§ 53.1-71.5 — Board to promulgate regulations

Virginia § 53.1-71.5

• Jurisdiction: Virginia
• Title 53.1: Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
• Ch. 3: Local Correctional Facilities
• Art. 1.1: Private Services at Regional Jail Facilities

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The Board shall make, adopt, and promulgate regulations governing the following aspects of private management and operation of regional jail facilities approved by the General Assembly pursuant to § 53.1-71.4:

1. Minimum standards for the construction, equipment, administration, and operation of the facilities; however, the standards shall be at least as stringent as those established for local correctional facilities;

2. Contingency plans for operation of a contractor-operated facility in the event of a termination of the contract;

3. Use of deadly and nondeadly force by regional jail facility contractors' security personnel;

4. Methods of monitoring a contractor-operated facility by an appropriate state or local governmental entity or entities;

5. Public access to a contractor-operated facility; and

6. Such other regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

Legislative History

1994, c. 715; 2025, c. 337.