{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-116.2-1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 53.1-116.2:1","heading":"Jail superintendents to report certain acts of violence occurring within regional correctional facilities to law-enforcement agency; policies","body":"A. The jail superintendent of any regional correctional facility shall promptly report to the primary local law-enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where such correctional facility is located or to the Department of State Police any act of violence, as defined in § 19.2-297.1, that occurs within such correctional facility.B. Each regional correctional facility shall adopt a policy setting forth the procedures for the investigation of such acts of violence and the respective roles and responsibilities of the jail superintendent of such correctional facility and the law-enforcement agency to which such report is made. Each regional correctional facility shall provide a copy of such policy to the State Board of Local and Regional Jails prior to January 1 each year, beginning on January 1, 2026.2025, c. 159.","path":["Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction","Chapter 3. Local Correctional Facilities","Article 6. Duties of Sheriffs"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/53.1-116.2:1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:19Z","sha256":"99458449b91f625dbf79e24d9cd462e2e2ff3f9de3df98af76574a363b68edd2","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-116.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-53.1-116.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}