Correctional facility is a term used by Process Servers in West Virginia that refers to a jail, prison, or other place of incarceration by government officials. They serve to confine and rehabilitate inmates in West Virginia as they do in all other states.
Do Listed Process Servers in this directory say there is a difference between a correctional facility and a prison in West Virginia?
Actually, in West Virginia, correctional facilities and prisons are basically the same. Correctional facilities usually include prisons and jails while prisons are considered a subpart of the correctional system. Whether an inmate is incarcerated in a West Virginia corrections institution or a prison, they are subject to service of process, continuing their involvement within the justice court system. It must be noted, Private Process Servers in West Virginia who are tasked to serve process upon an inmate are delivering legal documents concerning civil matters only.
Correctional Institutions and Prisons in West Virginia are similar to most facilities in all states throughout the United States. State Prisons and Facilities in West Virginia are part of a larger criminal justice system which includes police, prosecution and the courts.
Inmates / defendants / respondents / witnesses incarcerated in a West Virginia correctional facility are subject to the practices of the institution's rules and regulations. Process Servers who are tasked with the job of serving inmates in a West Virginia facility with service of process can only perform their duties and services with the guidance and approval of the facility managers and in many situations, the approval of the warden.
Estimates and data reveal that there are more than 1,700,000 inmates within the entire United States state prison system
State prisons in West Virginia are generally classified as minimum, medium and high security. There are approximately 1700 state prisons in the United States. Inmates in a corrections facility in West Virginia regardless of classification are subject to private Process Servers performing service of process and are no different than any other person incarcerated in West Virginia.
Federal correctional Institutions located in West Virginia are the homes for inmates who have been convicted of a wide range of charges. Estimates and records indicate all federal prisons house over 220,000 inmates.
Many people familiar with the federal corrections system in West Virginia refer to federal prisons as a penitentiary. Penitentiary is synonymous with prison and/or jail, these names actually mean the same. The number of sentenced inmates entering federal prisons facilities in West Virginia each day is far less than the number of people who are delivered to its jails.
Actually, federal prisons grant Process Servers access to inmates by appointment only and are easier to coordinate service of process services than West Virginia state run prisons.
FCI Morgantown
Address: 446 Greenbag Road, Route 857
City: Morgantown
County: Monongalia
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26501
FCI McDowell
Address: 101 Federal Drive
City: Welch
County: McDowell
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 24801
FCI Hazelton
Address: 1640 Sky View Drive
City: Bruceton Mills
County: Preston
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26525
FCI Beckley
Address: 1600 Industrial Road
City: Beaver
County: Raleigh
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 25813
FCI Gilmer
Address: 201 Fci Lane
City: Glenville
County: Gilmer
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26351
FPC Alderson
Address: Glen Ray Rd. Box A
City: Alderson
County: Greenbrier
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 24910
Prunytown Correctional Center
Address: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 159
City: Grafton
County: Taylor
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26354
Parkersburg Correctional Center
Address: 225 Holiday Hills Drive
City: Parkersburg
County: Wood
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26104
Ohio County Correctional Center
Address: 1501 Eoff Street
City: Wheeling
County: Ohio
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26003
Northern Correctional Facility
Address: 112 Northern Regional Correctional Drive
City: Moundsville
County: Marshall
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26041
Mount Olive Correctional Complex
Address: 1 Mountainside Way
City: Mount Olive
County: Fayette
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 25185
Martinsburg Correctional Center
Address: 38 Grapevine Road
City: Martinsburg
County: Berkeley
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 25401
Lakin Correctional Center
Address: 11264 Ohio River Road
City: West Columbia
County: Mason
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 25287
Huttonsville Correctional Center
Address: P.O. Box 1
City: Huttonsville
County: Randolph
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26273
Huntington Work Release Center
Address: 1236 Fifth Avenue
City: Huntington
County: Cabell
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 25701
Denmar Correctional Center
Address: 4319 Denmar Road
City: Hillsboro
County: Pocahontas
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 24946
Charleston Correctional Center
Address: 1356 Hansford St.
City: Charleston
County: Kanawha
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 25301
Beckley Correctional Center
Address: 111 S. Eisenhower Drive
City: Beckley
County: Raleigh
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 25801
Anthony Correctional Center
Address: 313 Anthony Center Drive
City: White Sulphur Springs
County: Greenbrier
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 24986
West Virginia Corrections Academy
Address: Post Office Box 850
City: Glenville
County: Gilmer
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26351
Central Office
Address: 1409 Greenbrier Street
City: Charleston
County: Kanawha
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 25311
Saint Marys Correctional Center
Address: 2880 N. Pleasants Highway
City: Saint Marys
County: Pleasants
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26170
Salem Correctional Center
Address: 7 Industrial Blvd.
City: Industrial
County: Harrison
State: West Virginia
Zip Code: 26426