Code of VirginiaTitle 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction8/9/2020 Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction (2020 Updates) Chapter 1. Administration Generally Article 1. General Provisions § 53.1-1Definitions § 53.1-1.2Visitation policies Article 2. State Board of Local and Regional Jails § 53.1-2Appointment of members; qualifications; terms and vacancies § 53.1-5Powers and duties of Board § 53.1-5.2Compilation of certain data for redistricting purposes § 53.1-6Board may administer oaths, conduct hearings, and issue subpoenas § 53.1-6.1Executive director; staff; compensation Article 3. Department of Corrections and Director of Corrections § 53.1-8Department of Corrections § 53.1-10Powers and duties of Director Chapter 2. State Correctional Facilities Article 1. General Provisions § 53.1-18Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property § 53.1-19Establishment of correctional institutions § 53.1-20Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director § 53.1-24Record of convictions and register to be kept § 53.1-25.1Rules of state correctional facilities § 53.1-30Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering § 53.1-31Sale or lease of gas, oil, or minerals § 53.1-31.4Department of Corrections-issued identification Article 2. Treatment and Privileges of Prisoners § 53.1-32Treatment and control of prisoners; recreation; religious services § 53.1-32.01Payment for bodily injury § 53.1-32.1Classification system; program assignments; mandatory participation § 53.1-35.2Visitation of certain prisoners by minor dependents § 53.1-37Furloughs generally; travel expenses; penalties for violations § 53.1-39Certain punishment of prisoners prohibited Article 2.1. Medical and Mental Health Care; Involuntary Admission and Treatment § 53.1-40.2Involuntary admission of prisoners with mental illness Article 2.2. Treatment and Control of Prisoners Known to Be Pregnant § 53.1-40.11Definitions § 53.1-40.12Treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant § 53.1-40.13Treatment of prisoners during postpartum recovery § 53.1-40.14Reporting requirement § 53.1-40.15Training of correctional facility employees regarding pregnant inmates § 53.1-40.16Education for pregnant prisoners Article 3. Employment and Training of Prisoners § 53.1-42Allowance for work and disposition thereof § 53.1-43Pay incentives for prisoners § 53.1-60Extending limits of confinement of state prisoners for work and educational programs; disposition of wages; support of certain dependents; penalties for violations Article 4. State Facilities for Youthful Offenders § 53.1-63Department to establish facilities for persons committed under Article 2 (§ 19.2-311 et seq.) of Chapter 18 of Title 19.2 § 53.1-63.1Department to establish facilities for juveniles sentenced as adults Article 6. Statewide Community-Based Corrections System for State-Responsible Offenders § 53.1-67.4Authority of Director; purchase of services authorized; location and notification § 53.1-67.5Director to prescribe standards Chapter 3. Local Correctional Facilities Article 1. Establishment and Regulation of Facilities § 53.1-68Minimum standards for local correctional facilities and lock-ups; health inspections, behavioral health services inspections, and personnel § 53.1-69.1Review of death of inmates in local correctional facilities § 53.1-69.2Administrative appeal of Board determinations Article 3.1. Jail Authorities § 53.1-95.20Duty to prescribe rules and regulations Article 5. Regional Jails and Jail Farms § 53.1-106Members of jail or jail farm board or regional jail authority; powers; payment of pro rata costs Article 6. Duties of Sheriffs § 53.1-116.1:02Jailer-issued identification § 53.1-120Sheriff to provide for courthouse and courtroom security; designation of deputies for such purpose; assessment § 53.1-127.3Deferred or installment payment agreement for unpaid fees Article 7. Prisoner Programs and Treatment § 53.1-131Provision for release of prisoner from confinement for employment, educational or other rehabilitative programs; escape; penalty; disposition of earnings § 53.1-131.2Assignment to a home/electronic incarceration program; payment to defray costs; escape; penalty § 53.1-132Furloughs from local work release programs; penalty for violations Chapter 4. Probation and Parole Article 1. Administration Generally § 53.1-136Powers and duties of Board; notice of release of certain inmates Article 2. State Probation and Parole Services § 53.1-145Powers and duties of probation and parole officers § 53.1-150.1Contribution by persons on parole Article 3. Procedures Governing Parole § 53.1-154.1Authority of Director to recommend parole review; release upon review § 53.1-164Procedure for return of parolee or felon serving a period of postrelease supervision § 53.1-165.1Limitation on the application of parole statutes Chapter 5. Community Correctional Facilities and Programs Article 1. Community Facilities for Parolees and Probationers § 53.1-178Director to establish standards § 53.1-179Purchase of services authorized Chapter 6. Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances Article 1. General Provisions § 53.1-189Forfeiture and restoration of good conduct allowance and earned sentence credits § 53.1-191Credits allowed in cases of injuries to or extraordinary services performed by prisoners; nonforfeiture of credits hereunder Article 3. Good Conduct Allowances for Persons Committed on or After July 1, 1981 § 53.1-199Eligibility for good conduct allowance; application § 53.1-200Conditions for good conduct allowance Article 4. Earned Sentence Credits for Persons Committed Upon Felony Offenses Committed on or After January 1, 1995 § 53.1-202.4Director to establish certain rules, criteria, etc. Chapter 10. Commitment of Aliens § 53.1-218Duty of officer in charge to inquire as to citizenship; notice to federal immigration officer of commitment of alien § 53.1-219Duty of clerk to furnish copy of complaint, indictment, judgment and sentence Chapter 11. Estates of Prisoners § 53.1-228.1Inmate payment for damaged property Chapter 13. Death Sentences § 53.1-234Transfer of prisoner; how death sentence executed; who to be present Chapter 15. Corrections Private Management Act § 53.1-262State correctional facilities; private contracts § 53.1-266Department shall promulgate regulations