SER Jim Rubenstein, Commissioner, W. Va. Div. of Corrections v. Hon. Louis H. Bloom, Judge

KETCHUM, Justice:

This original proceeding in prohibition is upon the petition of Jim Rubenstein, Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections (the “Division”), challenging the order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which granted the respondent, Tracie Dennis (“Dennis”), work release from the South Central Regional Jail. The work release was granted for the three and a half month period between the entry of the order granting work release on August 15, 2014, and the commencement of Dennis’s probation on December 1,2014.

The Division contends that, by granting Dennis work…