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Virginia regulations · Through 2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)

6VAC15-81-520: Traffic patterns

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections
  2. Agency 15. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
  3. Chapter 81. Standards for Planning, Design, Construction, and Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities
  4. Part V. Secure Local Correctional Facilities Design and Construction
  5. Article 1. General Design Requirements

A. If secure and community custody housing are provided in the same building, the design of the facilities shall provide traffic patterns to assure the separation of secure and community custody inmate populations.

B. Design of public access shall be such that the public does not enter into the secure perimeter of the facility, and the traffic pattern for the public shall be separate from that of inmates.

C. The reviewing authority may require that intake, release, and court holding areas be separate and distinct functions and traffic patterns be kept separated from each other. The reviewing authority may require that means of egress for the inmate release area and for the court holding area be separate from the intake and booking area entrance.

D. Exterior pedestrian and vehicular routing shall be designed for separation of traffic patterns.

Collected 2026-09-14T04:46:37Z. Source file · JSON

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