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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections
Agency 15. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
Chapter 40. Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups
11/23/2024

6VAC15-40-730. Telephone calls during the booking process.

Written policy, procedure, and practice shall specify that newly admitted inmates who are physically capable are permitted to complete at least two local or long-distance telephone calls during the booking process. Reasonable accommodations shall be made for non-English speaking inmates, as well as hearing impaired and visually impaired inmates.

Statutory Authority

§§ 53.1-5, 53.1-68, and 53.1-131 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR230-30-001 § 5.3, eff. April 1, 1987; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 9, eff. April 1, 1988; Volume 7, Issue 12, eff. May 1, 1991; Volume 9, Issue 12, eff. May 1, 1993; Volume 11, Issue 21, eff. August 10, 1995; Volume 29, Issue 4, eff. November 22, 2012.

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