Prisons And Other Methods Of Correction
Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local; collection of fees and costs. [SB-1421]
Local correctional facilities; collection of fees and costs. Allows sheriffs and jail superintendents to enter into installment payment agreements with prisoners for the payment, after release, of costs and fees owed for the prisoner's keep. The bill also allows the enforcement of such payment agreements through driver's license suspension. The bill allows the sheriffs and jail superintendents to use private attorneys and collection agencies to collect fees and costs due them.
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Sentence credits; allows a maximum of seven and one-half for each 30 days served. [SB-1316]
Rate at which sentence credits may be earned. Allows a maximum of seven and one-half sentence credits, as opposed to the current four and one-half, for each 30 days served.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Jails; localities' responsibility to pay jail expenses. [SB-1287]
Jails; localities' responsibility to pay jail expenses. Provides that a sheriff or jail superintendent may seek payment from the local governing body of the city or county, the regional jail authority, or other body responsible for fiscal management of a regional jail for the cost of food, clothing, and medicines for inmates, and the local governing body of the county or city, the regional jail authority, or other body responsible for fiscal management of a regional jail shall be responsible for the payment of such costs.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; decreases threshold possession amount that triggers jail time. [SB-1267]
Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; penalties. Decreases from 3,000 packs to 500 packs the threshold possession amount of contraband cigarettes that triggers a mandatory jail time. Currently, if an offender is found guilty of possessing 3,000 or more packages of contraband cigarettes, the sentence of such person includes a mandatory minimum term of confinement of 90 days. The bill also changes the felony threshold amount from 3,000 unstamped packs to 500 packs, to mirror the levels set out in the definition for "contraband cigarettes" in the federal
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus. [SB-1258]
Corrections facilities. Requires the Department of Corrections to offer to test an inmate who does not have a record of a positive test result for infection with human immunodeficiency virus within 60 days of his scheduled discharge. Prior to administering the test, the Department shall inform the inmate of the purpose of the test. An inmate may decline being tested.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners; sheriffs, etc., to charge fee for use. [SB-1227]
Jails; electronic visitation and messaging. Allows sheriffs and jail superintendents who operate correctional facilities to charge a fee for the use of an electronic visitation system or electronic messaging system. The fee may not exceed the actual costs of establishing and operating the system and the proceeds are to be used only to offset those costs.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department. [SB-1170]
Release of persons from commitment on parole supervision. Changes the time during which the court services unity shall consult with the local department of social services concerning return of a person released from the Department of Juvenile Justice to a locality from four weeks to 90 days prior to the date on which the person is released, and provides that during that time the court services unit and the local department of social services shall collaborate to develop a plan that prepares the person for successful transition from the Department's
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Inmate labor; authorizes use thereof at rest areas along Interstate Highway System. [SB-1109]
Corrections; use of inmate labor. Authorizes the use of inmate labor at rest areas along the Interstate Highway System.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Corrections, State Board of; powers and duties. [SB-1001]
Powers of the State Board of Corrections. Repeals the Board's authority to (1) ensure the development of long-range programs and plans for corrections services provided at the state and local level; (2) review and comment on all applications for federal funds and all budget and appropriations requests for the Department of Corrections prior to submission to the Governor; and (3) monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in implementing standards and goals of the Board. The bill also repeals the power of the Board to authorize
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel to assist confined individuals. [HB-483]
Juvenile correctional centers; appointment of counsel. Provides for the appointment of an attorney to assist individuals confined in a juvenile correctional center regarding any legal matter relating to their incarceration.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Virginia Correctional Enterprises; mandatory procurement, exception. [HB-2491]
Virginia Correctional Enterprises mandatory procurement; exception. Eliminates the mandatory purchase by state agencies of furniture manufactured by Virginia Correctional Enterprises.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Corrections, Department of; elimination of agency mandates. [HB-2435]
DOC; elimination of agency mandates. Directs the Department of Corrections to eliminate mandates related to contract inmate classification reporting requirements imposed on localities.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Restricted license; court to issue to travel to and from jail when defendant is on work release. [HB-2362]
Restricted license. Authorizes the court to issue a restricted license to a person convicted of DUI and certain other offenses to travel to and from jail to serve a sentence of confinement in jail on weekends or nonconsecutive days.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Marijuana; reduces penalty for possession by prisoner. [HB-2298]
Marijuana possession by prisoner. Reduces the penalty for possession of marijuana by a prisoner from a Class 5 felony to a Class 6 felony, the same punishment as is currently imposed for possession of a firearm or a knife by a prisoner or for setting off an explosive device in a prison.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Jail processing fee; allows sheriff's department, regional jail, or police department to receive. [HB-2284]
Jail processing fee. Allows a locality to divide the fees collected post-conviction proportionately between a police department and the sheriff's department if costs are incurred by a police department for booking or fingerprinting services. Currently, the fee may go only to sheriff's offices and regional jails.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Commitment on parole supervision; court services unit to consult with local department. [HB-2276]
Supervision of juvenile or person during commitment and on parole. Requires the court services unit to consult with the local department of social services 60 days prior to a person's release from the Department of Juvenile Justice's commitment on parole supervision about the return of the person to the locality and the placement of the person. Under current law, the court services unit shall make such consultation four weeks prior to such person's release.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Inmates; Department of Corrections to establish a personal trust account therefor. [HB-2225]
Department of Corrections; inmate trust accounts. Requires the Department of Corrections to establish for each inmate a personal trust account consisting of 10 percent of any funds received by an inmate from any source until the account has a balance of $1,000. Funds in an inmate's personal trust account shall be paid to the inmate upon parole or final discharge.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local; jailers have written policy for revocation of good conduct credits. [HB-2219]
Local correctional facilities; jailers; revocation of good conduct credits. Requires the jailer to have a written policy for the revocation of good time credit.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Income tax, state; deduction for certain volunteer services. [HB-2127]
Income tax; deduction for certain volunteer services. Allows a deduction of $1,500 when determining Virginia taxable income for professional services provided by mental health professionals and educators who volunteer with inmate programs in the Departments of Corrections, Correctional Education or Social Services, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Global Positioning System (GPS); tracking for person on bond or as a condition of probation. [HB-2106]
Bond; GPS tracking. Allows GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking for persons on secured bond or as a condition of probation or suspended sentence.