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Potomac Highlands Jail Overview

Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Bureau of Prisons and Jails. It is the primary detention facility serving Hampshire County, but it also serves Grant, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton counties. That regional role explains why a person arrested in Hampshire County may be listed in a statewide WVDCR jail system rather than a Hampshire County Sheriff's Office roster.

The facility holds pretrial felony and misdemeanor defendants as well as sentenced felony and misdemeanor inmates. WVDCR and the PREA audit identify male and female custody, classification levels from minimum to maximum, and an all-cell housing layout with no open-bay dormitories. The official facility page and FY2025 Annual Report identify Travis Myers as superintendent.

The official Potomac Highlands facility page lists facility contact information, directions, counties served, and non-contact visitation rules.

The state facility page is the best starting point for current visitation and contact details because Potomac Highlands is not a sheriff-operated jail.

Potomac Highlands Capacity

The WVDCR FY2025 Annual Report lists the Potomac Highlands rated population at 312. The PREA audit also lists a capacity of 312. The FY2025 adult jails demographic table lists a Potomac Highlands average daily count of 240. That count is a facility average and not limited to Hampshire County defendants because the jail serves five counties. Based on those figures, the FY2025 average daily count was about 76.9 percent of rated population.

Potomac Highlands Housing

The PREA audit provides unusually specific building detail. Potomac Highlands has zero open-bay dormitory housing units, and all housing units are cell housing. The audit describes 24 segregation cells, 12 multiple-occupancy cells, and 4 single-person cells. All cells are wet cells, meaning a toilet and sink are inside the cell. Showers are outside the cells and are single-stall showers with curtains or barriers.

The audit also identifies medical services, mental-health services, administrative offices, chapel, laundry, classrooms, programming areas, barber shop, law library, leisure library, shift office, visitation, commissary, strip-search area, recreational areas, receiving and discharge, and housing units. These details are useful because they distinguish Potomac Highlands from a generic county lockup and support the facility's mixed regional jail and correctional role.

Lookup Potomac Highlands Inmates

The correct current-custody search is the WV Regional Jail Offender Search. It covers Potomac Highlands and the other West Virginia regional jails. Daily Incarcerations can also be checked by Hampshire County or by the Potomac Highlands institution admissions link. Use the WVDCR prison/offender search only after a person is in state prison, on parole, or under active WVDCR supervision rather than regional jail custody.

1. Open the regional jail offender search and enter at least the first three letters of the person's last name.
2. Add a first name if the result list is crowded or the last name is common.
3. Confirm that the listed facility is Potomac Highlands before arranging a visit or sending money.
4. Check Daily Incarcerations if the arrest happened today.
5. Use WVDCR prison/offender search for prison, parole, or active supervision records.

Potomac Highlands Contact

The facility contact information should be used for custody, visitation, and facility-specific questions. For sheriff arrest reports or warrant records, contact the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office instead. For court charges after booking, use Hampshire Magistrate Court, the Circuit Clerk, Magistrate Case Record Search, or WVPASS depending on the case level.

Potomac Highlands Visitation

Potomac Highlands publishes non-contact visitation rules. Visits must be scheduled by calling (304) 496-7057 one day before the Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday visit. The scheduling call window is 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Visits are first-call, first-served, cannot be scheduled at the window, and require visitors to arrive at least 15 minutes before the assigned visit. Offenders are allowed one visit per month.

Visitors must register on entry and provide valid photo identification, such as a driver's license, DMV photo ID card, or passport. Under-18 visitors need a birth certificate and must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian unless a notarized juvenile visitation form authorizes another adult. Visitors must be fully and appropriately dressed, and the shift supervisor decides whether clothing is appropriate.

Potomac Highlands Mail and Money

WVDCR uses central mail routing. Letters should include the inmate's first and last name, OID number, and the full facility name with no abbreviations. The mail destination is PO Box 336, Phoenix, MD 21131, and the sender must include a full return address with complete first and last name. WVDCR says photographs are not allowed in envelopes. Funds should not be mailed as cash, checks, or money orders.

Potomac Highlands Booking

A Hampshire County booking usually begins with an arrest or court commitment by the sheriff, Romney Police, Capon Bridge Police, West Virginia State Police, or another agency. The person is transported to Potomac Highlands for receiving unless a special medical, juvenile, federal, or out-of-county circumstance applies. WVDCR receiving work includes checking commitments, controlling property, and verifying identity documents. Intake can also include medical and mental-health screening, classification, and housing assignment.

After booking, the custody record may appear in the regional jail search or Daily Incarcerations. The court record follows a separate path through Magistrate Court, prosecutor review, and possibly Circuit Court. The roster should not be treated as proof of final charges or conviction. If a person is sentenced to prison, the search may later move from the regional jail system to the WVDCR prison/offender search.

Bond and release questions should be checked with the court or facility before payment. The research did not locate a Potomac Highlands bond-window fee schedule or a public payment-method page, and another hold can delay release even after one bond is addressed.

Potomac Highlands Programs

The PREA audit confirms facility areas for classrooms and programming, chapel, law library, leisure library, medical services, mental-health services, recreation, laundry, commissary, and visitation. The research did not locate a Potomac Highlands-specific public program calendar, so program details should not be overstated. WVDCR's reentry materials describe a statewide model involving facility leadership, unit staff, teachers, program facilitators, counselors, and community partners.

The Potomac Highlands Resource Guide gives local and statewide support resources, including WV 211, Help4WV, Hampshire County Pathways, Hampshire County Lighthouse for Women, Family Preservation Services of WV in Romney, Potomac Highlands Guild Romney Clinic, and the WV Division of Rehabilitation Services Romney branch. Those resources support reentry planning, but they are not the same as a guaranteed in-jail class schedule.

Potomac Highlands Visitor Travel

The official address for visitor routing is 355 Dolan Drive, Augusta, WV 26704. The facility page provides highway approaches from I-68 and I-81 because the jail sits near the Virginia and Maryland borders. From I-68, visitors are directed toward Industrial Boulevard, Canal Parkway/WV-28 Alt South, US Route 50 East, and then Dolan Drive. From I-81, the route uses US-11, VA-37 South/Martinsburg Pike, US-50 West/Northwestern Pike, and Dolan Drive.

The official facility page does not publish a visitor parking map, parking fees, ADA entrance details, or a public-transit route. Visitors should confirm parking and entrance procedures with the facility before arrival. Because visits must be scheduled in advance and late arrival can reduce the available visit time, the practical route plan should include extra time for rural travel, sign-in, identification checks, and the facility dress-code review.