listed as 1 O Hanlan Pl. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.
Prisons in WV, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Western Regional Jail. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here:
jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here:
send postcards. Always talk with your inmate to learn the hours they are permitted to make phone calls or receive visitors. Facilities like Western Regional Jail have rules for sending mail and restrictions on the days and times allowed for visitation, Facilities in WV each have different rules that you'll be required to follow. So don't assume they are the same as each other.
Western Regional Jail is a Regional Facility facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Western Regional Jail will be treated. Prisons and jails today charge for everything. You can expect to pay for soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps, books and even paper are all provided for a fee that is often many times higher than the price paid in the free world. Setting up an economical phone service so you can communicate without long distance charges is the first step. Then you should ask your inmate what else they will need and how you can properly send it.
Western Regional Jail is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Western Regional Jail warden is Capt. Carl Aldridge. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Western Regional Jail by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Western Regional Jail. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.