§28-5C-1. Closure of West Virginia prison for women.

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 property 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 and 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.