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WV HB2680

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Marty Gearheart

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a pilot "Work/Incarceration Prison" program for one county, requiring the county to submit a plan to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation for approval

  • Limits eligibility to adult offenders sentenced to two years or less who have not been convicted of violent crimes or sex-related offenses

  • Allows participating offenders to receive a 20% sentence reduction for complete adherence to rules of conduct, while serious rule violations result in transfer to a correctional facility with one additional year added to the original sentence

  • Authorizes the Legislature to appropriate $500,000 for initial establishment costs, with the facility required to become self-sustaining through offender work product and services

  • Permits the host county to accept offenders from other counties at 50% of the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority's housing rate, with annual evaluation reports submitted to the Legislature

Legislative Description

Create a prison work pilot program

Corrections

Last Action

To House Judiciary

2/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/20/2025

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