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§25-1-7. Pruntytown Correctional Center established as a minimum security facility; limitations on type of residents therein.

The commissioner of corrections is hereby authorized to house adult male criminal offenders and adult female criminal offenders as the commissioner deems necessary for the operation of a just, humane and efficient system of corrections at the facility located at Pruntytown, West Virginia, heretofore known as the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys. Henceforth, this facility shall be known as the Pruntytown Correctional Center and shall be operated according to rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of section four, article thirteen, chapter sixty-two.