West Virginia Code 25-5-7 – Granting private contractor ability to contract with foreign contracting agencies
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A private contractor upon the approval of the secretary and the Regional Jail Authority may contract for correctional services with foreign contracting agencies provided such contract meets the minimal requirements contained in section nine of this article. Upon approval the facility may receive inmates sentenced to confinement by a foreign authority.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 25-5-7
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Correctional services: means the following functions, services and activities, when provided within a prison or otherwise:
(1) Design and modification or construction of prison facilities. 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
- Secretary: means the secretary of the department of public safety. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3