Kenneth Honey Overview
Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center is operated by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Bureau of Juvenile Services. The facility is located in Davis in Tucker County and is described by DCR as the state's minimum-security correctional facility for juvenile males. It is a secure juvenile placement, not the adult jail used for Tucker County arrests, bond, mugshots, or adult regional jail roster searches.
The facility's local presence can confuse people searching for "state facility Tucker County" or "Davis WV inmate search." The adult custody path for a person arrested in Tucker County generally points to Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Belington. Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center is different. It serves adjudicated youth and uses juvenile corrections programming, approved contact rules, and privacy limits that do not match adult public jail roster practice.
The official DCR juvenile center page is the public source for the facility profile, capacity, age range, and mission. A successful manifest image from that source is included here because it matches the facility and shows the state juvenile-facility context for Tucker County.
The image supports the most important facility distinction: Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center is part of the DCR juvenile system, so public adult jail roster tools should not be treated as the lookup path for youth placement.
Kenneth Honey Population
Official population details for Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center are narrower than the adult regional jail data because the facility serves youth and juvenile records receive more restricted treatment. DCR's public facility page lists capacity for 84 males ages 15-20. Research from WVDCR annual-report snippets listed population 50 in FY2023 and population 19 in FY2022. Those are facility-level figures, not public rosters of named juveniles.
The numbers should not be combined with the Tygart Valley adult jail population to estimate a Tucker County jail rate. The two facilities serve different systems. Tygart Valley is the adult regional jail used for public adult custody lookup. Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center is a state juvenile facility for adjudicated youth, with different court, custody, and privacy boundaries.
| Measure | Figure | Source Context |
|---|---|---|
| Facility capacity | 84 | DCR facility page for male youth ages 15-20. |
| FY2023 population | 50 | WVDCR annual-report snippet in research. |
| FY2022 population | 19 | WVDCR annual-report snippet in research. |
| Public named roster | Not located | No public juvenile inmate locator was found. |
Kenneth Honey Privacy
No public juvenile inmate locator was located for Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center. That is an important finding, not a missing step. Juvenile correctional placement is not handled like an adult booking roster, and the DCR adult regional jail search is not the right tool for finding named juveniles at this facility. Family members, guardians, attorneys, and court-authorized contacts should work through facility staff, DCR juvenile services, and the court orders that govern the youth's placement.
West Virginia DCR does provide adult and statewide public search tools for other populations. The DCR offender search landing page links regional jail search, daily incarcerations, prison or supervision search, and escapee or absconder lists. Those tools are useful for adult custody distinctions, but they do not create a public juvenile roster for Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center. If the person being searched is an adult recently arrested in Tucker County, the proper path is usually the regional jail search explained on the Tucker County jail inmate records page.
Note: Do not use adult roster absence as proof that a youth is or is not at Kenneth Honey.
Kenneth Honey Contact
Direct contact is the correct first step for approved family or guardian questions about visits, calls, mail, or facility rules. The 2024 PREA audit material identified the physical address, primary contact Lora Evans, superintendent or administrator Dan Dilly, and the facility phone number. Because juvenile contact rules depend on approval status and court or DCR restrictions, callers should be ready to identify their relationship to the youth and follow staff instructions about what can be confirmed.
Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center
141 Forestry Camp Road
Davis, WV 26260
(304) 259-5241
WVDCR Bureau of Juvenile Services
Adult custody questions should not be routed to this juvenile center unless the question specifically concerns an approved youth placement. Tucker County's adult jail population is tied to Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, which is a different DCR facility and a different public search process.
Kenneth Honey Custody Lookup
For Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center, a public name-search roster was not found in the official sources. The useful workflow is therefore controlled contact rather than public database search. A parent, guardian, attorney, or other approved person should call the facility, follow DCR instructions, and rely on the relevant juvenile court or placement order. Staff may be limited in what they can confirm to callers who are not authorized contacts.
- Confirm whether the question involves a juvenile placement or an adult Tucker County arrest.
- For juvenile placement questions, call Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center at (304) 259-5241.
- Identify the caller's relationship and follow staff instructions for approved contact, visits, mail, or case management.
- For adult arrests, use the WV Regional Jails Offender Search or call Tygart Valley Regional Jail instead.
The distinction protects both accuracy and privacy. A public adult jail roster can show custody status, location, and certain booking details. A juvenile facility may not provide that kind of open public listing, and a caller without approval may receive little or no confirmation. That difference should be expected.
