Prisons And Other Methods Of Correction
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Telephone systems within correctional facilities; fees and records of communications. [HB-674]
Telephone systems within correctional facilities. Provides that no records of communications made by inmates from telephone systems within correctional facilities shall be disclosed without a search warrant, except upon the request of an inmate for the inmate's own records to be disclosed to him or his attorney. The bill requires that each correctional facility create and maintain an audit log for each inmate that shall (i) identify each disclosed record and (ii) include a copy of the search warrant issued to obtain such record. The bill provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Correctional facilities; prohibited acts, use of canines by officers, etc. [HB-683]
Use of canines in correctional facilities; prohibited acts. Prohibits any correctional officer, jail officer, or other employee of a state, local, or juvenile correctional facility from using a canine to extract a prisoner or juvenile from his cell unless there is a threat of death or serious bodily injury to the prisoner or juvenile, other prisoners or juveniles, or any officer or employee of the facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Continued To 2023 In Public Safety By Voice Vote on 02/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, report. [HB-655]
Creation of Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman. Creates the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman (the Office). The bill enumerates the duties and powers of the Office, which include (i) providing information, as appropriate, to inmates, family members, representatives of inmates, Department of Corrections (the Department) employees and contractors, and others regarding the rights of inmates; (ii) monitoring conditions of confinement and assessing compliance with applicable federal, state, and local rules, regulations,
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Parole Board; powers and duties. [HB-435]
Parole Board; powers and duties. Provides that the Virginia Parole Board (the Board) shall review and decide the case of each prisoner who is eligible for parole no later than that part of the calendar year in which he becomes eligible and (i) every three years thereafter, until he is released on parole or discharged, provided that there are 10 years or more or life imprisonment remaining on the sentence in each case, or (ii) annually thereafter, until he is released on parole or discharged if there are fewer than 10 years remaining on the sentence
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Wright
Passed By Indefinitely In Rehabilitation And Social Services (8-y 7-n) on 02/18/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Robbery; conforms certain provisions of the Code of Virginia to the degrees of robbery offenses. [HB-345]
Robbery. Conforms certain provisions of the Code Robbery. Conforms certain provisions of the Code referencing robbery to the degrees of robbery offenses established by Chapter 534 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. These changes include: (i) limiting certain non-robbery crimes for which committing such crime with the intent to commit a robbery is an element to the offenses to the two higher degrees of robbery, (ii) allowing persons convicted of the two lesser degrees of robbery to be eligible for conditional release if they are
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Jails, local; compensation for cost of incarceration. [SB-165]
Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration. Provides for local jails to be compensated for the actual cost of incarcerating convicted felons at the rate calculated in the Compensation Board's annual jail cost report. Current law provides for jails to be compensated for the cost of incarceration of convicted felons as provided for in the general appropriation act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (16-y 0-n) on 02/02/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Parole Board; increases membership, records, monthly report. [SB-135]
Virginia Parole Board; membership; records; report. Increases from five to 11 the number of members to be appointed to the Virginia Parole Board (the Board). The bill requires the Board to (i) include in its monthly report regarding actions taken by the Board on the parole of prisoners the number of votes in favor of granting or denying parole of each prisoner and (ii) ensure that any records, reports, or other documents used to determine a person's suitability for parole be made available for review by such person or his counsel pursuant to Board
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Continued To 2023 In Rehabilitation And Social Services (11-y 0-n) on 02/04/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Local correctional facilities and lock-ups; minimum standards. [HB-147]
Minimum standards for local correctional facilities and Minimum standards for local correctional facilities and lock-ups; individuals in need of behavioral health or developmental services. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to establish minimum standards for identification and care of individuals with developmental disabilities in local correctional facilities and procedures for enforcing such minimum standards, including requirements for (i) screening of individuals committed to local correctional facilities for developmental
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Parole statutes; application for juveniles and persons committed upon certain felony offenses. [SB-112]
Application of parole statutes for juveniles and persons committed upon felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995. Repeals the abolition of parole. The bill requires the Virginia Parole Board to establish procedures for consideration of parole for persons who were previously ineligible for parole because parole was abolished and to allow for an extension of time for the scheduling of a parole interview for reasonable cause.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Continued To 2023 In Judiciary (15-y 0-n) on 01/31/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Juvenile offenders; parole eligibility. [SB-110]
