West Virginia Code § 28-5C-1

Closure of West Virginia prison for women
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The West Virginia prison for women, a penal institution exclusively for female prisoners,
located at Pence Springs, Summers County, West Virginia is hereby closed. The title to all
real property at the West Virginia prison for women is hereby transferred to and vested in
the public land corporation of West Virginia: Provided, That the public land corporation shall
promptly cause an inventory and an appraisal to be made of the real properety and shall offer
said real property for sale at public auction to be sold for not less than the appraised value,
or the land corporation shall lease the real property upon such terms arnd conditions as it
shall deem appropriate. The title to all personal property at the West Virginia prison for
women remains vested in the state department of corrections.

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