CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES; ADULT CORRECTIONS (§ 2.2-309.3)

A. The definitions found in § 53.1-1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the terms
used in this section.

B. In addition to the duties set forth in this chapter, the State Inspector
General shall review, comment on, and make recommendations about, as
appropriate, any reports prepared by the Department of Corrections and any
critical incident data collected by the Department of Corrections in accordance
with regulations adopted to identify issues related to quality of care,
seclusion and restraint, medication usage, abuse and neglect, staff recruitment
and training, and other systemic issues.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant the Office any authority
over the operation and security of local jails that is not specified in other
provisions of law.

HISTORY: 2013, cc. 717, 723; 2014, c. 788.