A. It shall be the general purpose of the state correctional facilities to provide proper employment, training and education in accordance with this title, medical and mental health care and treatment, discipline and control of prisoners committed or transferred thereto. The health service program established to provide medical services to prisoners shall provide for appropriate means by which prisoners receiving nonemergency medical services may pay fees based upon a portion of the cost of such services. In no event shall any prisoner be denied medically necessary service due to his inability to pay.
B. The Department of Corrections shall establish and maintain a treatment program for prisoners convicted pursuant to Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 and committed to its custody. The program shall include a clinical assessment of all such prisoners upon receipt into the custody of the Department of Corrections and the development of appropriate treatment plans, if indicated. A licensed psychiatrist or licensed clinical psychologist who is experienced in the diagnosis, treatment, and risk assessment of sex offenders shall oversee the program and the program shall be administered by a licensed psychiatrist, licensed clinical psychologist, or a licensed mental health professional who is a certified sex offender treatment provider as defined in § 54.1-3600.
C. The Director shall provide a program of recreation for prisoners. The Director may establish, with consultation from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, a comprehensive substance abuse treatment program which may include utilization of acupuncture and other treatment modalities, and may make such program available to any prisoner requiring the services provided by the program.
D. The Director or his designee who shall be a state employee is authorized to make arrangements for religious services for prisoners at times as he may deem appropriate. When such arrangements are made pursuant to a contract or memorandum of understanding, the final authority for such arrangements shall reside with the Director or his designee.
Code 1950, §§ 53-33, 53-94; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 1992, c. 740; 1993, c. 768; 1995, cc. 766, 821; 1998, c. 798; 2009, cc. 740, 813, 840; 2010, c. 261; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, c. 759.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Chapter 2 - State Correctional Facilities
§ 53.1-18. Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property
§ 53.1-19. Establishment of correctional institutions
§ 53.1-20. Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director
§ 53.1-20.1. Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration
§ 53.1-21. Transfer of prisoners into and between state and local correctional facilities
§ 53.1-22. Misdemeanant suspected of having contagious disease
§ 53.1-23. Fingerprints, photographs and description
§ 53.1-23.2. Department to give notice of the receipt of certain prisoners
§ 53.1-24. Record of convictions and register to be kept
§ 53.1-25. Director to prescribe rules; rules to be available to prisoners
§ 53.1-25.1. Rules of state correctional facilities
§ 53.1-26. Confiscation of prohibited articles
§ 53.1-27. Establishment of stores in state correctional facilities
§ 53.1-28. Authority to fix discharge date; improper release; warrant, arrest and hearing
§ 53.1-29. Authority for correctional officers and other employees to carry weapons
§ 53.1-30. Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering
§ 53.1-31. Sale or lease of gas, oil, or minerals
§ 53.1-31.1. Transportation of prisoners
§ 53.1-31.2. Notification of child support due by a prisoner
§ 53.1-31.3. Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance
§ 53.1-31.4. Department of Corrections-issued identification
§ 53.1-32. Treatment and control of prisoners; recreation; religious services
§ 53.1-32.01. Payment for bodily injury
§ 53.1-32.1. Classification system; program assignments; mandatory participation
§ 53.1-33. Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work
§ 53.1-33.1. Mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus
§ 53.1-34. Treatment of prisoner with contagious disease
§ 53.1-35. Correspondence privileges; receipt of publications
§ 53.1-35.1. Electronic visitation and messaging with inmates; fees
§ 53.1-35.2. Visitation of certain prisoners by minor dependents
§ 53.1-36. Prisoners may assist in medical research programs
§ 53.1-37. Furloughs generally; travel expenses; penalties for violations
§ 53.1-38. When ineligible for furloughs
§ 53.1-39. Certain punishment of prisoners prohibited
§ 53.1-39.1. Restrictive housing; data collection and reporting; report
§ 53.1-40. Appointment of counsel for indigent prisoners
§ 53.1-40.01. Conditional release of geriatric prisoners
§ 53.1-40.02. Conditional release of terminally ill prisoners
§ 53.1-40.1. Medical and mental health treatment of prisoners incapable of giving consent
§ 53.1-40.2. Involuntary admission of prisoners with mental illness
§ 53.1-40.3. Place of hearing or proceeding
§ 53.1-40.4. Appeal of order authorizing involuntary admission
§ 53.1-40.5. Transfer of prisoner involuntarily admitted
§ 53.1-40.6. Periodic review of prisoner for purposes of retention
§ 53.1-40.7. Discharge of prisoner involuntarily admitted
§ 53.1-40.8. Fees and expenses
§ 53.1-40.9. Civil admission proceeding prior to release
§ 53.1-40.10. Exchange of medical and mental health information and records
§ 53.1-40.12. Treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant
§ 53.1-40.13. Treatment of prisoners during postpartum recovery
§ 53.1-40.14. Reporting requirement
§ 53.1-40.15. Training of correctional facility employees regarding pregnant inmates
§ 53.1-40.16. Education for pregnant prisoners
§ 53.1-41. Opportunities for work and career and technical education
§ 53.1-42. Allowance for work and disposition thereof
§ 53.1-43. Pay incentives for prisoners
§ 53.1-43.1. Inmate trust accounts
§ 53.1-44. Investment of funds belonging to prisoners; use of income
§ 53.1-45. Sale of prison goods and services; print shop
§ 53.1-45.1. Work programs; agreements with other entities
§ 53.1-46. Sale of artistic products
§ 53.1-47. Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations
§ 53.1-48. Exceptions as to purchases
§ 53.1-49. Evasion by variance from specifications of Director
§ 53.1-50. Vouchers, certificates and warrants not to be questioned
§ 53.1-51. Intentional violations constitute malfeasance
§ 53.1-52. Procedure for purchases
§ 53.1-53. Transfer or sale of by-products of manufacturing processes
§ 53.1-54. Charges and catalogue; annual estimates of requirements by departments, etc.
§ 53.1-55. Sale or exchange of goods manufactured by prisoners of other states
§ 53.1-57. Payments by Department of Transportation to Director for labor
§ 53.1-58. Highway employees as guards
§ 53.1-60.1. Duties of Director in collecting court-imposed debt
§ 53.1-62. When ineligible for work release
§ 53.1-63.1. Department to establish facilities for juveniles sentenced as adults
§ 53.1-64. Programs and facilities
§ 53.1-65. Consideration of report developed at diagnostic facilities
§ 53.1-66. Transfer of prisoners to other facilities
§ 53.1-67. Admission to facility; good conduct allowance restricted
§ 53.1-67.3. Establishment of system
§ 53.1-67.4. Authority of Director; purchase of services authorized; location and notification
§ 53.1-67.5. Director to prescribe standards
§ 53.1-67.9. Establishment of community corrections alternative program; supervision upon completion