Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org6752237.2-832Persons with mental illness not to be confined in cells with criminals2025Behavioral Health and Developmental ServicesAdmissions and DispositionsEmergency Custody and Voluntary and Involuntary Civil AdmissionsTransportation of Admitted Persons; Detention by Sheriff; Escape; Transfers

In no case shall any sheriff or jailer confine any person with mental illness in a cell or room with prisoners charged with or convicted of crimes.

Code 1950, § 37-81; 1950, p. 908; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-74; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 2005, c. 716.