Article 3 Employment and Training of Prisoners

This article is comprised of the following sections:
  • §53.1-41 Opportunities for work and career and technical education
  • §53.1-42 Allowance for work and disposition thereof
  • §53.1-43 Pay incentives for prisoners
  • §53.1-43.1 Inmate trust accounts
  • §53.1-44 Investment of funds belonging to prisoners; use of income
  • §53.1-45 Sale of prison goods and services; print shop
  • §53.1-45.1 Work programs; agreements with other entities
  • §53.1-45.2 Repealed
  • §53.1-46 Sale of artistic products
  • §53.1-47 Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations
  • §53.1-48 Exceptions as to purchases
  • §53.1-49 Evasion by variance from specifications of Director
  • §53.1-50 Vouchers, certificates and warrants not to be questioned
  • §53.1-51 Intentional violations constitute malfeasance
  • §53.1-52 Procedure for purchases
  • §53.1-53 Transfer or sale of by-products of manufacturing processes
  • §53.1-54 Charges and catalogue; annual estimates of requirements by departments, etc
  • §53.1-55 Sale or exchange of goods manufactured by prisoners of other states
  • §53.1-56 Construction and maintenance of highways; grass cutting; acquisition of quarries, etc.; use of materials for county roads
  • §53.1-57 Payments by Department of Transportation to Director for labor
  • §53.1-58 Highway employees as guards
  • §53.1-59 Prisoners performing work for localities, state agencies or nonprofit civic organizations; payment of costs; foremen as guards
  • §53.1-60 Extending limits of confinement of state prisoners for work and educational programs; disposition of wages; support of certain dependents; penalties for violations
  • §53.1-60.1 Duties of Director in collecting court-imposed debt
  • §53.1-61 Determination whether prisoner has dependents receiving public assistance; payment of portion of earnings; remedies for enforcement of support obligation
  • §53.1-62 When ineligible for work release