{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-11c-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 62-11C-1","heading":"Legislative intent.","body":"(a) The Legislature hereby declares that the purpose of this article is to enable any county or Class I or II municipality or any combination of counties and Class I or II municipalities to develop, establish and maintain community-based corrections programs to provide the judicial system with sentencing alternatives for those offenders who may require less than institutional custody.\n(b) The goals of developing community-based corrections programs include:\n(1) Allowing individual counties or combinations of a county or counties and a Class I or II municipality greater flexibility and involvement in responding to the problem of crime in their communities;\n(2) Providing more effective protection of society and promoting efficiency and economy in the delivery of correctional services;\n(3) Providing increased opportunities for offenders to make restitution to victims of crime through financial reimbursement;\n(4) Permitting counties or combinations of a county or counties and a Class I or II municipality to operate programs specifically designed to meet the rehabilitative needs of offenders;\n(5) Providing appropriate sentencing alternatives with the goal of reducing the incidence of repeat offenders;\n(6) Permitting counties or combinations of a county or counties and a Class I or II municipality to designate community-based programs to address local criminal justice needs;\n(7) Diverting offenders from the state regional jail or correctional facilities by punishing them with community-based sanctions, thereby reserving state regional jail or correctional facilities for those offenders who are deemed to be most dangerous to the community; and\n(8) Promoting accountability of offenders to their community.","path":["CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.","ARTICLE 11C. THE WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/62-11C-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:38Z","sha256":"e1abf000c1fb6ec60fc22bd9e67838f246393318dd4dca83410e06e9b57c7259","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-11b-13","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-11c-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}