A. As used in this section:
"Offender" means an adult or juvenile who is confined in a state correctional facility.
"Restrictive housing" means special-purpose bed assignments operated under maximum security regulations and procedures, and utilized under proper administrative process, for the personal protection or custodial management of offenders. The Department of Corrections' restrictive housing shall, at a minimum, adhere to the standards adopted by the American Correctional Association, the accrediting body for the corrections industry.
"Shared Allied Management Unit" or "SAM Unit" means a general population environment used to promote safety within institutions by avoiding the use of restrictive housing to manage vulnerable populations that typically require a high level of services from security, mental health, or medical staff.
"Vulnerable population" means offenders who are at a greater risk of victimization or being bullied in the general population due to characteristics such as cognitive challenge, age (seniors and youthful), small stature, or timid personalities.
B. The Department shall report to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before October 1 of each year the following information for the Department, in the aggregate for the previous fiscal year:
1. The average daily population;
2. The number of offenders who were placed in and the number of offenders who were released from restrictive housing;
3. The age, sex, race, ethnicity, mental health code, medical class code, security level, and custody level classification of each offender housed in restrictive housing or a SAM Unit;
4. The disciplinary offense history preceding placement in restrictive housing or a SAM Unit;
5. The number of days each offender spent in restrictive housing;
6. The number of offenders released from restrictive housing directly into the community;
7. The number of full-time mental health staff; and
8. Any changes made during the reporting period to written policies or procedures of the Department and each state correctional facility relating to the use and conditions of restrictive housing and SAM Units.
C. The Department shall submit the annual report to the Governor, the Chairmen of the House Committee on Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, and the Clerks of the House of Delegates and the Senate as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports, and the annual report shall be posted on the General Assembly's website. The Department shall publish the report on the Department's website following its submission to the Governor, the Chairmen of the House Committee on Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, and the Clerks of the House of Delegates and the Senate.
2019, cc. 453, 516.
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