§28-7-3. Appointment of Compact Administrator
(a) Upon and after the effective date of the interstate compact for adult offender supervision, the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like offices of the other party states, shall be responsible for the administration and management of this state's […]
§28-7-4. Transfer Application Fee
On and after July 1, 2004, the Division of Corrections may charge an application fee set by the division, not to exceed $100, to adult offenders applying for transfer out-of-state under the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders. There is created a special revenue account in the State Treasury designated the "Interstate Compact […]
§28-5-35. Appraisement, Inventories and Accounts by and Compensation of Committee
The committee shall have the estate appraised, return inventories, render accounts of his trust, and be made to account therefor, shall be entitled to compensation for his services, and may forfeit his right thereto, all in the same manner, to the same extent, and within the same time, as if he were an administrator or […]
§28-5-36. Suits by or Against Convict or Committee
Such committee may sue and be sued in respect to debts due to or from such convict, and respecting all other causes of action for which the convict might sue or be sued had no such incarceration taken place, and shall have the privilege of an administrator as to the right of retaining his own […]
§28-5-37. Maintenance of Convict's Wife and Family
The committee of any convict who was, at the time of incarceration, a resident of this state shall allow (subject to the claims of creditors) a sufficient maintenance out of the convict's estate for his wife and family, if any; the wife to be entitled, as long as he is confined, to the profits of […]
§28-5-38. Mortgage, Lease or Sale of Real Estate of Convicts
If the personal estate of such convict be insufficient for the discharge of his debts, or if such estate, or the residue thereof after payment of the debts, and the rents and profits of the real estate, be insufficient for the maintenance of the wife and family of such convict, when it is proper to […]
§28-5-39. Disposition of Estate on Discharge or Death of Convict
Every committee of a convict shall deliver such estate as he may be liable for at that time to the convict on his discharge, or to his heirs, devisees or personal representatives, on his death.
§28-5-40. How Estate of Nonresident Convict Paid Over to Foreign Committee
The committee or other similar fiduciary appointed in any other state for any convict who was a nonresident of this state at the time of his incarceration, and who at such time was possessed of estate within this state, may, in the manner and under the same conditions as are prescribed for the removal of […]
§28-5C-1. Closure of West Virginia Prison for Women
The West Virginia prison for women, a penal institution exclusively for female prisoners, located at Pence Springs, Summers County, West Virginia is hereby closed. The title to all real property at the West Virginia prison for women is hereby transferred to and vested in the public land corporation of West Virginia: Provided, That the public […]
§28-5C-2. Commitment of Female Felons
Any adult female found guilty of committing a felony as defined in section one, article eleven, chapter sixty-one, who is not placed on probation in accordance with the provisions of article twelve, chapter sixty-two, shall be committed to the custody of the state department of corrections for the duration of her sentence. The commissioner of […]