Prisons And Other Methods Of Correction
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities; prohibits use of isolated confinement. [HB-1291]
Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement in state correctional facilities and juvenile correctional centers, subject to certain exceptions. Isolated confinement is defined in the bill as confinement of a prisoner or juvenile to a cell, alone or with another prisoner or juvenile, for 20 hours or more per day for an adult or for 17 hours or more per day for a juvenile, other than for the purpose of providing medical or mental health treatment. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Geriatric prisoners; conditional release. [HB-1235]
Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Expands the list of offenses that would prohibit a person from petitioning the Parole Board for conditional release as a geriatric prisoner if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Ballard
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Jail authorities; superintendent designating jail officers with internal investigations authority. [HB-1208]
Jail authorities; superintendent designating jail officers with internal investigations authority. Provides that a superintendent of a jail authority may designate jail officers with internal investigations authority to have the same power as a sheriff or a law-enforcement officer in the investigation of allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations of such authority. The bill provides that such designated jail officer shall be subject to any minimum training standards established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for law-enforcement
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Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Stricken From Docket By Public Safety (22-y 0-n) on 02/04/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local and regional; fees charged to inmates. [SB-581]
Local correctional facilities; fees. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to convene a work group to review and make recommendations regarding the reduction or elimination of costs and fees charged to inmates in local or regional correctional facilities, including fees related to the costs of an inmate's keep, work release, or participation in educational or rehabilitative programs; telephone services; commissaries; and electronic visitation systems. The bill requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0359) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Earned sentence credits; repeals four-level classification system for awarding & calculation, etc. [SB-578]
Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Repeals the four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits currently set to go into effect on July 1, 2022. Under current law, a maximum of 4.5 sentence credits may be earned for each 30 days served.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (8-y 7-n) on 01/21/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports. [SB-547]
Virginia Parole Board; monthly reports. Requires the Virginia Parole Board (the Board) to publish a statement regarding any action taken by the Board on the parole of a prisoner within 30 days of such action and to include in such statement information regarding the length of sentence and the date such sentence was imposed for each prisoner considered for parole.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0141) on 04/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, state; fees associated with inmates. [SB-441]
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: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0682) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Jails, local; Department of Corrections shall compensate for cost of incarceration. [HB-989]
Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall compensate local jails for the cost of incarceration of convicted felons, calculated from the date of mailing of the final order, at the rate of $12 per inmate per day for the first 60 days, at the rate of $40 per inmate per day during the period of more than 60 but not more than 90 days, and for the actual cost of incarceration as calculated in the jail report prepared annually by the Compensation Board for more than 90 days. Currently, such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Noncitizens of the United States; removes certain terminology in the Code of Va. [HB-891]
Noncitizens of the United States; terminology. Removes the term "alien" as it pertains to persons who are not citizens or nationals of the United States and replaces it with synonymous language, as appropriate, throughout the Code of Virginia. Noncitizens of the United States; terminology. Removes the term "alien" as it pertains to persons who are not citizens or nationals of the United States and replaces it with synonymous language, as appropriate, throughout the Code of Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local; fees associated with inmates. [HB-1053]
Local correctional facilities; fees. Directs the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to convene a work group to study implementation of the reduction or elimination of certain fees associated with inmates in local correctional facilities. The bill provides that the work group shall consist of two members of the House Committee on Public Safety who are not members of the same political party and two members of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services who are not members of the same political party. Such legislative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Correctional facilities; prohibited acts, use of canines by officers. [HB-908]
Use of canines in correctional facilities; prohibited acts. Makes it unlawful for any correctional officer, jail officer, or other employee of a state, local, or juvenile correctional facility to use a canine, except where there is an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to any prisoner or detained juvenile or any officer or employee of the facility, to extract a prisoner or detained juvenile from his cell or to intervene in an altercation, fight, or other incident between prisoners or detained juveniles. The bill requires that all
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Earned sentence credits; credits may be earned by any person committed to the custody of the DOC. [HB-1118]
Earned sentence credits. Provides that sentence credits may be earned by any person committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections (the Department), regardless of whether the person is confined in a state or local correctional facility. The bill allows inmates to earn more than 4.5 sentence credits for each 30 days served on a sentence for a conviction of robbery or carjacking, provided that the inmate did not use a weapon or threaten or harm another person during the commission of the offense. The bill allows inmates to earn enhanced
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Stricken From Docket By Courts Of Justice (18-y 0-n) on 01/28/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial; separate, dismissed, etc. [HB-502]
Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial; separate, dismissed, or nolle prosequi charges. Provides that credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial shall include any time spent in pretrial confinement or detention on separate, dismissed, or nolle prosequi charges that are from the same act as the violation for which the person is convicted and sentenced to a term of confinement. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Mullin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0399) on 04/11/2022
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Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration. [HB-796]
Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications. Provides that any person who loses his political rights as a result of a felony conviction shall be invested with those rights upon his release from incarceration and shall be entitled to register to vote. The bill directs the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to transmit to the Department of Elections certain information for incarcerated persons with a pending date of release and requires the Department
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
State correctional facilities; communication systems, free telephone calls & communication services. [HB-621]
Communication systems within state correctional facilities; free telephone calls and communication services. Requires the Department of Corrections to provide telephone systems and web-based or electronic communications systems free of charge to any person, whether such person is initiating or receiving the communication.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Earned sentence credits; repeals four-level classification system for awarding & calculation, etc. [HB-735]
Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Repeals the four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits currently set to go into effect on July 1, 2022. Under current law, a maximum of 4.5 sentence credits may be earned for each 30 days served.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (11-y 4-n) on 03/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities; fees. [HB-673]
Local correctional facilities; fees. Eliminates certain fees charged to inmates within a local correctional facility, including a fee to defray the costs associated with an inmate's keep, travel and other expenses associated with an inmate's work release employment or participation in an educational or rehabilitative program, and telephone systems. The bill also reduces certain fees charged to inmates within a local correctional facility, providing that the cost of items within a correctional facility's store or commissary shall not exceed 10 percent
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Stricken From Docket By Public Safety (19-y 2-n) on 02/04/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Correctional facilities, local, regional, and community; attorney visitation of clients. [HB-543]
State Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers and duties; attorney visitation of clients. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and establish minimum standards for ensuring that attorneys have sufficient opportunities to have confidential visits with their clients who are held in local, regional, and community correctional facilities, which, considering facility schedules, space, personnel constraints, and inmate disciplinary status, shall include some opportunity for visitation of clients on the weekends and after 5:00
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Scott
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Robbery; earned sentence credits. [HB-549]
Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits; robbery. Specifies that any person serving a sentence on a Class 2 felony for committing robbery and causing serious bodily injury to or the death of any other person is subject to a maximum 4.5 earned sentence credits for each 30 days served. Consequently, a person serving a sentence on a robbery that is a Class 3, Class 5, or Class 6 felony is not subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence credits and may be eligible for the four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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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