§ 53.1-82.1 Approval of jail projects by the Board; plan for community corrections
The Board shall promulgate regulations requiring localities seeking approval of a jail project to (i) submit a community-based corrections plan and (ii) demonstrate that the project can be completed and operated in a cost-efficient manner. Such regulations shall require, at a minimum, the following:
1. That the request include an analysis of staffing needs and a six-year operating budget for the proposed facility;
2. That the request include a plan for development and implementation of pre-trial detention alternatives and post-disposition punishment alternatives on a systematic local and regional basis, which plan shall be reviewed, modified and approved by the Board with assistance from the Department of Criminal Justice Services; and
3. That the project be based on a locality- or region-specific jail population forecast, which shall include an analysis of the impact on the jail population of the alternatives identified pursuant to subdivision 2 of this section, and which forecast shall be reviewed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The Board shall approve no proposed jail project which does not conform to the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to jail renovation projects which do not result in a net increase in available bed space.
History
This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 387 and 787 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. Unfortunately, the 1993 “Acts” aren’t available online. 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 2000, chapter 1040.
1993, cc. 387, 787; 2000, c. 1040.