West Virginia Code 25-5-12 – Access by contracting agency, commissioner; reimbursement of expenses; report by commissioner
(a) The commissioner shall cause to be made such inspections of prison facilities as are necessary to effectively enforce the requirements of this article. The commissioner or his authorized representative or a contracting agency shall have access to all areas of the facility and to inmates and staff at all times. The contractor shall provide to the commissioner any and all data, reports, and other materials that the commissioner determines are necessary to carry out inspections pursuant to this article.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 25-5-12
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Division of Corrections. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- Contracting agency: means the appropriate governmental agency with the authority to enter into a contract with a prison vendor for correctional services. 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
- Regional jail authority: means the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority created by article twenty, chapter . See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- State: means the State of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
(b) The contractor shall reimburse the Division of Corrections for expenses incurred for inspections. Such reimbursement shall be payable to the Division of Corrections.
(c) The commissioner shall report on the performance of contractors operating within this state, no less frequently than annually, until the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-three and thereafter as requested by either the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the President of the Senate, the Regional Jail Authority or the Governor. Upon such request, the report shall be submitted to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, to the President of the Senate, to the Regional Jail Authority and to the Governor.