§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 […]
§62-13-2. Supervision of Probationers and Parolees; Final Determinations Remaining With Board of Probation and Parole
(a) The Supreme Court of Appeals shall take charge of and cause to be supervised all persons placed on probation and shall prescribe rules for the supervision of probationers under their supervision and control. (b) The commissioner of corrections shall supervise all persons released on parole and placed in the charge of a state parole […]
§62-13-7. Repeal of Inconsistent Laws; Transfer of Certain Functions of Board of Probation and Parole to Department of Corrections
All other laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this article are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency: Provided, however, That nothing in this article shall be construed to affect in any way the laws relating to juvenile probation. Whenever in the official Code of West Virginia the words "board of probation and […]
§62-14-1. Enactment of Compact
The agreement on detainers is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: AGREEMENT ON DETAINERS The contracting states solemnly agree that: ARTICLE I The party states find that charges outstanding against a prisoner, detainers based on untried indictments, informations […]
§62-14-2. &Quot;appropriate Court" Defined
The phrase "appropriate court" as used in the agreement on detainers shall, with reference to the courts of this state, mean a court of record with criminal jurisdiction.
§62-14-3. Enforcement of Agreement
All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of this state and its political subdivisions are hereby directed to enforce the agreement on detainers and to cooperate with one another and with other party states in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purpose.
§62-14-4. Application of Habitual Criminal Law Not Required
Nothing in this article or in the agreement on detainers shall be construed to require the application of sections eighteen and nineteen of article eleven, chapter sixty-one of the Code of West Virginia to any person on account of any conviction had in a proceeding brought to final disposition by reason of the use of […]
§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 […]