# W. Va. Code § 17-5-2: How convict workers selected; monthly report of suitable inmates

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## Section

- **Citation:** W. Va. Code § 17-5-2
- **Heading:** How convict workers selected; monthly report of suitable inmates
- **Jurisdiction:** West Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** WV Code / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 2

## Text

The warden of the penitentiary shall prepare for the road commissioner a monthly report which shall show the names of not less than five hundred inmates who are suitable for road work. From the said prepared list of inmates the road commissioner shall select the number needed for road work.

The warden shall deliver and the road commissioner shall receive at the penitentiary, convicts selected by the warden to work on the road.

## Nearby sections

- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-1 §17-5-1. State convict road force; how used.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S1.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-2 §17-5-2. How convict workers selected; monthly report of suitable inmates.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S2.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-3 §17-5-3. Superior guard and assistants; hours of work of guards and prisoners; pay of prisoners.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S3.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-4 §17-5-4. Housing, feeding and transportation of prisoners.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S4.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-5 §17-5-5. Escape of convict from state road force.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S5.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-6 §17-5-6. Return of convicts to penitentiary because of infirmity, bad conduct, etc.; trusties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S6.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-7 §17-5-7. Medical inspection of convict camps.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S7.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-8 §17-5-8. Convicts in same classification to be placed in same camp.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S8.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-9 §17-5-9. Commissioner to pay expenses of convicts and cost of equipment and materials.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S9.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-10 §17-5-10. Discharge of convicts at expiration of term; application of section relating to deduction from sentence for good conduct.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S10.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-11 §17-5-11. Commissioner may act through agents and may set up department of prison labor.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S11.md)
- [W. Va. Code § 17-5-12 §17-5-12. Work which may be performed by convicts other than on state road force.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WV_C17_A5_S12.md)

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