Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 53.1 > Chapter 2 > Article 2.2 - . Treatment and Control of Prisoners Known to Be Pregnant.

• Director: means the Director of the Department of Corrections. See Virginia Code 53.1-1
• Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
• 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
• Postpartum recovery: means the eight-week period, or longer as determined by the health care professional responsible for the health and safety of the prisoner, following childbirth. See Virginia Code 53.1-40.11
• Restraints: means any mechanical device, medication, physical intervention, or hands-on hold to prevent an individual from moving her body. See Virginia Code 53.1-40.11
• Restrictive housing: means the same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 53.1-40.11
• Solitary confinement: means isolation of a prisoner from the general population through confinement to a cell or other place for 22 or more hours within a 24-hour period. See Virginia Code 53.1-40.11
• 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