                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF PRISONERS; RECREATION; RELIGIOUS SERVICES (§ 53.1-32)

A. It shall be the general purpose of the state correctional facilities to
provide proper employment, training and education in accordance with this title,
medical and mental health care and treatment, discipline and control of
prisoners committed or transferred thereto. The health service program
established to provide medical services to prisoners shall provide for
appropriate means by which prisoners receiving nonemergency medical services may
pay fees based upon a portion of the cost of such services. In no event shall
any prisoner be denied medically necessary service due to his inability to pay.

B. The Department of Corrections shall establish and maintain a treatment
program for prisoners convicted pursuant to Article 7 (&#xA7; 18.2-61 et seq.)
of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 and committed to its custody. The program shall
include a clinical assessment of all such prisoners upon receipt into the
custody of the Department of Corrections and the development of appropriate
treatment plans, if indicated. A licensed psychiatrist or licensed clinical
psychologist who is experienced in the diagnosis, treatment, and risk assessment
of sex offenders shall oversee the program and the program shall be administered
by a licensed psychiatrist, licensed clinical psychologist, or a licensed mental
health professional who is a certified sex offender treatment provider as
defined in &#xA7; 54.1-3600.

C. The Director shall provide a program of recreation for prisoners. The
Director may establish, with consultation from the Department of Behavioral
Health and Developmental Services, a comprehensive substance abuse treatment
program which may include utilization of acupuncture and other treatment
modalities, and may make such program available to any prisoner requiring the
services provided by the program.

D. The Director or his designee who shall be a state employee is authorized to
make arrangements for religious services for prisoners at times as he may deem
appropriate. When such arrangements are made pursuant to a contract or
memorandum of understanding, the final authority for such arrangements shall
reside with the Director or his designee.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 53-33, 53-94; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 1992, c. 740;
1993, c. 768; 1995, cc. 766, 821; 1998, c. 798; 2009, cc. 740, 813, 840; 2010,
c. 261; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, c. 759.