HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 36
(By Delegates Perry, Pino, Staggers, Beach, Brown, Campbell,
Cann, Canterbury, Crosier, Eldridge, Ellis, Fleischauer, Gall,
Guthrie, Hatfield, Higgins, Moye, Palumbo, Rodighiero, Shook,
Spencer and Wells)
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 lease on a
long-term basis to the West Virginia Division of Corrections
on the Campus of West Virginia University Institute of
Technology.
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; and
Whereas, None of these facilities 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 Facility; 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 lease;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
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 lease on a long-term
basis to the West Virginia Division of Corrections on the campus of
West Virginia University Institute of Technology; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates 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.