SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 35
(By Senators Love and White)
Declaring that it is the sense of the Legislature that the various
training facilities of the West Virginia Corrections Academy
should be consolidated and housed in a new facility financed
and constructed by West Virginia University and leased on a
long-term basis to the West Virginia Division of Corrections.
Whereas, The West Virginia Corrections Academy was located on
the campus of West Virginia University Institute of Technology for
10 years; and
Whereas, The West Virginia Division of Corrections now
operates three separate training facilities at different locations,
none of which were designed for the purpose of training for
corrections officials; and
Whereas, West Virginia University Institute of Technology and
the Community and Technical College at West Virginia University
Institute of Technology are now offering two-year and four-year
programs in criminal justice and desire to integrate these programs
with training at the Corrections Academy; and
Whereas, West Virginia University Institute of Technology has
other facilities such as cafeterias and sports facilities that it
is willing to share with the Corrections Academy; and
Whereas, West Virginia University Institute of Technology is located in close proximity to Charleston and the Mount Olive
Correctional Complex; and
Whereas, West Virginia University Institute of Technology is
now a full division of West Virginia University; and
Whereas, West Virginia University has indicated they will
finance and construct a facility built to the specification of the
West Virginia Division of Corrections and lease such facility to
the West Virginia Division of Corrections on a long-term basis;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby declares that it is the sense of
the Legislature that the various training facilities of the West
Virginia Corrections Academy should be consolidated and housed in
a new facility financed and constructed by West Virginia University
and leased on a long-term basis to the West Virginia Division of
Corrections; and, be it
Further Resolved, That this facility should be located on the
campus of West Virginia University Institute of Technology; and, be
it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Presidents of
West Virginia University and West Virginia University Institute of
Technology and the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of
Corrections.
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