Code of Virginia
Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
2/10/2025
Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction (2024 Updates)
- Chapter 1. Administration Generally
- Article 1. General Provisions
- § 53.1-1.1
- Telephone systems within correctional facilities
- Article 2. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
- § 53.1-5
- Powers and duties of Board
- Article 4. Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman
- § 53.1-17.2
- Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman; powers and duties
- § 53.1-17.3
- Corrections Oversight Committee; membership; authority
- § 53.1-17.4
- Access to facilities and records
- § 53.1-17.5
- Communications; confidentiality
- § 53.1-17.6
- Inspection authority; inspection and assessment; report; safety and compliance classification
- § 53.1-17.7
- Authority to investigate complaints
- § 53.1-17.8
- Annual report
- § 53.1-17.9
- Inmate and family support services
- § 53.1-17.10
- Exhaustion of remedies
- Chapter 2. State Correctional Facilities
- Article 2. Treatment and Privileges of Prisoners
- § 53.1-33
- Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work
- § 53.1-35.1
- Electronic visitation and messaging with inmates
- § 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
- Chapter 3. Local Correctional Facilities
- Article 5. Regional Jails and Jail Farms
- § 53.1-115.2
- Establishment of stores in regional jails and regional jail farms
- Article 6. Duties of Sheriffs
- § 53.1-127.1
- Establishment of stores in local correctional facilities
- § 53.1-127.2
- Fees for telephonic communication systems and electronic visitation and messaging systems for prisoners in local correctional facilities
- Chapter 4. Probation and Parole
- Article 1. Administration Generally
- § 53.1-134.1
- Parole Board decisions; voting requirements
- § 53.1-136
- Powers and duties of Board; notice of release of certain inmates
- Article 3. Procedures Governing Parole
- § 53.1-154
- Times at which Virginia Parole Board to review cases
- § 53.1-155
- Investigation prior to release; transition assistance
- Chapter 6. Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances
- Article 4. Earned Sentence Credits for Persons Committed Upon Felony Offenses Committed on or After January 1, 1995
- § 53.1-202.3
- Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites