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WV Code § 7-8-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7-8-1. Jail to Be Provided; Temporary Jail; Compensation by County for Use of City Jail

The jail of the county shall be the jail provided by the county court as required by law. When a county is without a sufficient jail, or its jail is to be removed, rebuilt or repaired, the circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, may adopt the jail of another county as its jail until a sufficient jail is obtained by building or repairing. And persons committed, or to be committed, to the jail of the first-mentioned county, at or after such adoption, and before a sufficient jail is so obtained, shall be conveyed to the jail so adopted. The jail of any county in which the Supreme Court of Appeals may sit may be used as a jail for said court.The county court of each county, or tribunal created in lieu thereof, shall have authority to provide for and pay to any city, town or village in this state in which no county jail or other place of imprisonment is owned by the county, not more than $1.50¢ for the first day and not more than $1 for each subsequent day that any person charged with a criminal offense may be temporarily held in the jail or lockup belonging to such city, town or village: Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any person imprisoned for a violation of the ordinances of any city, town or village: Provided further, That in no case shall such payment be made for a period of more than five days for the detention of any one person held under any charge or charges at any one time. No such payment shall be made unless the amount of such charge is certified by the justice or other authority under whose jurisdiction such person is detained in the same manner as other costs in criminal cases are now required by law to be certified. The payment provided for in this section shall be made, in cases of persons charged with felonies or misdemeanors, in the manner and from the proper fund, according to the character of the offense charged, as provided by law for the payment of other costs payable by the county courts in criminal cases.
WV Code § 7-8-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7-8-4. Jailer to Attend Court; Prisoners to Be Received in Jail

The jailer shall attend the sessions of court, be amenable to its authority, and obey its orders. He shall receive into his jail all persons committed by the order of such court or a judge thereof, or justice of any district in the county, or under process issuing from such court, and all persons committed by any lawful authority.
WV Code § 7-8-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7-8-5. Keeper of Temporary Jail

The keeper of any jail adopted or designated as provided in section one of this article shall, as to the persons so conveyed thereto, be the jailer of the county from which such persons were so conveyed, until he shall, by proper authority, be ordered to discharge such persons, or deliver them over to the sheriff of the county from which they were so conveyed.
WV Code § 7-8-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7-8-6. Guard for Prisoners

When ordered by a court to do so, or when in his opinion it is necessary for the safekeeping of a prisoner, under charge of or sentence for crime, the jailer shall summon a sufficient guard, and the circuit court or other court of record having jurisdiction of criminal cases, in the county in which the jail is, may allow therefor so much as it deems proper, not exceeding $2.50 a day for each man. The court, before certifying any allowance, shall inquire into the condition of the jail. If it appear that such guard was necessary because of the insecurity of the jail, it shall order the allowance to be certified to the county court and it shall be chargeable to the county; but if otherwise, and the guard was necessary, the allowance shall be certified for payment out of the treasury.
WV Code § 7-8-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7-8-7. Jail Physician; Clothing for Indigent Prisoners

The county court for every county may appoint a physician to attend all persons confined in jail as lunatics, or persons charged with felony or misdemeanor and, such physician shall furnish all medicines and drugs for, and give proper attention to, all such persons at a stipulated, fixed and exclusive annual allowance. The appointment of such physician shall be made in open court. The court, or president thereof in vacation, shall cause notice of the days during court when sealed bids will be received to be published as a Class I legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty- nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the county. The bids shall be opened only in court, on the day specified in the notice, if the court then be in session, and, if not, on the first day of the session thereafter, and the appointment awarded to the lowest responsible bidder; and such court shall have the right to reject any or all bids. The person receiving the appointment shall give bond with sufficient surety, to be approved by the court, for the faithful performance of the trust and agreement. The court shall have power to vacate the appointment for failure or neglect of duty; but such vacation shall in no manner affect the liability on the bond. All of the proceedings shall be entered in the order book of the court. The county court may also, after examination, when a person in its jail charged with or convicted of an offense is unable to provide himself with sufficient clothing, direct the jailer to provide clothing, and allow therefor not exceeding $20 in one year. Allowances under this section, on being certified by the court, shall be paid out of the county treasury.
WV Code § 7-8-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7-8-8. Federal Prisoners

The jail of any county may be used for the confinement of persons committed thereto under the laws of the United States. The jailer thereof shall receive, keep and discharge such persons pursuant to the commitment, as provided in the laws of the United States. For a failure of duty as to any such prisoner, the jailer shall be liable to the United States, or to the creditor at whose suit the prisoner is in custody, in like manner as in case of a prisoner committed under the authority of the state. No person arrested on civil process shall, under this section, be committed to any other jail than that of the county within which such person may reside or be found.The United States or the creditor, as the case may be, shall be responsible to the county court for payment of the costs for the maintenance of any person confined in a county jail as provided in this section.
WV Code § 7-8-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7-8-9. Prisoners Under Civil Process

