Boone County VINELink Release Coverage
West Virginia VINE is delivered publicly through VINELink. The official WVDCR VINE page confirms DCR inmate custody-status information, telephone registration, and online email registration. That makes the service relevant to adults held at Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility and to people in the state prison system. Research did not verify every local agency in the live selector, so universal county-jail participation should not be assumed.
VINE has two related jobs. It lets a user seek the current custody status of one specific person, and it can send notice when a covered status changes. It does not create Boone County's release record or the court's release order. The service also does not maintain a rolling public list of everyone released in the last day or three days.
The system's scope follows the source agency. A Southwestern record is a WVDCR regional-jail record. A state-prison record belongs to DCR's prison system. Federal BOP and ICE custody use separate federal tools. Juvenile information from Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center must not be searched or exposed through an adult released-inmate workflow.
Search Boone County VINELink Records
Begin with the West Virginia state application, then search for the specific person. Exact identity matching matters. A shared name can produce the wrong record, while a misspelled name can produce no result. An offender number is stronger when it is known from an official record.
- Open the West Virginia VINELink application.
- Choose the person or offender search, rather than relying on a general agency page.
- Enter the exact name or offender number accepted by the current form.
- Use any lawful identifying details shown by the application to separate same-name results.
- Open the matching record and note the custody status, source agency, and observation time.
- If release appears, corroborate it with DCR, Southwestern, and the Boone court. If transfer appears, identify the receiving custodian.
A historical official West Virginia specification documented search by offender name or number. The current app is dynamic, and its exact labels can change. Use what the live form requests. Do not assume that a field found in old documentation still appears today.
The rendered state search page in the manifest comes from the official application.
The image confirms the West Virginia entry route. It does not reveal a named person's release or promise that every former record remains searchable.
Boone County VINELink Release Fields
Only current, visible fields should be treated as live interface features. The state describes VINE as a custody-status service. Historical specifications also referenced custody, location, parole-hearing, and scheduled-release data, but those older documents do not prove that each item is now visible for every person. The table separates well-supported functions from fields that need live confirmation.
| Field or function | What it can establish | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Name or offender number | Search input for one DCR person | Exact labels depend on the live form |
| Source agency | Which covered custody system supplied the record | Not proof of all past custodians |
| Custody status | The status reported by the source at that time | May lag and is not certified |
| Location | A reported facility when displayed | A transfer may appear after arrival |
| Scheduled or parole date | A prospective date if currently displayed | Historical support only; not promised for every live record |
| Status alert | Notice that the covered record changed | Requires independent event confirmation |
A released result should be recorded with its event date or time and source, then checked against the DCR or court record. If the event is parole, confirm the actual date incarceration ended and whether supervision began. A future scheduled date is a projection, not completed release.
Note: A no-result screen can reflect spelling, agency coverage, transfer, delay, or record limits and is not proof of release.
Register Boone County Phone Alerts
The state VINE number offers a documented telephone-registration route. This is useful when a person remains in covered DCR custody and the goal is notice of a later change. Keep the private PIN separate from any public case notes.
- Call 1-866-984-8463, also written as 1-866-WV4-VINE.
- Search for the specific DCR person through the automated prompts or assistance.
- Select registration for custody-status change notification.
- Choose a four-digit telephone PIN and store it privately.
- When a change message arrives, listen to the full notice.
- Enter the PIN when prompted to confirm receipt and stop repeat calls.
- Check DCR or the court to learn whether the change was release, transfer, parole, or another event.
The PIN procedure comes from an official historical system specification. The current state page confirms phone notification and the toll-free number. Follow the present voice prompts if they differ. Never publish the PIN or place it into a records request.
VINE can be checked around the clock according to DCR. That availability does not mean the underlying agency record updates at the same moment an event occurs. A person may be moving between facilities while the service awaits the receiving record.
Set Boone County Email Alerts
Online email registration is available through VINELink. Open the matching person record and use the notification option shown by the current interface. Enter the requested email address, complete the present confirmation steps, and retain the confirmation. The official sources reviewed do not say that email registration uses the four-digit telephone PIN, so the two flows should not be combined.
The WVDCR notification page is the source for the phone and email channels.
The official page supports those registration methods and also explains the state's separate written-notice process.
Contact data belongs only in the registration system. A screenshot should keep phone and email inputs blank or redacted. If an alert is missed or uncertain, return to the specific record and contact the source agency rather than opening duplicate registrations with guessed identifiers.
Boone County Written Release Notice
West Virginia adds a formal written victim-notification layer beyond ordinary VINE registration. A person seeking formal notice of a release or parole hearing must write separately to DCR and the West Virginia Parole Board because the two agencies are independent. DCR says a written request sent to it automatically registers the requester in VINE.
This local layer is easy to misunderstand. The Board decides parole matters. DCR controls custody records and field supervision. A request to one is not a substitute for the separate request to the other. The statutory written process serves a defined notice purpose, while the public VINELink search remains available for an ordinary specific-person custody check.
Use the instructions and addresses on the current state VINE page. Identify the relevant person and case with care, and avoid unnecessary private detail. Formal notice can report an event or hearing, but it still does not turn a parole eligibility date or Board grant into physical release.
Does VINE registration equal a written Board request? No. Online or phone registration supplies automated status notice. West Virginia directs formal release and parole-hearing notice requests to the two agencies separately.
Boone County Transfer Alert Timing
DCR explains that VINE does not place a transfer call at the moment the person moves. Notification follows after the offender reaches the new facility. That lag can create a brief gap in which the old location is no longer useful and the new location has not yet appeared. It should not be labeled community release.
Southwestern serves Boone County but sits in Holden, Logan County. A sentenced person may leave its regional-jail record and enter another DCR institution. The correct result is continued state custody. An ICE detainer, federal process, or another jurisdiction's hold can also turn the end of one custody segment into a handoff.
Write down the alert time, status wording, and source agency. Then call Southwestern at 304-239-3032 or use a focused DCR record request asking whether the event was community release, completed transfer, or another custodian's pickup. Court records can explain bond or sentencing authority.
Confirm Boone County VINELink Releases
VINE is not certified, and its support language does not guarantee accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. A status notice is a prompt to verify. The originating DCR record and Boone court order provide the stronger account of why custody ended or changed.
Use the official DCR jail route for a Southwestern detainee and the prison route for a state prisoner. Daily Incarcerations is an admissions/current-incarceration product, not a release list. For a person who no longer appears, ask DCR for commitment and release, method of discharge, completed transfer destination, and the linked docket identifier. The broader Boone County release-record process places those sources in order.
VINELink does not replace the BOP locator for federal prison custody or ICE's detainee locator for immigration custody. It also does not establish final parole or probation discharge. For those questions, use the federal source, Parole Services, or the sentencing court.
Note: Confirm release with the agency record and court disposition, especially when a detainer or transfer may continue custody.