(a) No person shall by any means keep, hold, detain, or restrain any person in a house of prostitution or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed; shall, directly or indirectly, keep, hold, detain, or restrain or attempt to keep, hold, detain, or restrain, in any house of prostitution or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed, any person by any means, for the purpose of compelling such person, directly or indirectly, to pay, liquidate, or cancel any debt, dues, or obligations incurred or said to have been incurred by such person.
(b) Whoever violates this section shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor if the person so kept, held, detained, or restrained under this section is not a minor.
(W. Va. Code 61-8-6)