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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Chapter 3 - Local Correctional Facilities
Article 1. Establishment and Regulation of Facilities
- § 53.1-68. Minimum standards for local correctional facilities, lock-ups and personnel, health inspections
- § 53.1-69. Board may prohibit confinement and require transfer of prisoners in substandard facilities
- § 53.1-69.1. Review of death of inmates in local correctional facilities
- § 53.1-70. Jurisdiction of court to enforce orders of Board; proceedings
- § 53.1-70.1. Transport of prisoners; authority
- § 53.1-71. Courts to order jails erected and repaired
Article 1.1. Private Operation of Regional Jail Facilities
- § 53.1-71.1. Private construction, operation, etc., of regional jail facility
- § 53.1-71.2. Authority of security employees
- § 53.1-71.3. Application of certain criminal laws to contractor-operated facilities
- § 53.1-71.4. Powers and duties not delegable to contractor
- § 53.1-71.5. Board to promulgate regulations
- § 53.1-71.6. State reimbursement to localities
Article 2. Utilization of Jails
- § 53.1-72. Jails of counties and cities to be jails of courts therein
- § 53.1-73. When jail of county to be jail for town
- § 53.1-74. When court may adopt jail of another county or city
- § 53.1-75. Procedure after adoption
- § 53.1-76. Commitment to jail of another county or city; payment of costs, etc.
- § 53.1-77. Jurisdiction of judge or magistrate of adopting county or city authorized to issue temporary detention orders
- § 53.1-78. Jail for Supreme Court
- § 53.1-79. Jails for United States prisoners; payment by United States
- § 53.1-79.1. Agreements to transfer, transport, and confine prisoners
Article 3. Funding Local Correctional Facilities and Programs
- § 53.1-80. State reimbursement of localities for construction
- § 53.1-81. Construction and operation of regional jail facilities; state reimbursement; agreements with Department
- § 53.1-82. Regional contracts for cooperative jailing of offenders; state reimbursement
- § 53.1-82.1. Approval of jail projects by the Board; plan for community corrections
- § 53.1-82.2. Method of reimbursement; involvement of the Treasury Board
- § 53.1-82.3. Budgeting schedule for jail projects
- § 53.1-83. Repealed
- § 53.1-83.1. How state appropriations for operating costs of local correctional facilities determined
- § 53.1-84. State funds available to local correctional facilities for operating costs
- § 53.1-85. Time and manner of payment
- § 53.1-86. Limitation on use of state funds; records of receipts and disbursements
- § 53.1-87. Cost of maintenance of jails; payment by localities of respective shares of costs; judicial resolution of disagreements
- § 53.1-88. Governing body to examine statements, accounts and invoices and issue warrants
- § 53.1-89. Repealed
- § 53.1-90. Pay for United States prisoners
- § 53.1-91. Pay for prisoners from other counties, cities or towns
- § 53.1-92. Disposition of money collected from United States or other counties, cities or towns
- § 53.1-93. When sheriffs to summon or employ guards and other persons; allowances therefor; fees charged to prisoner
- § 53.1-94. Same when paid by county or city; same when by Compensation Board
- § 53.1-95. Provisions applicable to jail farms of counties and cities
- § 53.1-95.1. Limits on state expenditures
Article 3.1. Jail Authorities
- § 53.1-95.2. Jail authority
- § 53.1-95.3. Definitions
- § 53.1-95.4. Ordinance, agreement or resolution creating authority
- § 53.1-95.5. Joinder of new subdivision; withdrawal from authority
- § 53.1-95.6. Governing body
- § 53.1-95.7. Powers of authority
- § 53.1-95.8. Authority of superintendent and jail officers; oath and bond; fees charged to prisoner
- § 53.1-95.8:1. Handling of funds for regional correctional facility; county or city treasurer or director of finance as fiscal agent
- § 53.1-95.9. Acquisition of interests in land
- § 53.1-95.10. Issuance of revenue bonds
- § 53.1-95.11. Trust agreements
- § 53.1-95.12. Charge for use of services
- § 53.1-95.13. Revenues and proceeds from sale of bonds
- § 53.1-95.14. Rights of bond holders and trustees
- § 53.1-95.15. Exemption from taxes
- § 53.1-95.16. Issuance of revenue refunding bonds
- § 53.1-95.17. General purpose of an authority
- § 53.1-95.18. Design-build contracts
- § 53.1-95.19. State reimbursement
- § 53.1-95.20. Duty to prescribe rules and regulations
- § 53.1-95.21. Supplemental and additional powers
- § 53.1-95.22. Liberal construction
- § 53.1-95.23. Repealed
- § 53.1-95.24. Inconsistent laws inapplicable
Article 4. County and City Farms
- § 53.1-96. County and city farms; persons who may be confined
- § 53.1-97. Appointment of superintendent and guards
- § 53.1-98. Authority of superintendent and guards
- § 53.1-99. Jurisdiction of offenses committed by prisoners
- § 53.1-100. Oath and bond of superintendent and guards
- § 53.1-101. Work by prisoners
- § 53.1-102. Sending prisoners to other farms
- § 53.1-103. Farm expenses
- § 53.1-104. Funds from which expenses of transportation of person committed shall be paid; limitation upon cost of maintenance
- § 53.1-104.1. Superintendents of jail farms to make monthly reports to Director
