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6VAC15-81-510: Separation of males, females, and juveniles
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections
- Agency 15. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
- Chapter 81. Standards for Planning, Design, Construction, and Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities
- Part V. Secure Local Correctional Facilities Design and Construction
- Article 1. General Design Requirements
A. Secure housing units, intake cells, and special purpose cells shall be designed and constructed to ensure physical separation and to prohibit normal sight or sound communication between males and females.
1. "Secure housing" means housing for all inmates (maximum, medium, and minimum) not classified as community custody.
2. If the facility is designed to hold juveniles, the areas used for juveniles shall be designed to prohibit normal communications by sight and sound and ensure physical separation of the juvenile from the adult population.
B. Separation of internal movement of juveniles shall be in accordance with 6VAC15-40, Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups.
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