All male persons convicted of felony and, sentenced to imprisonment or confinement in the penitentiary by any court, or who may hereafter be sentenced for a felony, whether actually sentenced to labor or not, or so many thereof as may be required by the state road commissioner, shall, as incident to such sentence or confinement, constitute the state convict road force and as such may be employed under the supervision of the state road commissioner in building, surfacing and maintaining roads under the supervision of the state road commissioner, including all roads in the state road system, and in and about any quarries, gravel pits, sandbanks, crushers, brick kilns, or other plants and places operated by the state road commission for the manufacture and acquisition of materials for use in the construction, maintenance and repair of such roads.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 17. Roads and Highways
Article 5. State Convict Road Force
§17-5-1. State Convict Road Force; How Used
§17-5-2. How Convict Workers Selected; Monthly Report of Suitable Inmates
§17-5-3. Superior Guard and Assistants; Hours of Work of Guards and Prisoners; Pay of Prisoners
§17-5-4. Housing, Feeding and Transportation of Prisoners
§17-5-5. Escape of Convict From State Road Force
§17-5-6. Return of Convicts to Penitentiary Because of Infirmity, Bad Conduct, etc.; Trusties
§17-5-7. Medical Inspection of Convict Camps
§17-5-8. Convicts in Same Classification to Be Placed in Same Camp
§17-5-9. Commissioner to Pay Expenses of Convicts and Cost of Equipment and Materials
§17-5-11. Commissioner May Act Through Agents and May Set Up Department of Prison Labor
§17-5-12. Work Which May Be Performed by Convicts Other Than on State Road Force