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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 705 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 654; in 1995, chapter 694<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 632<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 394<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 337<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62533,"section_number":"19.2-353.5","catch_line":"Interest on fines and costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-353.5\/"},{"id":64674,"section_number":"2.2-1837","catch_line":"Risk management plan for public liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1837\/"},{"id":72501,"section_number":"2.2-3703","catch_line":"Public bodies and records to which chapter inapplicable; voter registration and election records; access by persons incarcerated in a state, local, or federal correctional facility","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3703\/"},{"id":85635,"section_number":"53.1-1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-1\/"},{"id":63215,"section_number":"53.1-31.1","catch_line":"Transportation of prisoners","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-31.1\/"},{"id":78034,"section_number":"8.01-195.10","catch_line":"Purpose; action by the General Assembly required; definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-195.10\/"},{"id":53980,"section_number":"8.01-690","catch_line":"Applicability provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-690\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237833,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87276,"identifier":"53.1-261","token":"53.1\/15\/53.1-261","url":"\/53.1-261\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-261\/","token":"53.1\/15\/53.1-261","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-261","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Correctional services<\/span>” means the following functions, services, and activities when provided within a prison<\/span> or otherwise:\n\t\tFood services, commissary, medical services, transportation, sanitation, or other ancillary services;<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Development and implementation assistance for classification, management information systems, or other information systems or services; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Education, training, and employment programs; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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5.<\/span> Counseling, special treatment programs, or other programs for special needs.\n\t\t\t“Prison” or “facility” or “prison facility<\/span>” means any institution operated by or under authority of the Department<\/span> and shall include, whether obtained by purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, restoration, improvement, alteration, repair, or other means, any physical betterment or improvement related to the housing of inmates or any preliminary plans, studies, or surveys relative thereto; land or rights to land; and any furnishings, machines, vehicles, apparatus, or equipment for use in connection with any prison facility<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Prison contractor<\/span>” or “contractor” means any entity, including a local government, entering into or offering or proposing to enter into a contractual agreement to provide any correctional services<\/span> to inmates under the custody<\/span> of the Commonwealth or federal inmates under the custody<\/span> of the prison contractor<\/span>, while in the Commonwealth of Virginia. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 53.1-261)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Correctional services” means the following functions, services,\nand activities when provided within a prison or otherwise:\n\t\tFood services, commissary, medical services, transportation, sanitation, or\nother ancillary services;\n\n2. Development and implementation assistance for classification, management\ninformation systems, or other information systems or services;\n\n3. Education, training, and employment programs;\n\n4. Recreational, religious, and other activities; and\n\n5. Counseling, special treatment programs, or other programs for special needs.\n\t\t\t“Prison” or “facility” or “prison\nfacility” means any institution operated by or under authority of the\nDepartment and shall include, whether obtained by purchase, lease, construction,\nreconstruction, restoration, improvement, alteration, repair, or other means,\nany physical betterment or improvement related to the housing of inmates or any\npreliminary plans, studies, or surveys relative thereto; land or rights to land;\nand any furnishings, machines, vehicles, apparatus, or equipment for use in\nconnection with any prison facility.\n\t\t\t“Prison contractor” or “contractor” means any entity,\nincluding a local government, entering into or offering or proposing to enter\ninto a contractual agreement to provide any correctional services to inmates\nunder the custody of the Commonwealth or federal inmates under the custody of\nthe prison contractor, while in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 705; 1992, c. 654; 1995, c. 694; 1996, c. 632; 2007, c. 394;\n2025, c. 337.","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}}