The purpose of this article is to provide appropriate facilities for the housing of young adult offenders convicted of or pleading guilty to violation of law before courts with original jurisdiction, who are amenable to discipline other than in close confinement, and to give better opportunity to young adult offenders for reformation and encouragement of self-discipline.
W. Va. Code § 25-4-1
Purpose of article
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 172 W. Va. 312 - State Ex Rel. Simpkins v. Harvey (1983)
Most recently applied in State of West Virginia v. Antwyn D. Gibbs and State of West Virginia v. Kevin Goodman, Jr. (March 2017)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.