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The Board may designate some other local correctional facility or lock-up in or at which shall be confined persons who otherwise would have been confined in the facility subject to the Board’s order. Copies of each order shall, upon being issued, be sent to the officer in charge of the facilities affected, to the governing bodies of the counties, cities and towns affected and to the judge of the circuit court of each county and city in which are located the local correctional facilities or lock-ups affected.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":249943,"text":"The Board is authorized to limit, by its order, the confinement of prisoners in any local correctional facility or lock-up, which is not constructed, equipped, maintained and operated so as to comply with minimum standards prescribed by the Board, either by prohibiting confinement of any prisoners in such local correctional facility or lock-up, or by limiting the maximum number of prisoners to be confined therein, as the Board deems appropriate. The Board may designate some other local correctional facility or lock-up in or at which shall be confined persons who otherwise would have been confined in the facility subject to the Board’s order. Copies of each order shall, upon being issued, be sent to the officer in charge of the facilities affected, to the governing bodies of the counties, cities and towns affected and to the judge of the circuit court of each county and city in which are located the local correctional facilities or lock-ups affected.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15179,"edition_id":1,"name":"Establishment and Regulation of Facilities","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12847,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:52:44","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:52:44","permalink":{"id":238283,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15179,"identifier":"1","token":"53.1\/3\/1","url":"\/53.1\/3\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12847,"edition_id":1,"name":"Local Correctional Facilities","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12717,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","permalink":{"id":238281,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12847,"identifier":"3","token":"53.1\/3","url":"\/53.1\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12717,"edition_id":1,"name":"Prisons and Other Methods of Correction","identifier":"53.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":237591,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12717,"identifier":"53.1","token":"53.1","url":"\/53.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":75446,"structure_id":15179,"section_number":"53.1-68","catch_line":"Minimum standards for local correctional facilities and lock-ups; health inspections, behavioral health services inspections, and personnel","url":"\/53.1-68\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-68","metadata":false},{"id":69048,"structure_id":15179,"section_number":"53.1-69","catch_line":"Board may prohibit confinement and require transfer of prisoners in substandard facilities","url":"\/53.1-69\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-69","metadata":false},{"id":86587,"structure_id":15179,"section_number":"53.1-69.1","catch_line":"Review of death of inmates in local, regional, or community correctional facilities","url":"\/53.1-69.1\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-69.1","metadata":false},{"id":67617,"structure_id":15179,"section_number":"53.1-69.2","catch_line":"Administrative appeal of Board determinations","url":"\/53.1-69.2\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-69.2","metadata":false},{"id":83885,"structure_id":15179,"section_number":"53.1-70","catch_line":"Jurisdiction of court to enforce orders of Board; proceedings","url":"\/53.1-70\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-70","metadata":false},{"id":80986,"structure_id":15179,"section_number":"53.1-70.1","catch_line":"Transport of prisoners; authority","url":"\/53.1-70.1\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-70.1","metadata":false},{"id":57803,"structure_id":15179,"section_number":"53.1-71","catch_line":"Courts to order jails erected and repaired","url":"\/53.1-71\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-71","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":75446,"structure_id":15179,"section_number":"53.1-68","catch_line":"Minimum standards for local correctional facilities and lock-ups; health inspections, behavioral health services inspections, and personnel","url":"\/53.1-68\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-68","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":86587,"structure_id":15179,"section_number":"53.1-69.1","catch_line":"Review of death of inmates in local, regional, or community correctional facilities","url":"\/53.1-69.1\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-69.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/53.1-69\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1981, chapter 487; in 1982, chapter 636.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85635,"section_number":"53.1-1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-1\/"},{"id":86587,"section_number":"53.1-69.1","catch_line":"Review of death of inmates in local, regional, or community correctional facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-69.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238289,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69048,"identifier":"53.1-69","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-69","url":"\/53.1-69\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-69\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1\/53.1-69","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board may prohibit confinement and require transfer of prisoners in substandard facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-69","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> is authorized to limit, by its order<\/span>, the confinement of prisoners in any local correctional facility<\/span> or lock-up<\/span>, which is not constructed, equipped, maintained and operated so as to comply with minimum standards prescribed by the Board<\/span>, either by prohibiting confinement of any prisoners in such local correctional facility<\/span> or lock-up<\/span>, or by limiting the maximum number of prisoners to be confined therein, as the Board<\/span> deems appropriate. The Board<\/span> may designate some other local correctional facility<\/span> or lock-up<\/span> in or at which shall be confined persons who otherwise would have been confined in the facility subject to the Board<\/span>’s order<\/span>. Copies of each order<\/span> shall, upon being issued, be sent to the officer in charge of the facilities affected, to the governing bodies of the counties, cities and towns affected and to the judge<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of each county and city in which are located the local correctional facilities or lock-ups<\/span> affected.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD MAY PROHIBIT CONFINEMENT AND REQUIRE TRANSFER OF PRISONERS IN SUBSTANDARD\nFACILITIES (\u00a7 53.1-69)\n\nThe Board is authorized to limit, by its order, the confinement of prisoners in\nany local correctional facility or lock-up, which is not constructed, equipped,\nmaintained and operated so as to comply with minimum standards prescribed by the\nBoard, either by prohibiting confinement of any prisoners in such local\ncorrectional facility or lock-up, or by limiting the maximum number of prisoners\nto be confined therein, as the Board deems appropriate. The Board may designate\nsome other local correctional facility or lock-up in or at which shall be\nconfined persons who otherwise would have been confined in the facility subject\nto the Board’s order. Copies of each order shall, upon being issued, be\nsent to the officer in charge of the facilities affected, to the governing\nbodies of the counties, cities and towns affected and to the judge of the\ncircuit court of each county and city in which are located the local\ncorrectional facilities or lock-ups affected.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-134; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636.","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}}