§ 53.1-71.5 Board to promulgate regulations
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;
6. Such other regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
History
This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 715 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapter 337.
1994, c. 715; 2025, c. 337.