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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81403</law_id><section_number>53.1-63.1</section_number><catch_line>Department to establish facilities for juveniles sentenced as adults</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="2">State Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">State Facilities for Youthful Offenders</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall establish, staff and maintain, at any state correctional facilities designated by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>, programs and housing for the rehabilitation, training, and confinement of juveniles sentenced by the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> as adults and committed to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Power of circuit court over juvenile offender" href="/16.1-272/">16.1-272</a>. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall establish, staff, and maintain education for such juveniles in accordance with standards established by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Juvenile Justice.</p></section></text><history>1996, cc. 755, 914; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, c. 759.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
