§ 53.1-32 Treatment and control of prisoners; recreation; religious services.
§ 53.1-32.01 Payment for bodily injury.
§ 53.1-32.1 Classification system; program assignments; mandatory participation.
§ 53.1-32.2 Reentry planning.
§ 53.1-33 Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work.
§ 53.1-33.1 Mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
§ 53.1-34 Treatment of prisoner with contagious disease.
§ 53.1-35 Correspondence privileges; receipt of publications.
§ 53.1-35.1 Electronic visitation and messaging with inmates.
§ 53.1-35.2 Visitation of certain prisoners by minor dependents.
§ 53.1-36 Prisoners may assist in medical research programs.
§ 53.1-37 Furloughs generally; travel expenses; penalties for violations.
§ 53.1-38 When ineligible for furloughs.
§ 53.1-39 Certain punishment of prisoners prohibited.
§ 53.1-39.1 Restrictive housing; data collection and reporting; report.
§ 53.1-39.2 Restorative housing; restrictions on use.
§ 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.
§ 53.1-40 Appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners.
§ 53.1-40.01 Conditional release of geriatric prisoners.
§ 53.1-40.02 Conditional release of terminally ill prisoners.
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Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 53.1 > Chapter 2 > Article 2 - Treatment and Privileges of Prisoners.

  • Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Correctional officer: means a duly sworn employee of the Department of Corrections whose normal duties relate to maintaining immediate control, supervision and custody of prisoners confined in any state correctional facility. See Virginia Code 53.1-1
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Director: means the Director of the Department of Corrections. See Virginia Code 53.1-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Virginia Code 1-257
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • State correctional facility: means any correctional center or correctional field unit used for the incarceration of adult offenders established and operated by the Department of Corrections, or operated under contract pursuant to § Virginia Code 53.1-1