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Virginia

Title 53.1 · Chapter 2
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-18. Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-19. Establishment of correctional institutions.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-20. Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-20.1. Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-21. Transfer of prisoners into and between state and local correctional facilities.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-22. Misdemeanant suspected of having contagious disease.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-23. Fingerprints, photographs and description.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-23.1. Repealed.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-23.2. Department to give notice of the receipt of certain prisoners.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-24. Record of convictions and register to be kept.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-25. Director to prescribe rules; rules to be available to prisoners.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-25.1. Rules of state correctional facilities.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-26. Confiscation of prohibited articles.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-27. Establishment of stores in state correctional facilities.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-28. Authority to fix discharge date; improper release; warrant, arrest and hearing.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-29. Authority for correctional officers and other employees to carry weapons.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-30. Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-31. Sale or lease of gas, oil, or minerals.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-31.1. Transportation of prisoners.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-31.2. Notification of child support due by a prisoner.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-31.3. Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-31.4. (Effective until July 1, 2026) Department of Corrections-issued identification. § 53.1-31.4. (Effective July 1, 2026) Government-issued identification; Department of Corrections-issued identification.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-32. Treatment and control of prisoners; recreation; religious services.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-32.01. Payment for bodily injury.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-32.1. Classification system; program assignments; mandatory participation.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-32.2. Reentry planning.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-33. Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-33.1. Mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-34. Treatment of prisoner with contagious disease.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-35. Correspondence privileges; receipt of publications.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-35.1. Electronic visitation and messaging with inmates.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-35.2. Visitation of certain prisoners by minor dependents.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-36. Prisoners may assist in medical research programs.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-37. Furloughs generally; travel expenses; penalties for violations.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-38. When ineligible for furloughs.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-39. Certain punishment of prisoners prohibited.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-39.1. Restrictive housing; data collection and reporting; report.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-39.2. Restorative housing; restrictions on use.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-39.3. Use of canines in state correctional facilities; prohibited acts; policies and regulations made public; incidents of use of canines reported; exception.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40. Appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.1. Medical and mental health treatment of prisoners incapable of giving consent.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.01. Conditional release of geriatric prisoners.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.2. Involuntary admission of prisoners with mental illness.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.02. Conditional release of terminally ill prisoners.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.3. Place of hearing or proceeding.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.4. Appeal of order authorizing involuntary admission.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.5. Transfer of prisoner involuntarily admitted.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.6. Periodic review of prisoner for purposes of retention.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.7. Discharge of prisoner involuntarily admitted.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.8. Fees and expenses.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.9. Civil admission proceeding prior to release.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.10. Exchange of medical and mental health information and records.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.11. Definitions.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.12. Treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.13. Treatment of prisoners during postpartum recovery.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.14. Reporting requirement.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.15. Training of correctional facility employees regarding pregnant inmates.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-40.16. Education for pregnant prisoners.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-41. Opportunities for work and career and technical education.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-42. Allowance for work and disposition thereof.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-43. Pay incentives for prisoners.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-43.1. Inmate trust accounts.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-44. Investment of funds belonging to prisoners; use of income.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-45. Sale of prison goods and services; print shop.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-45.1. Work programs; agreements with other entities.
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Code of Virginia §§ 53.1-45.2 through 53.1-45.5. Repealed.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-46. Sale of artistic products.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-47. Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-48. Exceptions as to purchases.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-49. Evasion by variance from specifications of Director.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-50. Vouchers, certificates and warrants not to be questioned.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-51. Intentional violations constitute malfeasance.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-52. Procedure for purchases.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-53. Transfer or sale of by-products of manufacturing processes.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-54. Charges and catalogue; annual estimates of requirements by departments, etc.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-55. Sale or exchange of goods manufactured by prisoners of other states.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-56. Construction and maintenance of highways; grass cutting; acquisition of quarries, etc.; use of materials for county roads.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-57. Payments by Department of Transportation to Director for labor.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-58. Highway employees as guards.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-59. Prisoners performing work for localities, state agencies or nonprofit civic organizations; payment of costs; foremen as guards.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-60. Extending limits of confinement of state prisoners for work and educational programs; disposition of wages; support of certain dependents; penalties for violations.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-60.1. Duties of Director in collecting court-imposed debt.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-61. Determination whether prisoner has dependents receiving public assistance; payment of portion of earnings; remedies for enforcement of support obligation.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-62. When ineligible for work release.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-63. Department to establish facilities for persons committed under Article 2 (§ 19.2-311 et seq.) of Chapter 18 of Title 19.2.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-63.1. Department to establish facilities for juveniles sentenced as adults.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-64. Programs and facilities.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-65. Consideration of report developed at diagnostic facilities.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-66. Transfer of prisoners to other facilities.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67. Admission to facility; good conduct allowance restricted.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67.1. Repealed.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67.2. Purpose.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67.3. Establishment of system.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67.4. Authority of Director; purchase of services authorized; location and notification.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67.5. Director to prescribe standards.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67.6. Minimum programs.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67.7. Repealed.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67.8. Repealed.
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Code of Virginia § 53.1-67.9. Establishment of community corrections alternative program; supervision upon completion.
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