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The report shall include:1\n\nA summary of the Office’s inspections and complaint investigations conducted that fiscal year, including the Office’s findings and recommendations and the Department responses and corrective actions;2\n\nA characterization of the conditions of confinement at each facility;3\n\nA summary of available educational and rehabilitative programming, drug and mental health treatment, and inmate jobs and vocational training at each facility;4\n\nA summary of visitation policies and procedures at each facility;5\n\nA summary of medical facilities and medical policies and procedures at each facility;6\n\nA summary of the lockdowns reviewed by the Office;7\n\nA summary of staffing at each facility;8\n\nA summary of physical or sexual assaults reviewed by the Office;9\n\nA summary of any inmate or staff deaths that occurred at each facility;10\n\nA summary of the Office’s investigations, findings, and resolutions of any complaints submitted pursuant to § 53.1-17.7; and11\n\nAny recommendations to the General Assembly and the Department.B\n\nIf the Office so requests, the Department shall, within the time specified, inform the Office in writing about any action taken on the recommendations included in the annual report or the reasons for not complying with such recommendations.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285402,"text":"The Office shall produce an annual report to be made available to the public online and to be delivered to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, the House Committee on Public Safety, the Committee, and the Director by December 31 of each year. 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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 392<\/a> and 393<\/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":58021,"section_number":"53.1-17.7","catch_line":"Authority to investigate complaints","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-17.7\/"}],"permalink":{"id":237727,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79661,"identifier":"53.1-17.8","token":"53.1\/1\/4\/53.1-17.8","url":"\/53.1-17.8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-17.8\/","token":"53.1\/1\/4\/53.1-17.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annual report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-17.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Office shall produce an annual report to be made available to the public online and to be delivered to the Governor, the Attorney General<\/span>, the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, the House Committee on Public Safety, the Committee, and the Director<\/span> by December 31 of each year. The report shall include: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A summary of the Office’s inspections and complaint investigations conducted that fiscal year, including the Office’s findings<\/span> and recommendations and the Department<\/span> responses and corrective actions; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A characterization of the conditions of confinement at each facility; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A summary of available educational and rehabilitative programming, drug and mental health treatment<\/span>, and inmate jobs and vocational training at each facility; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> A summary of visitation policies and procedures at each facility; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> A summary of medical facilities and medical policies and procedures at each facility; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> A summary of the lockdowns reviewed by the Office; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> A summary of staffing at each facility; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> A summary of physical or sexual assaults<\/span> reviewed by the Office; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> A summary of any inmate or staff deaths that occurred at each facility; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> A summary of the Office’s investigations, findings<\/span>, and resolutions of any complaints submitted pursuant to § 53.1-17.7<\/a>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

11.<\/span> Any recommendations to the General Assembly and the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If the Office so requests, the Department<\/span> shall, within the time specified, inform the Office in writing about any action taken on the recommendations included in the annual report or the reasons for not complying with such recommendations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNUAL REPORT (\u00a7 53.1-17.8)\n\nA. The Office shall produce an annual report to be made available to the public\nonline and to be delivered to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Senate\nCommittee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, the House Committee on Public\nSafety, the Committee, and the Director by December 31 of each year. The report\nshall include:\n\n 1. A summary of the Office’s inspections and complaint investigations\n conducted that fiscal year, including the Office’s findings and\n recommendations and the Department responses and corrective actions;\n\n 2. A characterization of the conditions of confinement at each facility;\n\n 3. A summary of available educational and rehabilitative programming, drug and\n mental health treatment, and inmate jobs and vocational training at each\n facility;\n\n 4. A summary of visitation policies and procedures at each facility;\n\n 5. A summary of medical facilities and medical policies and procedures at each\n facility;\n\n 6. A summary of the lockdowns reviewed by the Office;\n\n 7. A summary of staffing at each facility;\n\n 8. A summary of physical or sexual assaults reviewed by the Office;\n\n 9. A summary of any inmate or staff deaths that occurred at each facility;\n\n 10. A summary of the Office’s investigations, findings, and resolutions\n of any complaints submitted pursuant to § 53.1-17.7; and\n\n 11. Any recommendations to the General Assembly and the Department.\n\nB. If the Office so requests, the Department shall, within the time specified,\ninform the Office in writing about any action taken on the recommendations\nincluded in the annual report or the reasons for not complying with such\nrecommendations.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, cc. 392, 393.","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}}