2006 Code of Virginia § 53.1-30 - Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering

53.1-30. Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searchesof those entering.

A. The Governor, members of the General Assembly, and members of the Board ofCorrections may go into the interior of any state correctional facility.Attorneys shall be permitted in the interior of a state correctional facilityto confer with prisoners who are their clients and with prisoners who arewitnesses in cases in which they are involved. The Director shall prescribe,subject to approval of the Board, the time and conditions on which attorneysand other persons may enter any state correctional facility.

B. Any person seeking to enter the interior of any state correctionalfacility shall be subject to a search of his person and effects. Such searchshall be performed in a manner reasonable under the circumstances and may bea condition precedent to entering a correctional facility.

(Code 1950, 53-60.1; 1970, c. 648; 1978, c. 306; 1982, c. 636.)