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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 159<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56020,"section_number":"19.2-297.1","catch_line":"Sentence of person twice previously convicted of certain violent felonies","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-297.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238695,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56943,"identifier":"53.1-116.2:1","token":"53.1\/3\/6\/53.1-116.2_1","url":"\/53.1-116.2_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-116.2_1\/","token":"53.1\/3\/6\/53.1-116.2_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jail superintendents to report certain acts of violence occurring within regional correctional facilities to law-enforcement agency; policies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-116.2:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The jail superintendent of any regional correctional facility shall promptly report to the primary local law<\/span>-enforcement agency in the jurisdiction<\/span> where such correctional facility is located or to the Department<\/span> of State Police any act of violence, as defined in § 19.2-297.1<\/a>, that occurs within such correctional facility. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each regional correctional facility shall adopt a policy setting forth the procedures for the investigation of such acts of violence and the respective roles and responsibilities of the jail superintendent of such correctional facility and the law<\/span>-enforcement agency to which such report is made. Each regional correctional facility shall provide a copy of such policy to the State Board<\/span> of Local and Regional Jails prior to January 1 each year, beginning on January 1, 2026. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJAIL SUPERINTENDENTS TO REPORT CERTAIN ACTS OF VIOLENCE OCCURRING WITHIN\nREGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; POLICIES (\u00a7\n53.1-116.2:1)\n\nA. The jail superintendent of any regional correctional facility shall promptly\nreport to the primary local law-enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where\nsuch correctional facility is located or to the Department of State Police any\nact of violence, as defined in § 19.2-297.1, that occurs within such\ncorrectional facility.\n\nB. Each regional correctional facility shall adopt a policy setting forth the\nprocedures for the investigation of such acts of violence and the respective\nroles and responsibilities of the jail superintendent of such correctional\nfacility and the law-enforcement agency to which such report is made. Each\nregional correctional facility shall provide a copy of such policy to the State\nBoard of Local and Regional Jails prior to January 1 each year, beginning on\nJanuary 1, 2026.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, c. 159.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}