2006 Code of Virginia § 53.1-138 - Access to prisoners; reports of prison officials

53.1-138. Access to prisoners; reports of prison officials.

It shall be the duty of all prison officials to grant to the members of theBoard, or its properly accredited representatives, access at all reasonabletimes to any prisoner whom the Board has power to parole; to provide for theBoard and its representatives facilities for communicating with and observingsuch prisoner; and to furnish to the Board such reports as the Board or theChairman shall request. Such reports may concern the conduct and character ofany prisoner in their custody and other facts deemed by the Board pertinentin determining whether such prisoner shall be paroled.

(Code 1950, 53-240; 1970, c. 648; 1973, c. 253; 1982, c. 636.)

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