§62-12-26. Extended Supervision for Certain Sex Offenders; Sentencing; Conditions; Supervision Provisions; Supervision Fee
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, any defendant convicted after the effective date of this section of a violation of 61-8-12 of this code or a felony violation of the provisions of 61-8B-1 et seq., 61-8C-1 et seq., and 61-8D-1 et seq., of this code shall, as part of the […]
§62-12-27. Mandatory Prerelease Risk Assessment of Certain Sex Offenders
Prior to discharging an inmate convicted of a violation of section twelve, article eight, chapter sixty-one of this code or a felony violation of the provisions of article eight-b or eight-d of said chapter at the expiration of the term of their sentence, the Division of Corrections shall perform an assessment to determine the statistical […]
§62-12-28. Authorizing Supreme Court to Develop Pilot Pretrial Release Programs
(a) The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is hereby authorized to develop pilot pretrial release programs in up to five circuits with the aim of reducing regional jail populations of short-term detainees while ensuring the safety of law-abiding citizens. (b) The programs authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be available only to […]
§62-12-29. Shared Information for Community Supervision
(a) The Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is requested to assemble a community supervision committee, to include representatives of the judiciary, probation, parole, day report centers, magistrates, sheriffs, corrections and other members at the discretion of the director. The administrative director shall appoint a chair from among the members […]
§62-12-23. Notification of Parole Hearing; Victim’s Right to Be Heard; Notification of Release on Parole
(a) Following the sentencing of a person who has been convicted of murder, aggravated robbery, sexual assault in the first or second degree, kidnapping, child abuse resulting in injury, child neglect resulting in injury, arson or a sexual offense against a minor, the prosecuting attorney who prosecuted the offender shall prepare a parole hearing notification […]
§62-12-24. Request to Continue for Good Cause and Timely Notice Required
(a) Any inmate scheduled for a parole interview shall, if he or she desires to continue the interview, file with the institutional parole officer a written waiver of his or her right to an interview on the date set on a form provided by the commissioner of corrections at least thirty days prior to the […]
§62-12-13b. Special Parole Considerations for Persons Convicted as Juveniles
(a) When a person who is serving a sentence imposed as the result of an offense or offenses committed when he or she was less than eighteen years of age becomes eligible for parole pursuant to applicable provisions of this code, including, but not limited to, section twenty-three, article eleven, chapter sixty-one thereof, the parole […]
§62-12-13c. Authority of Commissioner to Establish a Nonviolent Offense Parole Program
(a) The commissioner may establish a nonviolent offense parole program for any inmate of a state correctional facility in which an inmate may be paroled without action of the Parole Board based upon objective standards as set forth in this section, to commence on July 1, 2021. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to […]
§62-12-17. Conditions of Release on Probation and Parole
(a) Release and supervision on parole of any person, including the supervision by the Division of Corrections of any person paroled by any other state or by the federal government, shall be upon the following conditions: (1) That the parolee may not, during the period of his or her parole, violate any criminal law of […]
§62-12-18. Period of Parole; Discharge
The period of parole shall be the maximum of any sentence, less deductions for good conduct and work as provided by law, for which the paroled inmate, at the time of release, was subject to imprisonment under his or her definite or indeterminate sentence, as the case may be: Provided, That at any time after […]