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2005 West Virginia Code - CHAPTER 28. — STATE CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS
- CHAPTER 28. — STATE CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS.
- ARTICLE 1. — COMMITMENT OF YOUTHFUL MALE OFFENDERS.
- §28-1-1. — Care of youthful male offenders.
- §28-1-2. — Commitment; age limits; physical, educational and psychological examinations; admission; transfer and placement.
- §28-1-3. — Repealed.
- §28-1-4. — Conveyance of boys; expenses.
- §28-1-5. — Rules and regulations.
- §28-1-6. — Discharge or parole; arrest and return of paroled boys.
- §28-1-7. — Transfer of boys to and from penitentiary.
- §28-1-8. — Offenses relating to youth facilities; penalties; escape; arrest and return.
- §28-1-9. — Repealed.
- §28-1-10. — Repealed.
- §28-1-11. — Repealed.
- ARTICLE 2. — INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR COLORED BOYS.
- §§28-2-1, 28-2-2. — Repealed.
- ARTICLE 3. — INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR YOUTH.
- §28-3-1. — Continuation; management.
- §28-3-1a. — Transfer of boys from West Virginia industrial school for boys.
- §28-3-1b. — Venue for industrial home for youth.
- §28-3-2. — Commitment; age limits.
- §28-3-3. — Repealed.
- §28-3-4. — Physical, educational and psychological examinations; admission; transfer and placement.
- §28-3-5. — Compensation of physician and matron.
- §28-3-6. — Custody and conveyance of girls committed to institutions; expenses.
- §28-3-7. — Return or transfer of incorrigible girls and those diseased at time of commitment; expenses.
- §28-3-8. — Transfer of certain inmates to other institutions.
- §28-3-9. — Voluntary inmates of industrial home.
- §28-3-10. — Rules and regulations.
- §28-3-11. — Discharge or parole; arrest and return of paroled girls.
- §28-3-12. — Transfer of girls from Industrial Home to penitentiary and vice versa.
- §28-3-13. — Escape from Industrial Home; arrest and return; reward.
- §28-3-14. — Offenses relating to inmates of Industrial Home; penalties.
- §28-3-15. — Trespass on grounds of industrial home.
- §28-3-16. — Payment by counties of cost of detention of girls at Industrial Home -- Reimbursement.
- §28-3-17. — Payment by counties of cost of detention of girls at industrial home -- Preparation of inmate lists for billing purposes; application of county funds in state treasury.
- §28-3-18. — Payment by counties of cost of detention of girls at industrial home -- Determination of payments due; levy; compelling payment.
- §28-3-19. — Repealed.
- §28-3-20. — Repealed.
- §28-3-21. — Repealed.
- §28-3-22. — Repealed.
- ARTICLE 4. — INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR COLORED GIRLS.
- §§28-4-1, 28-4-2. — Repealed.
- ARTICLE 5. — THE PENITENTIARY.
- §28-5-1. — Repealed.
- §28-5-2. — Control of penitentiary by commissioner of public institutions.
- §28-5-3. — Repealed.
- §28-5-3a. — Repealed.
- §28-5-4. — Repealed.
- §28-5-5. — Repealed.
- §28-5-6. — Repealed.
- §28-5-7. — Record of convict.
- §28-5-8. — Repealed.
- §28-5-8a. — Manufacture of license plates, road signs or markers; securing signs and markers when federal government reimburses state for cost thereof.
- §28-5-9. — Repealed.
- §28-5-10. — Hiring convicts as domestics.
- §28-5-11. — Employment of convicts by contract; advertisement.
- §28-5-12. — Bids for convict labor -- Specifications; labor rate; separate bids.
- §28-5-13. — Bids for convict labor -- Bond.
- §28-5-14. — Bids for convict labor -- Opening.
- §28-5-15. — Contract for convict labor; bond; modification or termination of contract.
- §28-5-16. — Termination of subsequent contracts.
- §28-5-17. — Procurement of machinery, etc., by convict labor contractors.
- §28-5-18. — Default in manufacture by convict labor contractors.
- §28-5-19. — Equipment furnished by convict labor contractor; state- furnished power.
- §28-5-20. — Hours and days of work for convict labor.
- §28-5-21. — Statement and payment of amount due from contractors for convict labor.
- §28-5-22. — Repealed.
- §28-5-23. — Special compensation of officers and employees prohibited; penalty.
- §28-5-24. — Gifts to or dealings with convicts. Repealed.
- §28-5-25. — Repealed.
- §28-5-26. — Repealed.
- §28-5-27. — Deduction from sentence for good conduct. Repealed.
- §28-5-27a. — Repealed.
- §28-5-28. — Repealed.
- §28-5-29. — Repealed.
- §28-5-30. — Repealed.
- §28-5-31. — Mentally diseased convicts; treatment; transfer between penal and mental health facilities; penal facility procedures.
- §28-5-32. — Repealed.
- §28-5-33. — Appointment of committee of convict; bond.
- §28-5-34. — When estate committed to sheriff as committee.
- §28-5-35. — Appraisement, inventories and accounts by and compensation of committee.
- §28-5-36. — Suits by or against convict or committee.
- §28-5-37. — Maintenance of convict's wife and family.
- §28-5-38. — Mortgage, lease or sale of real estate of convicts.
- §28-5-39. — Disposition of estate on discharge or death of convict.
- §28-5-40. — How estate of nonresident convict paid over to foreign committee.
- ARTICLE 5A. — HUTTONSVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
- §28-5A-1. — Establishment and continuance.
- §28-5A-2. — Management and control.
- §28-5A-3. — Appointment of warden; bond; duties; residence.
- §28-5A-4. — Laws governing penitentiary applicable; exception.
- §28-5A-5. — Transfer of prisoners.
- §28-5A-6
- §28-5A-7
- ARTICLE 5B. — PRISON-MADE GOODS.
- §28-5B-1. — Intent of article.
- §28-5B-2. — Citation of article.
- §28-5B-3. — Establishment of industries at penitentiary and other penal institutions; purpose and extent.
- §28-5B-4. — Purchase of convict-made goods by state agencies and political subdivisions.
- §28-5B-5. — Exceptions as to mandatory purchase requirement.
- §28-5B-6. — Auditor bound by voucher or warrant; intentional violation of article; penalty.
- §28-5B-7. — Catalogues of articles and products made and produced; estimates of needs by departments, etc.
- §28-5B-8. — Order of distribution of articles and products.
- §28-5B-9. — Commissioner of public institutions to fix prices.
- §28-5B-10. — Annual statements by heads of penal institutions.
- §28-5B-11. — Quarterly estimate of needs by departments.
- §28-5B-12. — Rules and regulations by commissioner of public institutions.
- §28-5B-13. — Appropriation for buildings, equipment, etc.; self- liquidating contracts.
- §28-5B-14. — Prison industries account.
- §28-5B-15. — Sale of prison-made goods on open market prohibited; penalty; exceptions.
- §28-5B-16. — Penalties.
- §28-5B-17. — Provisions of act severable.
- §28-5B-18. — Inconsistent acts repealed.
- ARTICLE 5C. — IMPRISONMENT OF FEMALE FELONS.
- §28-5C-1. — Closure of West Virginia prison for women.
- §28-5C-2. — Commitment of female felons.
- ARTICLE 6. — OUT-OF-STATE PAROLEE SUPERVISION.
- §28-6-1. — Repealed.
- §28-6-2. — Repealed.
- §28-7-1. — Execution of interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.
- §28-7-2. — State council for interstate adult offender supervision.
- §28-7-3. — Appointment of compact administrator.
- §28-7-4. — Transfer application fee.
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