Kenneth Honey Visitation
Detailed public visitation hours were not located in the official facility page material reviewed for Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center. The safest instruction is to call the facility for approved family or guardian visitation. Juvenile visits are facility-specific and approval-based, and staff may need to verify the caller's status before discussing scheduling, required ID, minor visitor rules, mail, or other contact details.
| Visitor Question | Public Finding | Correct Follow-Up |
|---|---|---|
| Regular visiting hours | No full public schedule located. | Call (304) 259-5241. |
| Approved family or guardian visits | Handled by facility-specific rules. | Ask staff what approval and ID are required. |
| Attorney or legal visits | Not detailed in the public snippet. | Use legal contact channels and facility instructions. |
| Mail or phone contact | No full public rule sheet located. | Confirm approved methods before sending mail or funds. |
Because this is a juvenile facility, public-facing contact information is more limited than the adult Tygart Valley visitation PDF. Family members should avoid assuming that adult jail rules, adult mail formats, or adult commissary practices apply to Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center.
Kenneth Honey Programs
DCR describes Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center as a program that combines positive concepts of military regimentation and leadership with cognitive therapeutic approaches. The stated purpose is to help youth with decision making, behavior management, and productive citizenship. That mission is different from adult jail booking and short-term detention, where the public focus is usually roster search, bond, and court appearance.
Research from PREA material adds more detail about the campus and services. The facility has been described as a rural Canaan Valley area campus, originally constructed in 2009, with multiple buildings, open-dormitory style units, an intake or segregation section, and no security-type fencing in the older snippet. Program areas noted in the research include educational services, assessments and counseling, medical and mental health services, voluntary religious services, library, case management, recreation, therapeutic recreation, vocational or shop programs, PREA training, and community service projects.
- Adjudicated youth
- A young person found by a juvenile court to have committed an act that leads to juvenile placement or supervision.
- Cognitive therapeutic approach
- Programming focused on thinking patterns, decision making, behavior control, and future choices.
- Case management
- Facility work that coordinates services, placement needs, education, behavior goals, and release planning.
Kenneth Honey Campus
Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center sits in the Davis and Canaan Valley area of Tucker County, separate from the adult regional jail route to Belington. That local geography gives Tucker County two very different DCR correctional touchpoints: a juvenile state facility inside the county and an adult regional jail outside the county that serves local arrests. The county seat for sheriff, prosecutor, and court work is Parsons, while this juvenile center is in Davis.
The facility's campus-style description should not be read as open public access. Minimum-security juvenile correctional status still involves state custody, programming rules, supervision, approved contact, and privacy limits. The public record value is mainly facility identification, capacity, mission, phone number, and the distinction from adult inmate lookup. For a broader correctional map, the Tucker County inmate population page separates adult regional jail custody from the juvenile facility in Davis.
Kenneth Honey Adult Distinction
Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center should not be described as a Tucker County adult jail, a sheriff-run jail, or a public booking-photo source. Adult defendants arrested by a Tucker County deputy, municipal officer, or state officer are normally routed through the West Virginia regional jail system. Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Correctional Facility is the named adult facility serving Tucker County for regional jail custody.
The adult regional jail search and daily incarceration tools answer adult custody questions. Court records answer adult charge, hearing, bond, and disposition questions. Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center answers a narrower facility question: it is a WVDCR Bureau of Juvenile Services placement for adjudicated youth, with capacity and program details visible to the public but without a public juvenile inmate locator found in the research.
Kenneth Honey Records
Records requests involving juvenile facilities require care. West Virginia public-records law generally provides access to public records unless an exemption applies, but juvenile information may involve privacy, court, DCR, and statutory limits that are not present in the same way for adult regional jail roster data. A request should be specific, sent to the correct custodian, and limited to records that can lawfully be released. Family members and attorneys should use the facility, DCR juvenile services, and court channels rather than trying to force an adult-style roster search.
If the question is whether an adult is in custody after a Tucker County arrest, the correct public tools are the WV Regional Jails Offender Search, Daily Incarcerations, Tygart Valley phone line, and court records. If the question is whether a youth may be at Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Juvenile Center, public searching is not the right path. Call the facility and follow the approved-contact process.
Note: Confirm visitation, approved contact, and release of information directly with Kenneth Honey before relying on any third-party source.