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However, such rules may allow for the suspension of the provisions of this subsection during the period of a declared emergency.B\n\nWhen contact is required between an officer and an inmate and when the inmate is required by circumstances to disrobe and the officer is not the same gender as the inmate, the officer involved shall submit a written report to the warden or other official in charge of the state correctional facility within 72 hours following the incident, containing the justification for the suspension of the provisions of subsection A.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":206173,"text":"The Director shall prescribe rules for state correctional facilities to ensure that when physical contact is required between an officer and an inmate and when the inmate is required by circumstances to disrobe, to the greatest extent possible, the officer shall be the same gender as the inmate. 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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 807<\/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. 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 2020, chapter 526<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64091,"section_number":"53.1-40.14","catch_line":"Reporting requirement","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-40.14\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237909,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56296,"identifier":"53.1-25.1","token":"53.1\/2\/1\/53.1-25.1","url":"\/53.1-25.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-25.1\/","token":"53.1\/2\/1\/53.1-25.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rules of state correctional facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-25.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall prescribe rules for state correctional facilities to ensure that when physical contact is required between an officer and an inmate and when the inmate is required by circumstances to disrobe, to the greatest extent possible, the officer shall be the same gender as the inmate. However, such rules may allow for the suspension of the provisions of this subsection during the period of a declared emergency. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> When contact is required between an officer and an inmate and when the inmate is required by circumstances to disrobe and the officer is not the same gender as the inmate, the officer involved shall submit a written report to the warden or other official in charge of the state correctional facility<\/span> within 72 hours following the incident, containing the justification for the suspension of the provisions of subsection A. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRULES OF STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (\u00a7 53.1-25.1)\n\nA. The Director shall prescribe rules for state correctional facilities to\nensure that when physical contact is required between an officer and an inmate\nand when the inmate is required by circumstances to disrobe, to the greatest\nextent possible, the officer shall be the same gender as the inmate. However,\nsuch rules may allow for the suspension of the provisions of this subsection\nduring the period of a declared emergency.\n\nB. When contact is required between an officer and an inmate and when the inmate\nis required by circumstances to disrobe and the officer is not the same gender\nas the inmate, the officer involved shall submit a written report to the warden\nor other official in charge of the state correctional facility within 72 hours\nfollowing the incident, containing the justification for the suspension of the\nprovisions of subsection A.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 807; 2020, c. 526.","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}}