2006 Code of Virginia § 53.1-1 - Definitions

53.1-1. Definitions.

As used in this title unless the context requires otherwise or it isotherwise provided:

"Board" or "State Board" means the State Board of Corrections.

"Community correctional facility" means any group home, halfway house orother physically unrestricting facility used for the housing, treatment orcare of adult offenders established or operated with funds appropriated tothe Department of Corrections from the state treasury and maintained oroperated by any political subdivision, combination of political subdivisionsor privately operated agency within the Commonwealth.

"Community supervision" means probation, parole, postrelease supervision,programs authorized under the Comprehensive Community Corrections Act forlocal responsible offenders, and programs authorized under Article 7 (53.1-128 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of this title.

"Correctional officer" means a duly sworn employee of the Department ofCorrections whose normal duties relate to maintaining immediate control,supervision and custody of prisoners confined in any state correctionalfacility.

"Department" means the Department of Corrections.

"Deputy sheriff" means a duly sworn officer appointed by a sheriff pursuantto 15.2-1603 whose normal duties include, but are not limited to,maintaining immediate control, supervision and custody of prisoners confinedin any local correctional facility and may include those duties of a jailofficer.

"Director" means the Director of the Department of Corrections.

"Jail officer" means a duly sworn employee of a local correctionalfacility, except for deputy sheriffs, whose normal duties relate tomaintaining immediate control, supervision and custody of prisoners confinedin any local correctional facility. This definition in no way limits anyauthority otherwise granted to a duly sworn deputy sheriff whose duties mayinclude those of a jail officer.

"Local correctional facility" means any jail, jail farm or other place usedfor the detention or incarceration of adult offenders, excluding a lock-up,which is owned, maintained or operated by any political subdivision orcombination of political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.

"Lock-up" means a facility whose primary use is to detain persons for ashort period of time as determined by the Board.

"State correctional facility" means any correctional center or correctionalfield unit used for the incarceration of adult offenders established andoperated by the Department of Corrections, or operated under contractpursuant to 53.1-262. This term shall include "penitentiary" wheneverused in this title or other titles of the Code.

(Code 1950, 53-9, 53-19.5, 53-19.18, 53-19.18:1, 53-19.23; 1966, c. 300;1970, c. 648; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1976, cc. 740, 756; 1977, c. 187; 1981, c.487; 1982, c. 636; 1983, c. 477; 1991, c. 383; 1995, c. 224; 1999, c. 845;2000, c. 807.)