§28-7-1. Execution of Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders
The Governor of this state is authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the State of West Virginia with any state or states of the United States legally joining therein, in form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I. PURPOSE. (a) The compacting states to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible […]
§28-7-2. State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision
(a) Within thirty days of the effective date of this article, there shall be created a state council for interstate adult offender supervision. Said state council shall be comprised of a total of nine members, to be selected and designated as follows: (1) Two members designated by the State Legislature, one of whom shall be […]
§28-3-1. Renaming West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth as Salem Correctional Center; Transferring Control to Division of Corrections
(a) Effective July 1, 2013, the West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth shall be known as the Salem Correctional Center. The Salem Correctional Center is hereby transferred to the Division of Corrections. (b) Commencing July 1, 2013, wherever the "West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth" is referred to in this code, it shall mean the […]
§28-4-1,. 28-4-2
Repealed. Acts, 1969 Reg. Sess., Ch. 21.
§28-5-31. Mentally Diseased Convicts; Treatment; Transfer Between Penal and Mental Health Facilities; Penal Facility Procedures
(a) No person who is, or was considered to be, mentally ill, intellectually disabled or addicted shall be denied parole or a parole hearing based upon such past or present condition. In the event a convicted person is deemed to be an appropriate candidate for parole, but for a condition warranting involuntary hospitalization such person […]
§28-5-33. Appointment of Committee of Convict; Bond
When a person is confined in the penitentiary of this or any other state, or of the United States, under sentence for one year or more, or to suffer death, the estate of such convict in this state, if he have any, both real and personal, shall, on the motion of any party interested, be […]
§28-5-34. When Estate Committed to Sheriff as Committee
If the person so appointed refuse the trust, or fail to give bond as aforesaid, the county court, on like motion, shall, or such court may in the first instance, commit the estate to the sheriff of the county, who shall be the committee, and he and the sureties on his official bond shall be […]
§28-2-1,. 28-2-2
Repealed. Acts, 1969 Reg. Sess., Ch. 21.
§28-1-6. Discharge or Parole; Arrest and Return of Paroled Boys
The state commissioner of public institutions shall have authority, under such rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe, to grant, on the recommendation of the superintendent, a discharge or parole to any inmate of any of the various facilities; but while such inmate is on parole, and until he is discharged according to law, […]
§28-1-7. Transfer of Boys to and From Penitentiary
In any case where a youth is committed to any youth facility for an offense punishable by confinement in the penitentiary, and it is found by the state commissioner of public institutions that the youth facility is unable to benefit such youth, and that his presence is a detriment or menace to other youths in […]