Code of Virginia
Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
1/17/2021
Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction (2020 Updates)
- Chapter 1. Administration Generally
- Article 1. General Provisions
- § 53.1-1
- (Effective until March 1, 2021) Definitions
- § 53.1-1.2
- Visitation policies
- Article 2. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
- § 53.1-2
- Appointment of members; qualifications; terms and vacancies
- § 53.1-5
- Powers and duties of Board
- § 53.1-5.2
- Compilation of certain data for redistricting purposes
- § 53.1-6
- Board may administer oaths, conduct hearings, and issue subpoenas
- § 53.1-6.1
- Executive director; staff; compensation
- Chapter 2. State Correctional Facilities
- Article 1. General Provisions
- § 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
- § 53.1-24
- Record of convictions and register to be kept
- § 53.1-25.1
- Rules of state correctional facilities
- § 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
- § 53.1-31.4
- Department of Corrections-issued identification
- Article 2. Treatment and Privileges of Prisoners
- § 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
- § 53.1-35.2
- Visitation of certain prisoners by minor dependents
- § 53.1-37
- Furloughs generally; travel expenses; penalties for violations
- § 53.1-39
- Certain punishment of prisoners prohibited
- Article 2.1. Medical and Mental Health Care; Involuntary Admission and Treatment
- § 53.1-40.2
- Involuntary admission of prisoners with mental illness
- Article 2.2. Treatment and Control of Prisoners Known to Be Pregnant
- § 53.1-40.11
- Definitions
- § 53.1-40.12
- Treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant
- § 53.1-40.13
- Treatment of prisoners during postpartum recovery
- § 53.1-40.14
- Reporting requirement
- § 53.1-40.15
- Training of correctional facility employees regarding pregnant inmates
- § 53.1-40.16
- Education for pregnant prisoners
- Article 3. Employment and Training of Prisoners
- § 53.1-42
- Allowance for work and disposition thereof
- § 53.1-43
- Pay incentives for prisoners
- § 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
- Article 4. State Facilities for Youthful Offenders
- § 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
- Article 6. Statewide Community-Based Corrections System for State-Responsible Offenders
- § 53.1-67.4
- Authority of Director; purchase of services authorized; location and notification
- § 53.1-67.5
- Director to prescribe standards
- Chapter 3. Local Correctional Facilities
- Article 1. Establishment and Regulation of Facilities
- § 53.1-68
- Minimum standards for local correctional facilities and lock-ups; health inspections, behavioral health services inspections, and personnel
- § 53.1-69.1
- Review of death of inmates in local correctional facilities
- § 53.1-69.2
- Administrative appeal of Board determinations
- Article 3.1. Jail Authorities
- § 53.1-95.20
- Duty to prescribe rules and regulations
- Article 5. Regional Jails and Jail Farms
- § 53.1-106
- Members of jail or jail farm board or regional jail authority; powers; payment of pro rata costs
- Article 6. Duties of Sheriffs
- § 53.1-116.1:02
- Jailer-issued identification
- § 53.1-120
- Sheriff to provide for courthouse and courtroom security; designation of deputies for such purpose; assessment
- § 53.1-127.3
- Deferred or installment payment agreement for unpaid fees
- Article 7. Prisoner Programs and Treatment
- § 53.1-131
- Provision for release of prisoner from confinement for employment, educational or other rehabilitative programs; escape; penalty; disposition of earnings
- § 53.1-131.2
- Assignment to a home/electronic incarceration program; payment to defray costs; escape; penalty
- § 53.1-132
- Furloughs from local work release programs; penalty for violations
- Chapter 4. Probation and Parole
- Article 1. Administration Generally
- § 53.1-136
- Powers and duties of Board; notice of release of certain inmates
- Article 2. State Probation and Parole Services
- § 53.1-145
- Powers and duties of probation and parole officers
- § 53.1-150.1
- Contribution by persons on parole
- Article 3. Procedures Governing Parole
- § 53.1-154.1
- Authority of Director to recommend parole review; release upon review
- § 53.1-164
- Procedure for return of parolee or felon serving a period of postrelease supervision
- § 53.1-165.1
- Limitation on the application of parole statutes
- Chapter 5. Community Correctional Facilities and Programs
- Article 1. Community Facilities for Parolees and Probationers
- § 53.1-178
- Director to establish standards
- § 53.1-179
- Purchase of services authorized
- Chapter 6. Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances
- Article 1. General Provisions
- § 53.1-189
- Forfeiture and restoration of good conduct allowance and earned sentence credits
- § 53.1-191
- Credits 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
- § 53.1-199
- Eligibility for good conduct allowance; application
- § 53.1-200
- Conditions for good conduct allowance
- Article 4. Earned Sentence Credits for Persons Committed Upon Felony Offenses Committed on or After January 1, 1995
- § 53.1-202.4
- Director to establish certain rules, criteria, etc.
- Chapter 10. Commitment of Aliens
- § 53.1-218
- Duty of officer in charge to inquire as to citizenship; notice to federal immigration officer of commitment of alien
- § 53.1-219
- Duty of clerk to furnish copy of complaint, indictment, judgment and sentence
- Chapter 11. Estates of Prisoners
- § 53.1-228.1
- Inmate payment for damaged property
- Chapter 13. Death Sentences
- § 53.1-234
- Transfer of prisoner; how death sentence executed; who to be present
- Chapter 15. Corrections Private Management Act
- § 53.1-262
- State correctional facilities; private contracts
- § 53.1-266
- Department shall promulgate regulations