{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-16.1-322.6","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 16.1-322.6","heading":"Powers and duties not delegable to contractor","body":"No contract for juvenile correctional facilities or programs shall authorize, allow, or imply a delegation of authority or responsibility to a juvenile correctional facilities or programs contractor for any of the following:1. Developing and implementing procedures for calculating a detainee's release date;2. Classifying detainees or placing detainees in less restrictive custody or more restrictive custody;3. Transferring a detainee; however, the contractor may make written recommendations regarding the transfer of a detainee or detainees;4. Formulating rules of detainee behavior, violations of which may subject detainees to sanctions; however, the contractor may propose such rules for review and adoption, rejection, or modification as otherwise provided by law or regulation; and5. Disciplining detainees in any manner which requires a discretionary application of rules of detainee behavior or a discretionary imposition of a sanction for violations of such rules.1991, c. 258; 1992, c. 652.","path":["Title 16.1. COURTS NOT OF RECORD","Chapter 11. JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURTS","Article 13.2. PRIVATE OPERATION OF JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/16.1-322.6/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:24Z","sha256":"027c3a422f3d45a1dea23cdc35bc438754b01b53bb629ee5eeb2b60744cb400c","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-16.1-322.5","next":"us-va/va.-code-16.1-322.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}