Article 5. Regional Jails and Jail Farms
- § 53.1-105. County and city regional jail or jail farm; persons who may be confined; release and transfer of prisoners
- § 53.1-106. Members of jail or jail farm board or regional jail authority; powers; payment of pro rata costs
- § 53.1-106.1. Location of jail facilities
- § 53.1-107. Organization of board; annual report
- § 53.1-108. Expenses and allowance
- § 53.1-109. Authority of jail superintendent and jail officers; fees charged to prisoner
- § 53.1-109.01. Authority for regional jail officers to carry weapons
- § 53.1-109.1. Handling of funds for regional jail or jail farm; county or city treasurer or director of finance as fiscal agent
- § 53.1-109.2. Regional jail superintendents not to be interested in private corrections enterprises
- § 53.1-110. Oath and bond of superintendent and jail officers
- § 53.1-111. Work of prisoners
- § 53.1-112. Jail or jail farm expenses
- § 53.1-113. Transportation of prisoners to jail or jail farm
- § 53.1-114. Reimbursement of costs
- § 53.1-115. Payment of salaries of superintendents and medical and treatment personnel
- § 53.1-115.1. Superintendents of regional jails and regional jail-farms to make daily reports to Compensation Board
- § 53.1-115.2. Establishment of stores in regional jails and regional jail farms
Article 6. Duties of Sheriffs
- § 53.1-116. What records and policy jailer shall keep; how time deducted or added for felons and misdemeanants; payment of fine and costs by person committed to jail until he pays
- § 53.1-116.1. Jailer to give notice of release of certain prisoners
- § 53.1-116.1:01. Jailer to give notice of intake of certain prisoners
- § 53.1-116.1:02. Jailer issued identification
- § 53.1-116.2. Sheriffs to be keepers of jails
- § 53.1-116.3. Improper release; capias, arrest and hearing
- § 53.1-117. Violations of rules to be recorded in register
- § 53.1-118. Courts to fine sheriffs for failure to perform duties
- § 53.1-119. Court duties of sheriff
- § 53.1-120. Sheriff to provide for courthouse and courtroom security; designation of deputies for such purpose; assessment
- § 53.1-121. Sheriffs to make daily reports to Compensation Board; failure to send report
- § 53.1-122. Daily records of sheriffs and jail superintendents
- § 53.1-123. Other accounts, information and records as required by Department
- § 53.1-124. Sheriffs and jail superintendents to report to the courts
- § 53.1-125. Failure of sheriffs or jail superintendents to comply with requirements of board; filing of complaint; withholding salary
- § 53.1-126. Responsibility of sheriffs and jail superintendents for food, clothing and medicine
- § 53.1-127. Who may enter interior of local correctional facilities; searches of those entering
- § 53.1-127.1. Establishment of stores in local correctional facilities
- § 53.1-127.2. Fees for electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners in local correctional facilities
- § 53.1-127.3. Deferred or installment payment agreement for unpaid fees; suspension of privilege to operate a motor vehicle
- § 53.1-127.4. Suspension of privilege to operate motor vehicle for failure to pay fees
- § 53.1-127.5. Collection of fees owed; contract for collection; duties of Department of Taxation
Article 7. Prisoner Programs and Treatment
- § 53.1-128. Workforces and authorized work places
- § 53.1-129. Order permitting prisoners to work on state, county, city, town, certain private property or nonprofit organization property; bond of person in charge of prisoners
- § 53.1-130. Sheriffs, jail superintendents, etc., not to be interested in property where work performed; penalty
- § 53.1-131. Provision for release of prisoner from confinement for employment, educational or other rehabilitative programs; escape; penalty; disposition of earnings
- § 53.1-131.1. Provision for sentencing of person to nonconsecutive days in jail; payment to defray costs; penalty
- § 53.1-131.2. Assignment to a home/electronic incarceration program; payment to defray costs; escape; penalty
- § 53.1-131.3. Payment of costs associated with prisoners' keep
- § 53.1-132. Furloughs from local work release programs; penalty for violations
- § 53.1-133. Treatment of prisoner with contagious disease
- § 53.1-133.01. Medical treatment for prisoners
- § 53.1-133.01:1. Payment for bodily injury
- § 53.1-133.02. Notice to be given upon prisoner release, escape, etc.
- § 53.1-133.03. Exchange of medical and mental health information and records
Article 8. Jail Industry Programs
- § 53.1-133.1. Definition
- § 53.1-133.2. Establishment of jail industry programs
- § 53.1-133.3. Eligibility to participate
- § 53.1-133.4. Participant compensation
- § 53.1-133.5. Disposition of money collected and payment of expenses for jail industry program
- § 53.1-133.6. Restriction on sale of jail industry program goods and services; print shop
- § 53.1-133.7. Sale of artistic products
- § 53.1-133.8. Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations
- § 53.1-133.9. Charges; advertisement and marketing
- § 53.1-133.10. (See Editor's note) Governor to execute; form of compact
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