The party at whose suit any person is confined in jail under civil process shall be responsible to the county court for the maintenance of such person during such confinement, and payment therefor shall be due monthly. Upon failure of such party to make payment when due, the jailer may discharge the prisoner when ordered to do so by the county court unless the prisoner is held under other process, but the county court shall have the right to sue for the amount due as for other money due on contract. The jailer may require a bond payable to the county court as security for the payment of such maintenance before receiving a person on civil process. Any party who shall have paid for such maintenance of such prisoner may, upon motion before the circuit court of such county, or by action before any justice having jurisdiction, obtain judgment against the person who was so confined, or his personal representative, for the amount so paid, with interest thereon, from the time of such payment.All provisions of this section which were in effect immediately prior to the passage of this act shall continue in full force and effect until December 31, 1948.
WV Code § 7-8-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7-8-10. Persons Privileged From Arrest Under Civil Process

In addition to the privilege of voters and members of the Legislature from arrest, as prescribed by the third section of article IV, and the seventeenth section of article VI of the Constitution, the following persons shall also be privileged from arrest under civil process, except for an escape, to wit: A judge, grand juror, or witness, required by lawful authority to attend at any court or place, during such attendance, and while going to and returning from such court or place; officers and men, while going to, attending, and returning from any muster or court-martial which they are lawfully required to attend; persons attending funerals and ministers of the gospel while engaged in performing religious service in a place where a congregation is assembled and while going to and returning from such place, but such privilege shall only be on the days of such attendance.
WV Code § 7-8-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7-8-11. Deduction From Sentence for Good Conduct

Every prisoner sentenced to the county jail for a term exceeding six months who, in the judgment of the sheriff, shall faithfully comply with all rules and regulations of said county jail during his term of confinement shall be entitled to a deduction of five days from each month of his sentence.
WV Code § 7–8-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 8. Jail and Jailer|§7–8-14. Reimbursement for Costs of Incarceration

(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the code to the contrary and in addition to any fine, cost assessment or fee authorized or required to be imposed upon a person by virtue of his or her conviction of a criminal provision of this code, or a lawfully enacted ordinance of a political subdivision of this state, a person so convicted and incarcerated in a regional jail by virtue of said conviction may be assessed the costs of up to thirty days of his or her incarceration.(b) Prior to any person being required to pay the cost of his or her incarceration pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a hearing shall be held before the sentencing court to determine his or her ability to pay. The court may not sentence a defendant to pay his or her costs of incarceration unless he or she is or in the foreseeable future will be able to pay them. In determining the amount and method of payment of costs, the court shall take account of the financial resources of the defendant and the nature of the burden that payment of costs will impose.(c) A defendant who has been sentenced to pay costs and who is not in willful default in the payment of the costs may at any time petition the sentencing court for remission of the payment of costs or of any unpaid portion of the costs. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that payment of the amount due will impose manifest hardship on the defendant or the defendant's family or dependents, the court may excuse payment of all or part of the amount due in costs, or modify the method of payment.
WV Code § 7-9-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-1. Establishment

The commissioners of any county may unite with any city, located in said county, in the erection, management and maintenance of a workhouse for the joint use of such county and city; and the commissioners are authorized to levy and collect the necessary funds therefor from the taxable property of the county: Provided, That the commissioners shall not collect and expend a greater amount than shall be collected and expended by such city for the same purpose: Provided further, That the question of erecting such workhouse shall first be submitted to a vote of the people of the city and county desiring the same, and shall be ratified by three fifths of all votes for and against the question, at an election to be held for that purpose: And provided further, That the aggregate of all indebtedness including the amount for such workhouse shall not exceed five per cent of the assessed valuation of the real estate of the city and county erecting the same.
WV Code § 7-9-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-2. Board of Directors

The direction, management and control of any such joint workhouse, and the maintenance and care of the convicts therein, shall be vested in a board of five directors, who shall be called "the board of joint city and county workhouse directors," and such directors shall be freehold electors of such county, and shall serve without compensation, and not more than three members of the board of joint city and county workhouse directors shall be of the same political party faith.
WV Code § 7-9-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-3. Appointment of Directors

The directors shall be appointed by the mayor, and the county court or other tribunal acting in lieu thereof, of such city and county having such joint workhouse, with the approval of the council of such city and county commissioners, and shall hold their office for five years, except that at the first appointment one director shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years, and thereafter one shall be appointed annually, but all appointments shall be made in conformity with section two.
WV Code § 7-9-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-4. Officers

The board of such joint city and county workhouse directors shall elect annually, at its first regular meeting in May, one of its members as president and at the same meeting appoint a secretary and clerk, who shall make a complete record of all its proceedings, and the board may appoint such other officers as may be necessary, and fix the compensation of all officers for their services.
WV Code § 7-9-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-5. Contracts

Contracts may be made by or on behalf of the board, but it shall be essential to the validity of every such contract that the same shall be assented to at a regular meeting by a majority of all members, and a minute thereof entered on the journal of its proceedings.
WV Code § 7-9-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-6. Employees

