§15A-3-12. Institutions Managed by Commissioner

(a) The commissioner shall manage, direct, control, and govern the prisons, jails, or correctional institutions of this state, and the juvenile facilities of this state, including, but not limited to:

Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail;

Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail;

Anthony Correctional Center and Jail;

Denmar Correctional Center and Jail;

Pruntytown Correctional Center and Jail;

Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Center;

Saint Marys Correctional Center and Jail;

Lakin Correctional Center and Jail;

Ohio County Correctional Center and Jail;

Beckley Correctional Center and Jail;

Martinsburg Correctional Center and Jail;

Salem Correctional Center and Jail;

Parkersburg Correctional Center and Jail;

Charleston Correctional Center and Jail;

Central Regional Jail and Corrections Facility;

Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility;

North Central Regional Jail and Corrections Facility;

Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Corrections Facility;

South Central Regional Jail and Corrections Facility;

Southern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility;

Southwestern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility;

Tygart Valley Regional Jail and Corrections Facility;

Western Regional Jail and Corrections Facility;

Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center;

Gene Spadaro Juvenile Center;

J.M. Chick Buckbee Juvenile Center;

Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein Juvenile Center;

Lorrie Yeager Juvenile Center;

Robert L. Shell Juvenile Center;

Sam Perdue Juvenile Center;

Tiger Morton Juvenile Center;

Vicki Douglas Juvenile Center; and

Any other juvenile or adult facility later transferred to the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner may contract with the county commission of McDowell County to house and incarcerate inmates at the Stevens Correctional Center consistent with all requirements and standards governing the division.

(c) The commissioner may contract with Youth Services System to house and detain juveniles at the Ronald Mulholland Juvenile Center consistent with all the requirements and standards governing the division.

(d) The commissioner may establish work and study release units as extensions and subsidiaries of those state institutions under his or her control and authority. The work and study release units may be coeducational and shall be managed, directed, and controlled as provided in this article.

(e) The commissioner may contract with nonprofit or charitable entities including, but not limited to, nonprofit community mental health clinics, operating half-way houses, or transitional housing facilities for the placement of persons in the commissioner’s custody, whether confined or under parole supervision, as long as the facilities meet standards and criteria established by the commissioner.