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COOPER v. GWINN

Case No. 15153.

298 S.E.2d 781 (1981)

Mary Jane COOPER, Tahlia Bell, Twila Harris, Faye Hickman, Joann Scales, Patricia Jackson, Darleen Johnson, Sherry Mead, Connie Ray and Kathryn Fencil v. Philip J. GWINN, Warden, West Virginia State Prison For Women at Pence Springs; and W. Joseph McCoy, Commissioner, West Virginia Department of Corrections.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Concurring Opinion December 18, 1981.

Concurring Opinion September 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hedges, Charleston, for petitioners.

Penelope Crandall, Crandall, Pyles, Crandall & Poyourow, Charleston, for amicus curiae (WV NOW)

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., David P. Cleek, Deputy Atty. Gen., Gray Silver, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.

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...

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