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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76439</law_id><section_number>53.1-71.3</section_number><catch_line>Application of certain criminal laws to contractor-operated facilities</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="1.1">Private Services at Regional Jail Facilities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All provisions of <span class="dictionary">law</span> establishing penalties for <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> committed against custodians of inmates or jail guards or officers shall apply <span class="dictionary">mutatis mutandis</span> to <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> committed by or with regard to inmates assigned to facilities or programs for which a regional jail facility contractor is providing correctional services.</p></section></text><history>1994, c. 715.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
