Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Brooke County, West Virginia, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person held after an arrest in Brooke County is at the regional jail that serves Brooke County, and the state's inmate search covers every regional jail. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Brooke County public records, Brooke County arrest records, Brooke County warrants, Brooke County criminal records, Brooke County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Brooke County
West Virginia closed its county jails in favor of regional jails run by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, so a person held after an arrest in Brooke County is at the regional jail that serves Brooke County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
That search is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
Brooke County in the Regional Jail: The Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the regional jail held about 53 people from Brooke County, down from about 53 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Brooke County has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so about 25 of every 10,000 of them are in the regional jail on an average day.
Who Books People
The Brooke County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Follansbee, Wellsburg, Bethany, Beech Bottom and Windsor Heights make the arrests that end in a booking in Brooke County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Brooke County: the State Fire Marshal in Brooke County and the Department of Natural Resources in Brooke County (state agency); the Wellsburg State Police (state police).
The Weirton Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Brooke County, so its arrests are not broken out for Brooke County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Windsor Heights's 1,152 for 2025, the Brooke County Sheriff's Office's 146 for 2025 and Follansbee's 82 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Brooke County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,351 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the regional jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Brooke County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Brooke County serves the sentence in a facility of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Brooke County?
Through the state's inmate search at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx, which covers every regional jail.
How many people from Brooke County are in the regional jail?
About 53 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Brooke County go?
To a facility of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; its inmate locator is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
Is this the official Brooke County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.