The commissioner may employ or contract for a Director of Employment and a Director of Housing for released inmates. The Director of Employment shall work with federal, state, county, and local government and private entities to negotiate agreements which facilitate employment opportunities for released inmates. The Director of Housing shall work with federal, state, county, and local government and private entities to negotiate agreements which facilitate housing opportunities for released inmates. The Director of Employment shall investigate job opportunities and give every possible assistance in helping released inmates find employment. The Director of Housing shall work in conjunction with the Bureau of Community Corrections and the Parole Board to reduce release delays due to lack of a home plan, develop community housing resources, and provide short-term loans to released inmates for costs related to reentry into the community.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 15A. Department of Homeland Security
Article 4. Corrections Management
§15A-4-1. Applicability of Article
§15A-4-3. Electronic Monitoring of Offenders; Special Account
§15A-4-4. Diagnostic and Classification Divisions
§15A-4-5. Transfer of Inmates of State Institutions or Facilities
§15A-4-8a. Facility Video and Security Records Confidential; Exceptions
§15A-4-9. Trustee Accounts and Funds, Earnings and Personal Property of Inmates and Residents
§15A-4-10. Inmate or Resident Benefit Funds
§15A-4-11. Financial Responsibility Program for Inmates
§15A-4-13. Charges Assessed Against Inmates for Services Provided by State
§15A-4-14. Record of Inmate or Resident
§15A-4-16. Gifts to or Dealings With Inmate or Resident
§15A-4-17. Deduction From Sentence for Good Conduct; Mandatory Supervision
§15A-4-17a. Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation Mandatory Supervised Release Plan
§15A-4-21. Director of Employment; Director of Housing; Released Inmates; Duties