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| Law allows Va. officers to bring inmates to BRMC |
| By bdtonline.com- Bill Archer |
| Published: 03/20/2014 |
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POCAHONTAS, Va. — A new era of a two-state cooperation has emerged that will have a positive impact on local prison costs in Virginia and improve the bottom line of a West Virginia hospital thanks to a new law that gives Virginia corrections officers legal custody over their prisoners while they are in West Virginia. The change in West Virginia law that brought about the change came from a casual conversation between two friends — Dr. Phil Peterson and S.K. “Stan” Young, warden of the Pocahontas State Correctional Center in Pocahontas. “Stan (Young) was telling me that he was having to send inmates who needed in-patient medical services all the way to Richlands, Va., for medical care,” Peterson said. “He said it would represent a considerable savings to take inmates to Bluefield Regional Medical Center, but his corrections officers couldn’t cross the state line. The medical transports to Richlands ties up officers for a longer period of time and the transportation costs are higher.” Read More. |
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