Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Gwinn
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided September 3, 1982No. Case 15153PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGRAW, Justice:
This is an original proceeding in mandamus. The petitioners are inmates at the West Virginia State Prison for Women at Pence Springs. The respondents are Philip J. Gwinn, Warden of the State Prison for Women, and W. Joseph McCoy, Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. The petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to provide them with meaningful educational and rehabilitative programs and to permit them daily exercise, as mandated by W.Va.Code §§ 62-13-1 and 62-13-4 (Cum.Sup.1980). As we read the law the Legislature has passed, we are lead to the…
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