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If elsewhere, the governing body of the locality where the proposed jail industry program is to be established shall approve the location of the program. Any such program shall be subject to the provisions of this article and shall not be established, operated, maintained or otherwise supported by state funds except as provided in \u00a7 53.1-133.6.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":236380,"text":"The sheriff or jail superintendent operating a local correctional facility, with the approval of the local governing body, jail farm board, or regional jail or jail farm board or regional jail authority, as the case may be, is authorized to establish a jail industry program within the facility he administers or on public property or works owned, leased or operated by the county, city, town or federal government, whether the same be located within such county, city or town or elsewhere. If elsewhere, the governing body of the locality where the proposed jail industry program is to be established shall approve the location of the program. 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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 859 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. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1995, chapter 756<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58843,"section_number":"53.1-133.6","catch_line":"Restriction on sale of jail industry program goods and services; print shop","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-133.6\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64982,"identifier":"53.1-133.2","token":"53.1\/3\/8\/53.1-133.2","url":"\/53.1-133.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-133.2\/","token":"53.1\/3\/8\/53.1-133.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of jail industry programs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-133.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The sheriff or jail superintendent operating a local correctional facility<\/span>, with the approval of the local governing body, jail farm board<\/span>, or regional jail or jail farm board<\/span> or regional jail authority, as the case may be, is authorized to establish a jail industry program within the facility he administers or on public property or works owned, leased or operated by the county, city, town or federal government, whether the same be located within such county, city or town or elsewhere. If elsewhere, the governing body of the locality where the proposed jail industry program is to be established shall approve the location of the program. Any such program shall be subject to the provisions of this article and shall not be established, operated, maintained or otherwise supported by state funds except as provided in \u00a7 53.1-133.6<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF JAIL INDUSTRY PROGRAMS (\u00a7 53.1-133.2)\n\nThe sheriff or jail superintendent operating a local correctional facility, with\nthe approval of the local governing body, jail farm board, or regional jail or\njail farm board or regional jail authority, as the case may be, is authorized to\nestablish a jail industry program within the facility he administers or on\npublic property or works owned, leased or operated by the county, city, town or\nfederal government, whether the same be located within such county, city or town\nor elsewhere. If elsewhere, the governing body of the locality where the\nproposed jail industry program is to be established shall approve the location\nof the program. Any such program shall be subject to the provisions of this\narticle and shall not be established, operated, maintained or otherwise\nsupported by state funds except as provided in \u00a7 53.1-133.6.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 859; 1995, c. 756.","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}}