Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org7257118.2-350Confinement of convicted prostitutes and persons violating §§ 18.2-347 through 18.2-3492025Crimes and Offenses GenerallyCrimes Involving Morals and DecencyCommercial Sex Trafficking, Prostitution, etc

In any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of § 18.2-346 or of a misdemeanor violation of § 18.2-347, 18.2-348, or 18.2-349 and where a city or county farm or hospital is available for the confinement of persons so convicted, confinement may be in such farm or hospital, in the discretion of the court or judge.

Code 1950, § 18.1-199; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2019, c. 617; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.