Senate Bill No. 202
(By Senators Love, Hunter and Bailey)
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[Introduced January 26, 2000; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to repeal section eight, article five, chapter
twenty-eight of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to amend article one,
chapter twenty-five of said code by adding thereto a new
section, designated section twelve, relating to inmates in
correctional institutions; requiring the housing of male and
female inmates separately; and providing for the care of
infants born in correctional institutions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eight, article five, chapter twenty-eight of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be repealed; and that article one, chapter twenty-five of said code be amended by adding thereto a new
section, designated section twelve, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION AND INSTITUTIONS.
§25-1-12. Male and female inmates to be housed separate;
infants born in correctional institutions.
(a) The commissioner shall provide that male and female
inmates are housed separate from each other.
(b) The commissioner of corrections shall provide by policy
for the care of any infant born in a correctional institution,
and shall, as soon as practicable, cause the infant to be removed
from the institution.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to clarify that inmates
need only be housed separately in correctional institutions and
not kept separate.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.