All taxable court costs incurred in the prosecution of a convict for any crime committed by such person while confined in the West Virginia Penitentiary, West Virginia Medium Security Prison, or the West Virginia State Prison for Women or in any other penal institution of the State of West Virginia, or in the custody of an officer thereof, or for the crime of escaping from any of such institutions, or such custody, or for any crime committed while at large after escaping from any such institution, or such custody, shall be paid out of the annual state appropriation for "criminal charges," after such are certified by the circuit court of the appropriate county and approved by the state commissioner of public institutions.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 62. Criminal Procedure
Article 8. Crimes by and Proceedings Against Inmates
§62-8-1. Offenses by Inmates; Conspiracy
§62-8-3. Venue of Trials of Convicts
§62-8-4. Procedure in Sentencing Inmates to Further Confinement for Second and Third Offenses
§62-8-5. Prosecutions for Offenses Under This Article
§62-8-6. Convicts Competent as Witnesses; Proceedings, etc., as in Other Cases
§62-8-7. Court Costs Incurred in Prosecution of Convicts
§62-8-8. Orders and Warrants for Arrest of Inmates; Authorization to Obtain Arrest Warrants