                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT OF STORES IN LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§ 53.1-127.1)

Each sheriff who operates a correctional facility is authorized to provide for
the establishment and operation of a store or commissary to deal in such
articles and services as he deems proper. The net profits from the operation of
such store that are generated from the inmates&#8217; accounts shall be used
within the facility for educational, recreational or medical purposes for the
benefit of the inmates to include behavioral health, substance abuse, reentry,
and rehabilitative services for the benefit of inmates and may be expended to
pay for the training, salaries, and benefits of employees or contractors whose
primary job is to provide such programs and services to the inmates. The sheriff
shall be the purchasing agent in all matters involving the commissary and
nonappropriated funds received from inmates. The funds from such operation of a
store or commissary and from the inmate telephone services account shall be
considered public funds.

HISTORY: 1993, cc. 314, 616; 2002, c. 182; 2013, c. 91; 2024, c. 402.