Western Virginia Regional Jail

The Western Virginia Regional Jail is a state-of-the-art jail facility of approximately 264,000 square feet with an original rated capacity for 605 inmates with another 416 beds double-bunked for a total of 1,021 inmates. It was built by the coalition of four localities that formed the Western Virginia Regional Jail—the counties of Franklin, Montgomery, and Roanoke and the city of Salem. Our facility, which opened its doors on April 9, 2009, eliminated the overcrowded and potentially unsafe conditions that existed at the local jail facilities of the four partnering jurisdictions prior to the Western Virginia Regional Jail’s construction.