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Chapter 2.
State Correctional Facilities
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  • Article 1.
    General Provisions
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  • § 53.1-18
    Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property
    § 53.1-19
    Establishment of correctional institutions
    § 53.1-20
    Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director
    § 53.1-20.1
    Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration
    § 53.1-21
    Transfer of prisoners into and between state and local correctional facilities
    § 53.1-22
    Misdemeanant suspected of having contagious disease
    § 53.1-23
    Fingerprints, photographs and description
    § 53.1-23.1
    Repealed
    § 53.1-23.2
    Department to give notice of the receipt of certain prisoners
    § 53.1-24
    Record of convictions and register to be kept
    § 53.1-25
    Director to prescribe rules; rules to be available to prisoners
    § 53.1-25.1
    Rules of state correctional facilities
    § 53.1-26
    Confiscation of prohibited articles
    § 53.1-27
    Establishment of stores in state correctional facilities
    § 53.1-28
    Authority to fix discharge date; improper release; warrant, arrest and hearing
    § 53.1-29
    Authority for correctional officers and other employees to carry weapons
    § 53.1-30
    Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering
    § 53.1-31
    Sale or lease of gas, oil, or minerals
    § 53.1-31.1
    Transportation of prisoners
    § 53.1-31.2
    Notification of child support due by a prisoner
    § 53.1-31.3
    Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance
    § 53.1-31.4
    Department of Corrections-issued identification
  • Article 2.
    Treatment and Privileges of Prisoners
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  • § 53.1-32
    Treatment and control of prisoners; recreation; religious services
    § 53.1-32.01
    Payment for bodily injury
    § 53.1-32.1
    Classification system; program assignments; mandatory participation
    § 53.1-32.2
    Reentry planning
    § 53.1-33
    Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work
    § 53.1-33.1
    Mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus
    § 53.1-34
    Treatment of prisoner with contagious disease
    § 53.1-35
    Correspondence privileges; receipt of publications
    § 53.1-35.1
    Electronic visitation and messaging with inmates
    § 53.1-35.2
    Visitation of certain prisoners by minor dependents
    § 53.1-36
    Prisoners may assist in medical research programs
    § 53.1-37
    Furloughs generally; travel expenses; penalties for violations
    § 53.1-38
    When ineligible for furloughs
    § 53.1-39
    Certain punishment of prisoners prohibited
    § 53.1-39.1
    Restrictive housing; data collection and reporting; report
    § 53.1-39.2
    Restorative housing; restrictions on use
    § 53.1-39.3
    Use of canines in state correctional facilities; prohibited acts; policies and regulations made public; incidents of use of canines reported; exception
    § 53.1-40
    Appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners
    § 53.1-40.01
    Conditional release of geriatric prisoners
    § 53.1-40.02
    Conditional release of terminally ill prisoners
  • Article 2.1.
    Medical and Mental Health Care; Involuntary Admission and Treatment
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  • § 53.1-40.1
    Medical and mental health treatment of prisoners incapable of giving consent
    § 53.1-40.2
    Involuntary admission of prisoners with mental illness
    § 53.1-40.3
    Place of hearing or proceeding
    § 53.1-40.4
    Appeal of order authorizing involuntary admission
    § 53.1-40.5
    Transfer of prisoner involuntarily admitted
    § 53.1-40.6
    Periodic review of prisoner for purposes of retention
    § 53.1-40.7
    Discharge of prisoner involuntarily admitted
    § 53.1-40.8
    Fees and expenses
    § 53.1-40.9
    Civil admission proceeding prior to release
    § 53.1-40.10
    Exchange of medical and mental health information and records
  • Article 3.
    Employment and Training of Prisoners
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  • § 53.1-41
    Opportunities for work and career and technical education
    § 53.1-42
    Allowance for work and disposition thereof
    § 53.1-43
    Pay incentives for prisoners
    § 53.1-43.1
    Inmate trust accounts
    § 53.1-44
    Investment of funds belonging to prisoners; use of income
    § 53.1-45
    Sale of prison goods and services; print shop
    § 53.1-45.1
    Work programs; agreements with other entities
    § 53.1-45.2
    Repealed
    § 53.1-46
    Sale of artistic products
    § 53.1-47
    Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations
    § 53.1-48
    Exceptions as to purchases
    § 53.1-49
    Evasion by variance from specifications of Director
    § 53.1-50
    Vouchers, certificates and warrants not to be questioned
    § 53.1-51
    Intentional violations constitute malfeasance
    § 53.1-52
    Procedure for purchases
    § 53.1-53
    Transfer or sale of by-products of manufacturing processes
    § 53.1-54
    Charges and catalogue; annual estimates of requirements by departments, etc.
    § 53.1-55
    Sale or exchange of goods manufactured by prisoners of other states
    § 53.1-56
    Construction and maintenance of highways; grass cutting; acquisition of quarries, etc.; use of materials for county roads
    § 53.1-57
    Payments by Department of Transportation to Director for labor
    § 53.1-58
    Highway employees as guards
    § 53.1-59
    Prisoners performing work for localities, state agencies or nonprofit civic organizations; payment of costs; foremen as guards
    § 53.1-60
    Extending limits of confinement of state prisoners for work and educational programs; disposition of wages; support of certain dependents; penalties for violations
    § 53.1-60.1
    Duties of Director in collecting court-imposed debt
    § 53.1-61
    Determination whether prisoner has dependents receiving public assistance; payment of portion of earnings; remedies for enforcement of support obligation
    § 53.1-62
    When ineligible for work release
  • Article 4.
    State Facilities for Youthful Offenders
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  • § 53.1-63
    Department to establish facilities for persons committed under Article 2 (§ 19.2-311 et seq.) of Chapter 18 of Title 19.2
    § 53.1-63.1
    Department to establish facilities for juveniles sentenced as adults
    § 53.1-64
    Programs and facilities
    § 53.1-65
    Consideration of report developed at diagnostic facilities
    § 53.1-66
    Transfer of prisoners to other facilities
    § 53.1-67
    Admission to facility; good conduct allowance restricted
  • Article 9.
    Community Corrections Alternative Program
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  • § 53.1-67.9
    Establishment of community corrections alternative program; supervision upon completion