                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN PUNISHMENT OF PRISONERS PROHIBITED (§ 53.1-39)

Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or of any other law, rule, or
regulation to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for the Director, the Board, or
any other correctional authority having the care, custody, or control of any
prisoner in this Commonwealth to make or enforce any rule or regulation
providing for the whipping, flogging, or administration of any similar corporal
punishment of any prisoner, or to give any specific order for or to cause to be
administered or personally to administer or inflict any such corporal
punishment.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-55; 1982, c. 636; 2020, c. 759.