The board shall have power to appoint a superintendent, deputy superintendent, and such subordinate officers, guards and employees as may be necessary, fix their compensation and prescribe their duties, and to make all such regulations for their management and government as it may deem expedient.
WV Code § 7-9-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-7. Regulations

The board shall have power to make, establish and enforce rules and regulations for its own government, and the government and control of the institution, its officers and inmates, and make contracts for supplies and the labor of its inmates either within the corporate limits of such municipality or within the limits of the county in which such workhouse is located, as the board shall direct.
WV Code § 7-9-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-8. Records

The books of the institution shall be so kept as to clearly exhibit the time, state and condition of the inmates, the number received and discharged, by what court and for what cause committed, the length of the time of commitment of each person, the number of days' labor performed by each convict, and the nature and value of such labor to such institution, and the relative costs and expenses incurred by the institution in managing and taking care of each convict, and the number employed in each branch of industry carried on, and the receipts from and expenditures for and on account of each department of business.
WV Code § 7-9-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-9. Quarterly Financial Statements

The board shall cause quarterly statements to be made, specifying minutely all receipts and expenditures, from whom and for what purpose received, and to whom and for what purpose paid, with proper voucher for each item, and submit such statement properly certified to the council of such city and the commissioners of such county, for their examination and approval.
WV Code § 7-9-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-10. Accounts and Reports

The accounts of the institutions shall be annually closed and balanced on the first Monday of January in each year. And full reports of the preceding year shall then be made and submitted to the city council and county commissioners, which shall be published as a Class I legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the county; and the city council and county commissioners, or either of such bodies, may require such other reports and exhibits of the condition and management of such institution as they may deem proper.
WV Code § 7-9-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-11. Superintendent

The superintendent of such workhouse shall have the control and management of its affairs, subject to the laws of the state and the ordinance of the corporation and the rules and regulations adopted by the board for its government. And it shall be his duty to obey all written orders and instructions of the board not inconsistent with the laws, rules and regulations relating to the government of the institution.
WV Code § 7-9-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-12. Inspection and Supervision

The superintendent shall be responsible for the manner in which the institution is managed and conducted, shall reside at the same, devote his time and attention to the proper business thereof, and visit and examine into the condition of every department thereof, and of each person confined therein, daily, or as often as good order or necessity may require, and he shall exercise a general supervision and direction in regard to all matters of discipline, police regulation and business of the institution.
WV Code § 7-9-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-13. Deputy Superintendent

In the absence or inability of the superintendent, the deputy superintendent of the institution shall, so far as relates to the discipline thereof, perform the duties of the superintendent.
WV Code § 7-9-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-14. Removal of Officers

The board, for misconduct or willful neglect of duty, and upon sufficient proof thereof, may remove any officer or employee of the institution, except the superintendent thereof, who shall be removed for cause and in the manner provided for the removal of city officers; and any employee of the superintendent may be discharged at his discretion, but no officer shall be removed by the board until he has had an opportunity to be heard in his defense.
WV Code § 7-9-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-15. Costs of Maintenance

The costs of maintaining such joint city and county workhouse, over and above the proceeds arising from the sale of the products thereof, shall be borne by such city and county jointly, and such expenses shall be paid quarterly by such city and county out of the respective treasuries thereof, upon the certificate of such secretary of such joint city and county workhouse, on the approval of the council of such city and the commissioners of such county. And the county court of any county having such joint city and county workhouse is hereby authorized and required to levy upon all the real and personal property, outside of the corporate limits of such city, such sum as may be necessary, and the city council of such city is hereby authorized and required to levy upon all the real and personal property, inside of the corporate limits of such city, such sum as may be necessary for the maintenance aforesaid; and the board of such joint city and county workhouse directors, the city council of such city, and the county commissioners of such county, in ascertaining and determining at the end of each quarter the amount to be paid to such board to meet any deficiency in the products of such joint workhouse to maintain the same, shall take into account and be governed by the number of convicts furnished by such city and county, the number of days' labor performed by the convicts from each, the value of such labor, and the relative costs and expenses of taking care of, managing and disciplining the convicts of each, and give to such city and county each full credit for the value of the products of such workhouse produced by the labor, skill and diligence of the convicts from each, and charge to the account of each (city and county) the cost to such institution of working, managing, maintaining, taking care of, and disciplining its convicts, and make assessments upon such city and county for the maintenance of such institution accordingly.
WV Code § 7-9-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers|Article 9. County and City Workhouses|§7-9-16. Commitments

When a person over sixteen years of age is convicted of an offense, under the law of the state or an ordinance of a municipal corporation, and the tribunal before which the conviction is had is directed by law to commit the offender to the county jail, or corporation prison, the court, mayor or justice of the peace, as the case may be, shall sentence the offender to the workhouse, if there is such house in the county: Provided, That when a commitment is made from a city, village or township in the county, other than in the municipality containing such workhouse, the council of such city or village, or the trustees of such township, shall transmit with the mittimus a sum of money equal to 40¢ per day for the time of such commitment, to be placed in the hands of the superintendent of such workhouse, for the care and maintenance of such prisoner.