West Virginia Code 25-5-8 – Reporting requirements
The contractor shall prepare the following information and submit it to the commissioner, as applicable:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 25-5-8
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Division of Corrections. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- Division: means the Division of Corrections of the department of public safety of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- facility: means any minimum or medium or maximum adult correctional institution operated under the authority of the division or of a political subdivision of this state, whether obtained by purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, restoration, improvement, alteration, repair, or other means. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- Inmate: means an individual sentenced to incarceration by a court or contracting agency. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- prison vendor: means any individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association or any other nongovernmental entity which is licensed to do business in the State of West Virginia and which has or will enter into a contractual agreement with a contracting agency to provide correctional services. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- State: means the State of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
(1) The prison vendor shall develop and implement a plan for the dissemination of information about the facility to the public, government agencies and the media. This information shall be made available to all persons. All documents and records, except financial records, inmate records and personnel records, maintained by the prison vendor, shall be deemed public records.
(2) The facility shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the local and state government regarding sanitation, food service, safety and health. Copies of inspections completed by the appropriate authorities shall be sent by the contractor to the division.
(3) The facility shall report for investigation all crimes in connection with the facility to the division of public safety and all other political subdivisions' law-enforcement agencies having jurisdiction where the prison is located. A written report shall be made of all extraordinary or unusual occurrences and forwarded to the commissioner. Extraordinary or unusual occurrences shall include, but not be limited to:
(A) Death of an inmate or staff member;
(B) Attempted suicide or suicide;
(C) Serious injury, whether accidental or self-inflicted;
(D) Attempted escape or escape from confinement;
(E) Fire;
(F) Riot;
(G) Battery, whether by a staff member or inmate;
(H) Sexual assaults; and
(I) Occurrence of contagious diseases.