Feb 25, 2021 Marion County pays $1.2 million a year to house inmates who are incarcerated by the Marion County Sheriffâs Office in the stateâs regional jails. Shown is the Western Virginia Regional Jail in Barboursville. SUBMITTED PHoTO FAIRMONT â A freshman lawmaker from Marion County is raising concerns about the fees the county pays to incarcerate inmates in the stateâs regional jail. Del. Phil Mallow, R-Marion, took to Facebook recently about the $200,000 a month â $1.2 million a year â Marion County pays the state to house inmates arrested by the Marion County Sheriffâs Office. Mallow described the fees as an âinefficient expenditureâ and said, âWe must find a solution.â