(a) The Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is requested to assemble a community supervision committee, to include representatives of the judiciary, probation, parole, day report centers, magistrates, sheriffs, corrections and other members at the discretion of the director. The administrative director shall appoint a chair from among the members and attend the meeting ex officio.
(b) The committee shall:
(1) Design and deploy a method for probation officers, parole officers, day report centers and others providing community supervision to electronically share offender information and assessments;
(2) Coordinate information reporting and access across agencies continuing supervision;
(3) Collect and share information about assessed and collected restitution among agencies continuing supervision;
(4) Collect sentencing-level data to enable the study of sentencing practices across the state; and
(5) Coordinate with the Community Corrections Subcommittee of the Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction in the discharge of these duties.
(c) The committee shall annually submit a report on its activities during the previous year, on or before September 30, to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the President of the Senate and, upon request, to any individual member of the Legislature.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 62. Criminal Procedure
Article 12. Probation and Parole
§62-12-1. Courts Having Authority to Place Offenders on Probation
§62-12-2. Eligibility for Probation
§62-12-3. Suspension of Sentence and Release on Probation
§62-12-4. Probation of Offenders Convicted in Courts Other Than Courts of Record
§62-12-5. Probation Officers and Assistants
§62-12-6. Powers and Duties of Probation Officers
§62-12-7. Pretrial and Preliminary Investigation; Report on Prospective Probationers
§62-12-8. Record of Order as to Release on Probation
§62-12-9. Conditions of Release on Probation
§62-12-10. Violation of Probation
§62-12-12. Parole Board Generally
§62-12-12a. Parole Board Panels
§62-12-13. Powers and Duties of Board; Eligibility for Parole; Procedure for Granting Parole
§62-12-13a. Eligibility Date for Parole
§62-12-13b. Special Parole Considerations for Persons Convicted as Juveniles
§62-12-13c. Authority of Commissioner to Establish a Nonviolent Offense Parole Program
§62-12-17. Conditions of Release on Probation and Parole
§62-12-18. Period of Parole; Discharge
§62-12-19. Violation of Parole
§62-12-20. To Whom Article Applies
§62-12-21. Repeal of Inconsistent Laws;"director" Construed to Mean "board."
§62-12-22. Appointment of Counsel for Parole Violators; Authority to Appoint; Payment of Counsel
§62-12-24. Request to Continue for Good Cause and Timely Notice Required
§62-12-27. Mandatory Prerelease Risk Assessment of Certain Sex Offenders
§62-12-28. Authorizing Supreme Court to Develop Pilot Pretrial Release Programs