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- Va. Code § 53.1-20 · Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director
- Va. Code § 53.1-20.1 · Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration
- Va. Code § 53.1-21 · Transfer of prisoners into and between state and local correctional facilities
- Va. Code § 53.1-22 · Misdemeanant suspected of having contagious disease
- Va. Code § 53.1-23 · Fingerprints, photographs and description
- Va. Code § 53.1-23.1 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 53.1-23.2 · Department to give notice of the receipt of certain prisoners
- Va. Code § 53.1-24 · Record of convictions and register to be kept
- Va. Code § 53.1-25 · Director to prescribe rules; rules to be available to prisoners
- Va. Code § 53.1-25.1 · Rules of state correctional facilities
- Va. Code § 53.1-26 · Confiscation of prohibited articles
- Va. Code § 53.1-27 · Establishment of stores in state correctional facilities
- Va. Code § 53.1-28 · Authority to fix discharge date; improper release; warrant, arrest and hearing
- Va. Code § 53.1-29 · Authority for correctional officers and other employees to carry weapons
- Va. Code § 53.1-30 · Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering
- Va. Code § 53.1-31 · Sale or lease of gas, oil, or minerals
- Va. Code § 53.1-31.1 · Transportation of prisoners
- Va. Code § 53.1-31.2 · Notification of child support due by a prisoner
- Va. Code § 53.1-31.3 · Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance
- Va. Code § 53.1-31.4 · (Effective until July 1, 2026) Department of Corrections-issued identification
- Va. Code § 53.1-32 · Treatment and control of prisoners; recreation; religious services
- Va. Code § 53.1-32.01 · Payment for bodily injury
- Va. Code § 53.1-32.1 · Classification system; program assignments; mandatory participation
- Va. Code § 53.1-32.2 · Reentry planning
- Va. Code § 53.1-33 · Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work
- Va. Code § 53.1-33.1 · Mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus
- Va. Code § 53.1-34 · Treatment of prisoner with contagious disease
- Va. Code § 53.1-35 · Correspondence privileges; receipt of publications
- Va. Code § 53.1-35.1 · Electronic visitation and messaging with inmates
- Va. Code § 53.1-35.2 · Visitation of certain prisoners by minor dependents
- Va. Code § 53.1-36 · Prisoners may assist in medical research programs
- Va. Code § 53.1-37 · Furloughs generally; travel expenses; penalties for violations
- Va. Code § 53.1-38 · When ineligible for furloughs
- Va. Code § 53.1-39 · Certain punishment of prisoners prohibited
- Va. Code § 53.1-39.1 · Restrictive housing; data collection and reporting; report
- Va. Code § 53.1-39.2 · Restorative housing; restrictions on use
- Va. Code § 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
- Va. Code § 53.1-40 · Appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.01 · Conditional release of geriatric prisoners
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.1 · Medical and mental health treatment of prisoners incapable of giving consent
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.2 · Involuntary admission of prisoners with mental illness
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.02 · Conditional release of terminally ill prisoners
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.3 · Place of hearing or proceeding
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.4 · Appeal of order authorizing involuntary admission
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.5 · Transfer of prisoner involuntarily admitted
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.6 · Periodic review of prisoner for purposes of retention
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.7 · Discharge of prisoner involuntarily admitted
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.8 · Fees and expenses
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.9 · Civil admission proceeding prior to release
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.10 · Exchange of medical and mental health information and records
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.11 · Definitions
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.12 · Treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.13 · Treatment of prisoners during postpartum recovery
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.14 · Reporting requirement
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.15 · Training of correctional facility employees regarding pregnant inmates
- Va. Code § 53.1-40.16 · Education for pregnant prisoners
- Va. Code § 53.1-41 · Opportunities for work and career and technical education
- Va. Code § 53.1-42 · Allowance for work and disposition thereof
- Va. Code § 53.1-43 · Pay incentives for prisoners
- Va. Code § 53.1-43.1 · Inmate trust accounts
- Va. Code § 53.1-44 · Investment of funds belonging to prisoners; use of income
- Va. Code § 53.1-45 · Sale of prison goods and services; print shop
- Va. Code § 53.1-45.1 · Work programs; agreements with other entities
- Va. Code § 53.1-45.2 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 53.1-46 · Sale of artistic products
- Va. Code § 53.1-47 · Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations
- Va. Code § 53.1-48 · Exceptions as to purchases
- Va. Code § 53.1-49 · Evasion by variance from specifications of Director
- Va. Code § 53.1-50 · Vouchers, certificates and warrants not to be questioned
- Va. Code § 53.1-51 · Intentional violations constitute malfeasance
- Va. Code § 53.1-52 · Procedure for purchases
- Va. Code § 53.1-53 · Transfer or sale of by-products of manufacturing processes
- Va. Code § 53.1-54 · Charges and catalogue; annual estimates of requirements by departments, etc
- Va. Code § 53.1-55 · Sale or exchange of goods manufactured by prisoners of other states
- Va. Code § 53.1-56 · Construction and maintenance of highways; grass cutting; acquisition of quarries, etc.; use of materials for county roads
- Va. Code § 53.1-57 · Payments by Department of Transportation to Director for labor
- Va. Code § 53.1-58 · Highway employees as guards
- Va. Code § 53.1-59 · Prisoners performing work for localities, state agencies or nonprofit civic organizations; payment of costs; foremen as guards
- Va. Code § 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
- Va. Code § 53.1-60.1 · Duties of Director in collecting court-imposed debt
- Va. Code § 53.1-61 · Determination whether prisoner has dependents receiving public assistance; payment of portion of earnings; remedies for enforcement of support obligation
- Va. Code § 53.1-62 · When ineligible for work release
- Va. Code § 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
- Va. Code § 53.1-63.1 · Department to establish facilities for juveniles sentenced as adults
- Va. Code § 53.1-64 · Programs and facilities
- Va. Code § 53.1-65 · Consideration of report developed at diagnostic facilities
- Va. Code § 53.1-66 · Transfer of prisoners to other facilities
- Va. Code § 53.1-67 · Admission to facility; good conduct allowance restricted
- Va. Code § 53.1-67.1 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 53.1-67.2 · Purpose
- Va. Code § 53.1-67.3 · Establishment of system
- Va. Code § 53.1-67.4 · Authority of Director; purchase of services authorized; location and notification
- Va. Code § 53.1-67.5 · Director to prescribe standards
- Va. Code § 53.1-67.6 · Minimum programs
- Va. Code § 53.1-67.7 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 53.1-67.8 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 53.1-67.9 · Establishment of community corrections alternative program; supervision upon completion
- Va. Code § 53.1-68 · Minimum standards for local correctional facilities and lock-ups; health inspections, behavioral health services inspections, and personnel
- Va. Code § 53.1-69 · Board may prohibit confinement and require transfer of prisoners in substandard facilities
- Va. Code § 53.1-69.1 · Review of death of inmates in local, regional, or community correctional facilities