{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-1120","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 15.2-1120","heading":"Detentive, correctional and penal institutions","body":"A municipal corporation may provide and operate, within or outside the municipal corporation, detentive, correctional and penal institutions; or may contract with others for supplying the services and facilities provided at such institutions.Code 1950, § 15-77.46; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-882; 1997, c. 587.","path":["Title 15.2. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS","Subtitle II. POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Chapter 11. POWERS OF CITIES AND TOWNS","Article 1. UNIFORM CHARTER POWERS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/15.2-1120/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:19Z","sha256":"ce3eee1245ce39b97fe223b2f4d3cb1bccfdfdd5a82f6b3b241fbe1b0de544f8","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-1119","next":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-1121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}