Search Pocahontas County, WV Inmate Records

Pocahontas County, WV jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Pocahontas County holds 1 jails with a total of 5,426 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Pocahontas County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Pocahontas County Quick Facts

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Pocahontas County Population Total
2,837
Female Population, Rate & Count
3,152 / 32 / 1
Male Population, Rate & Count
$33,779
Median Income
3,209.7
Arrest Rate
414.5
Local Jail Rate
22
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
23
Population Total Confined
196
Pretrial Rate
3,654
Admit Rate
195
Admit Count
5,426
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

Pocahontas County is well known for its Property Crime Totals, it has a share of 26.47% of all the crimes committed in the county - 9 Property Crime Total cases. Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter is the least trendy crime of the area with only 0.00% out of all the crimes in Pocahontas County.

Crimes % in 2016 - TOTAL ALL AGENCIES

23.53 %
Violent Crime
0.00 %
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter
23.53 %
Aggravated Assault
26.47 %
Property Crime
5.88 %
Burglary
20.59 %
Larceny Theft

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

200520062007
Violent Crime Total213
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000
Revised Rape000
Legacy Rape000
Robbery000
Aggravated Assault213
Property Crime Total423718
Burglary20166
Larceny Theft221710
Motor Vehicle Theft042
Arson000

Pocahontas County Jail Demographics

The county has 8,561 people confined with a jail population density of 6 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 2,529 women and 2,897 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 8,983
2006 8,938
2007 8,851
2008 8,807
2009 8,746
2010 8,702
2011 8,817
2012 8,697
2013 8,673
2014 8,662
2015 8,561

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 3,152 2,837
2006 3,147 2,821
2007 3,114 2,777
2008 3,075 2,749
2009 3,027 2,733
2010 3,025 2,724
2011 3,032 2,727
2012 2,962 2,649
2013 2,928 2,627
2014 2,906 2,597
2015 2,897 2,529

A Timeline of Pocahontas County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 32 0
2006 675 68
2007 662 94
2008 669 103
2009 659 125
2010 784 84
2011 780 91
2012 446 623
2013 428 548
2014 409 475
2015 530 492

Pocahontas County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

60.27 %
White
0.88 %
Black
0.96 %
Latino
0.12 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 3,210 and a local jail rate of 415 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 196 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 3,654, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 4,353 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

3,654
Admit Rate
415
Local Jail Rate
196
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Pocahontas is 22 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 16 imprisonments a day.

Pocahontas County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 267
2006 375
2007 359
2008 373
2009 396
2010 394
2011 391
2012 478
2013 487
2014 497
2015 415

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 4,353 0
2006 2,037 103
2007 3,303 114
2008 3,810 140
2009 5,920 123
2010 4,189 122
2011 2,468 143
2012 2,767 124
2013 2,958 128
2014 3,154 133
2015 3,654 196

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 16
2006 22
2007 21
2008 22
2009 23
2010 23
2011 23
2012 27
2013 27
2014 27
2015 22