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.
Mineral County, West Virginia, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person held after an arrest in Mineral County is at the regional jail that serves Mineral 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: Mineral County public records, Mineral County arrest records, Mineral County warrants, Mineral County criminal records, Mineral County court records, West Virginia arrest records and West Virginia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Mineral 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 Mineral County is at the regional jail that serves Mineral County, and the state's inmate search covers all of them.
That search is at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
Mineral County in the Regional Jail: The Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the regional jail held about 73 people from Mineral County, down from about 96 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Mineral County has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so about 27 of every 10,000 of them are in the regional jail on an average day.
Who Books People
The Mineral County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Keyser and Ridgeley make the arrests that end in a booking in Mineral County.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, two state agencies and one state police unit in Mineral County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Mineral County Sheriff's Office's 148 for 2025 and Keyser's 77 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Mineral County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 187 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 Mineral County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Mineral County?
Through the state's inmate search at dcr.wv.gov/offendersearch/Pages/default.aspx, which covers every regional jail; the page of the Mineral County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified is at mineralwv.gov/sheriff.
How many people from Mineral County are in the regional jail?
About 73 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Mineral 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 Mineral 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.