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West Virginia Inmate Search

Updated on: January 20, 2024

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Total Corrections Population (2019, except a is 2013 and b is 2020))
Total incarcerated	10,827
Prison population	6,800
Jail population	4,027^a
Prison incarceration rate (per 100,000)	381
Jail incarceration rate (per 100,000)	270^a
Probation population	6,454
Parole population	4,718
Life sentences	604
(% of prison population)	(8.9)^b
Life without parole	290
(% of prison population)	(4.3)^b
Juvenile life without parole	0^b
Imprisonment by Gender (2019)
Men in prison	5,979
Women in prison	821
Imprisonment by Race/Ethnicity (2019)
White imprisonment rate (per 100,000)	348
Black imprisonment rate (per 100,000)	1337
Hispanic imprisonment rate (per 100,000)	155
Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Imprisonment (2019)
Black : white ratio	3.8
Hispanic : white ratio	0.4
Juveniles in Custody (2015)
Total juveniles in custody	474
Committed	351
Detained	120
White custody rate (per 100,000)	243
Black custody rate (per 100,000)	764
Latino custody rate (per 100,000)	76
Felony Disenfranchisement (2020)
Disenfranchised population	17,274
(% Disenfranchised)	(1.20)
Disenfranchised African Americans	1,912
(% Disenfranchised)	(3.73)
Corrections Expenditures (2019)
Corrections expenditures (in millions)	166