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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 599<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":276815,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75596,"identifier":"66-10.2","token":"66\/1\/66-10.2","url":"\/66-10.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/66-10.2\/","token":"66\/1\/66-10.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board to establish regulations regarding youth detained in juvenile correctional facilities pursuant to contracts with the federal government","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 66-10.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span>, in collaboration with the Department<\/span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, shall promulgate regulations governing the housing of youth who are detained in a juvenile correctional facility pursuant to a contract<\/span> with the federal government and not committed to such juvenile correctional facility by a court<\/span> of the Commonwealth. Such regulations shall establish:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Standards that (i) govern the use of physical force, mechanical restraints, and spit guards and (ii) avoid the use of isolation; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Staff training requirements regarding cognitive behavioral interventions, trauma-informed care, cultural background implications, de-escalation techniques, and the use of physical and mechanical restraints; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Requirements for an appropriate number of bilingual staff and culturally relevant programs; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Methods to ensure that such youth detained understand their rights and responsibilities; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Standards to ensure the provision of necessary physical and mental health care; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> A requirement that any contract<\/span> entered into by a juvenile correctional facility with the federal government to house youth provide staff of the Department<\/span> with the same level of access to such youth that the Department<\/span> would ordinarily have regarding any other youth committed to such facility; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Standards for recordkeeping, including extended recordkeeping requirements for records and video footage related to reported incidents. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS REGARDING YOUTH DETAINED IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL\nFACILITIES PURSUANT TO CONTRACTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (\u00a7 66-10.2)\n\nThe Board, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and\nDevelopmental Services, shall promulgate regulations governing the housing of\nyouth who are detained in a juvenile correctional facility pursuant to a\ncontract with the federal government and not committed to such juvenile\ncorrectional facility by a court of the Commonwealth. Such regulations shall\nestablish:\n\n1. Standards that (i) govern the use of physical force, mechanical restraints,\nand spit guards and (ii) avoid the use of isolation;\n\n2. Staff training requirements regarding cognitive behavioral interventions,\ntrauma-informed care, cultural background implications, de-escalation\ntechniques, and the use of physical and mechanical restraints;\n\n3. Requirements for an appropriate number of bilingual staff and culturally\nrelevant programs;\n\n4. Methods to ensure that such youth detained understand their rights and\nresponsibilities;\n\n5. Standards to ensure the provision of necessary physical and mental health\ncare;\n\n6. A requirement that any contract entered into by a juvenile correctional\nfacility with the federal government to house youth provide staff of the\nDepartment with the same level of access to such youth that the Department would\nordinarily have regarding any other youth committed to such facility; and\n\n7. Standards for recordkeeping, including extended recordkeeping requirements\nfor records and video footage related to reported incidents.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 599.","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}}