Security employees of a prison contractor shall be allowed to use force and shall exercise their powers and authority only while on the grounds of an institution under the supervision of the prison contractor, while transporting inmates, while pursuing escapees from such institutions, and while providing inmate security for prisoners at a medical facility in the Commonwealth. All provisions of law pertaining to custodians of inmates, correctional officers, or prison or jail officers, except § 19.2-81.1, shall apply to contractors' security employees.
1991, c. 705; 1992, c. 654; 2007, c. 394.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Chapter 15 - Corrections Private Management Act
§ 53.1-262. State correctional facilities; private contracts
§ 53.1-263. Authority of security employees
§ 53.1-264. Application of certain criminal law to contractor-operated facilities
§ 53.1-265. Powers and duties not delegable to contractor