This site is a private reference resource, not a Wayne County or West Virginia government office. It cannot confirm current custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visitation, or pull official booking, jail, sheriff, prosecutor, or court records. Use the official contacts below for those actions.
Where to Start for a Wayne County Record
Wayne County arrests and inmate records can involve more than one office because Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is operated by WVDCR, not by the Wayne County sheriff. Courthouse offices are listed as open Monday-Wednesday and Friday 8 A.M.-4 P.M. and Thursday 8 A.M.-6 P.M.; confirm hours before traveling.
Wayne County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff Eddie Bradshaw
P.O. Box 218
Wayne, WV 25570
Phone: 304-272-6378
Fax: 304-272-5200
Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
1 O'Hanlon Place
Barboursville, WV 25504
Main phone: (304) 733-6821
Visitation scheduling: (304) 733-6850
Wayne County Circuit Clerk
Regina Thompson
P.O. Box 38
Wayne, WV 25570
Criminal records phone: (304) 272-6359
General phone: (304) 272-6360
Fax: (304) 272-3496
Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney
Richard Thompson
P.O. Box 758 / 700 Hendricks St Room 206
Wayne, WV 25570
Phone: (304) 272-6395
Use the record type to choose the right path:
- For a person in regional jail custody after a Wayne County arrest, start with jail inmate records and the WVDCR jail search.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots and confirm display or copy rules with WVDCR.
- For formal charges, hearings, bond orders, or dispositions after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Wayne court clerks.
- For facility rules, non-contact visitation, phone, money, or mail details, use Western Regional Jail and Correctional Facility.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, parolee, or active WVDCR supervision case, use the statewide West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator instead of Wayne County or WVDCR jail pages.