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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 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 1992, chapter 654.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237845,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65600,"identifier":"53.1-264","token":"53.1\/15\/53.1-264","url":"\/53.1-264\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-264\/","token":"53.1\/15\/53.1-264","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application of certain criminal law to contractor-operated facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-264","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All provisions of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> establishing penalties for <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> committed against custodians of inmates, <span class=\"dictionary\">correctional officers<\/span>, prison guards, or <span class=\"dictionary\">jail officers<\/span> shall apply <span class=\"dictionary\">mutatis mutandis<\/span> to <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> committed by or with regard to inmates assigned to facilities or programs for which a <span class=\"dictionary\">prison contractor<\/span> is providing <span class=\"dictionary\">correctional services<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL LAW TO CONTRACTOR-OPERATED FACILITIES (\u00a7\n53.1-264)\n\nAll provisions of law establishing penalties for offenses committed against\ncustodians of inmates, correctional officers, prison guards, or jail officers\nshall apply mutatis mutandis to offenses committed by or with regard to inmates\nassigned to facilities or programs for which a prison contractor is providing\ncorrectional services.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 705; 1992, c. 654.","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}}