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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, state; fees associated with inmates. [HB-665]
State correctional facilities; fees; report. Directs the Department of Corrections (the Department) to convene a work group to review and make recommendations regarding the reduction or elimination of costs and fees charged to inmates in state correctional facilities. The bill directs the Department to report its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by October 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0681) on 04/11/2022
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Correctional facilities; DOC to convene work group to study use of restorative housing. [SB-108]
Correctional facilities; use of restorative housing; report. Directs the Department of Corrections to convene a work group to study the use of restorative housing within state correctional facilities and juvenile correctional centers. The bill directs the Department to facilitate confidential interviews between work group members and at least 25 persons currently incarcerated in a state correctional facility who are currently or who have within the past 12 months been placed in restorative housing, provided that such persons are not the subject
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Enacted, Chapter 710 (effective 7/1/22) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Suspension or modification of sentence; transfer to the Department of Corrections. [HB-1806]
Suspension or modification of sentence; transfer to the Department of Corrections. Provides that if a person has been sentenced for a felony to the Department of Corrections (the Department), the court that heard the case, if it appears compatible with the public interest and there are circumstances in mitigation of the offense, may, at any time before the person is transferred to the Department, or within 60 days of such transfer, suspend or otherwise modify the unserved portion of such a sentence. Under current law, the court may only suspend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0176) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at DOC; continued study, appropriations. [HJR-522]
Study; staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at the Virginia Department of Corrections; report. Continues the joint committee of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions; the House Committee on Public Safety; the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services established by House Joint Resolution 29 (2020) to study staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at the Virginia Department of Corrections. The resolution directs the joint committee to conclude
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj522er) on 02/16/2021
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Corrections, State Board of; membership, powers and duties. [SB-1063]
State Board of Corrections; membership; powers and duties; review of death of inmates in local correctional facilities. Authorizes the State Board of Corrections (the Board) to conduct a review of the death of any inmate in a local or regional correctional facility in order to determine the circumstances surrounding the inmate's death and whether the facility was in compliance with the Board's regulations. The bill requires the Board to develop and implement policies and procedures for the review of the death of any inmate that occurs in any local
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0759) on 03/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Incarcerated persons, certain; compliance with detainers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [HB-1468]
Compliance with detainers; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Prohibits the Director of the Department of Corrections, sheriff, or other official in charge of a facility in which an alien is incarcerated from releasing an incarcerated alien for whom a lawful detainer order has been received from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, except to transfer custody of such alien to another facility or to an appropriate federal authority. The bill provides that no alien shall be held in custody in excess of his scheduled release date unless
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall
(67 Affirmative Votes Required To Override) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act; created. [SB-850]
Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act. Creates the Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act to establish procedural guarantees for correctional officers when allegations are made against such officers involving matters that may lead to their dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer for punitive reasons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (8-y 7-n) on 01/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Line of Duty Act; certain employees of DOC included in definition of deceased person under Act. [SB-297]
Line of Duty Act; certain employees of the Department of Corrections. Expands the definition of a deceased person under the Line of Duty Act to include employees of the Department of Corrections with internal investigations authority whose death occurs as a direct or proximate result of the performance of their duty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Corrections, State Board of; notification of tertiary care of prisoner. [HB-1171]
Board of Corrections; notification of tertiary care of prisoner. Requires the Board of Corrections to promulgate regulations for state and local correctional facilities requiring that notification be made to a prisoner's family or stated emergency contact person whenever a prisoner is moved within or without his assigned facility for the purposes of tertiary care unless these is reasonable cause to believe that such notification is a threat to the safety of any person.
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Rush
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 12/01/2016