Juvenile offenders; parole eligibility. Provides that any person who has active sentences that total more than 20 years for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was a juvenile and who has served the lesser of at least 20 years of such sentences or 30 percent of the term of imprisonment imposed for such sentences shall be eligible for parole. Under current law, such person must have served at least 20 years before becoming parole eligible.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Read Third Time And Defeated By Senate (19-y 21-n) on 02/10/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Offenders under 21 years of age; parole. [SB-109]
Offenders under 21 years of age; parole. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was under 21 years of age and who has served at least 20 years of such sentence and any person who has active sentences that total more than 20 years for a single felony offense or multiple felony offenses committed while that person was under 21 years of age and who has served at least 20 years of such sentences shall be eligible for parole. Under current law,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Read Third Time And Defeated By Senate (19-y 21-n) on 01/20/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
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 2022 Regular Session
Earned sentence credits; possession of child pornography. [HB-25]
Earned sentence credits; possession of child pornography. Excludes a first offense for the crime of possession of child pornography from the crimes that will eligible for enhanced sentencing credits effective July 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Anderson
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/28/2022
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Parole; notice and certification, monthly reports. [SB-1104]
Parole; notice and certification; monthly reports. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall release a prisoner no sooner than 21 business days after the date of notification by the Virginia Parole Board (the Board) to the appropriate attorney for the Commonwealth of the decision to grant parole. The bill authorizes the Board to make such notification electronically and by certified mail; under current law, only certified mail may be used. The bill requires that the monthly reports issued by the Board regarding actions taken on the parole
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Failed To Pass on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Earned sentence credits; rate at which sentence rates may be earned, prerequisites. [HB-2010]
Earned sentence credits. Contains a technical amendment. This bill is declarative of existing law. Earned sentence credits. Contains a technical amendment. This bill is declarative of existing law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0389) on 03/25/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Parole and conditional release; notice by electronic means and certification. [SB-1397]
Parole and conditional release of geriatric or terminally ill inmates; notice to attorney for the Commonwealth. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall set the release date for an inmate granted discretionary parole or conditional release no sooner than 30 business days from the date that the Department of Corrections receives notification from the Chairman of the Parole Board of the Board's decision to grant discretionary parole or conditional release, except that the Department of Corrections may set an earlier release date in the case
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0287) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Behavioral health; assessments in local correctional facilities, report. [HB-1874]
Behavioral health services in local correctional facilities. Requires the Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to include in its minimum standards for behavioral health services in local correction facilities requirements for (i) referral of individuals committed to local correctional facilities for whom a behavioral health screening indicates reason to believe the person may have mental illness to a behavioral health service provider for a behavioral health assessment and (ii) in cases in which there is reason to believe an individual
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Levine
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0179) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Parole Board; notice of parole of prisoner to victim. [SB-1125]
Parole Board; notice to victim. Requires the Parole Board, within seven days of making any decision regarding the parole of a prisoner, to provide written or electronic notice of such decision to the victim of the crime for which the prisoner was incarcerated, unless the victim has submitted a written request to forgo such notice. Parole Board; notice to victim. Requires the Parole Board, within seven days of making any decision regarding the parole of a prisoner, to provide written or electronic notice of such decision to the victim of the crime
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; membership, powers and duties, effective clause. [SB-1363]
Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers and duties. Restores the authority of the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to (i) ensure the development of long-range policies, programs, and plans for corrections services provided at the state and local levels; (ii) review and comment on all budgets and requests for appropriations for the Department of Corrections (the Department) prior to submission to the Governor and on all applications for federal funds; and (iii) monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Public Safety on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Parole; notice and certification, monthly reports, discretionary early consideration. [HB-2167]
Parole; notice and certification; monthly reports; discretionary early consideration. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall set the release date for an inmate granted discretionary parole or conditional release no sooner than 30 business days from the date that the Department of Corrections receives notification from the Chairman of the Parole Board of the Board's decision to grant discretionary parole or conditional release, except that the Department of Corrections may set an earlier release date in the case of a terminally ill inmate
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0545) on 04/07/2021