Prisons And Other Methods Of Correction
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.
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Weekend jail time; replaces the provision limiting nonconsecutive days. [SB-851]
Weekend jail time. Replaces the provision limiting nonconsecutive days in jail for the purpose of allowing the defendant to retain gainful employment with a good cause standard and allows the court to sentence the defendant to nonconsecutive days in jail only if the active portion of the sentence remaining to be served is 90 days or less. If there is no objection from the Commonwealth, the court may sentence felons to nonconsecutive days in jail if the felony was not an act of violence as defined in ? 19.2-297.1.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
New sentencing hearing; abolition of parole. [SB-825]
New sentencing hearing; abolition of parole. Provides that a person who was sentenced by a jury prior to the date of the Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Fishback v. Commonwealth, 260 Va. 104 (June 9, 2000), in which the Court held that a jury should be instructed on the fact that parole has been abolished, for nonviolent felony committed prior to the time that the abolition of parole went into effect (January 1, 1995) is entitled to a new sentencing proceeding if such person is still incarcerated. The bill provides that such person shall file
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Line of Duty Act; probation and parole officers. [SB-619]
Line of Duty Act; probation and parole officers. Expands the definition of a deceased person under the Line of Duty Act to include probation and parole officers whose death occurs as a direct or proximate result of the performance of their duty.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act; created. [HB-1161]
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.
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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.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act; created. [SB-93]
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.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Line of Duty Act; probation and parole officers. [HB-1193]
Line of Duty Act; probation and parole officers. Expands the definition of a deceased person under the Line of Duty Act to include probation and parole officers whose death occurs as a direct or proximate result of the performance of their duty.
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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.