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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56943</law_id><section_number>53.1-116.2:1</section_number><catch_line>Jail superintendents to report certain acts of violence occurring within regional correctional facilities to law-enforcement agency; policies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Local Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Duties of Sheriffs</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The jail superintendent of any regional correctional facility shall promptly report to the primary local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where such correctional facility is located or to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of State Police any act of violence, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Sentence of person twice previously convicted of certain violent felonies" href="/19.2-297.1/">19.2-297.1</a>, that occurs within such correctional facility. <a id="paragraph-208554" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-116.2_1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Each regional correctional facility shall adopt a policy setting forth the procedures for the investigation of such acts of violence and the respective roles and responsibilities of the jail superintendent of such correctional facility and the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency to which such report is made. Each regional correctional facility shall provide a copy of such policy to the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> of Local and Regional Jails prior to January 1 each year, beginning on January 1, 2026. <a id="paragraph-208555" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-116.2_1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2025, c. 159.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
