Employment and Training of Prisoners

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This is Article 3 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Employment and Training of Prisoners.” It is part of Chapter 2 “State Correctional Facilities”, which is part of Title 53.1 “Prisons and Other Methods of Correction”.

It’s comprised of the following 26 sections.

§ 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
§ 53.1-45.2	Repealed
§ 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
§ 53.1-56	Construction and maintenance of highways; grass cutting; acquisition of quarries, etc.; use of materials for county roads
§ 53.1-57	Payments by Department of Transportation to Director for labor
§ 53.1-58	Highway employees as guards
§ 53.1-59	Prisoners performing work for localities, state agencies or nonprofit civic organizations; payment of costs; foremen as guards
§ 53.1-60	Extending limits of confinement of state prisoners for work and educational programs; disposition of wages; support of certain dependents; penalties for violations
§ 53.1-60.1	Duties of Director in collecting court-imposed debt
§ 53.1-61	Determination whether prisoner has dependents receiving public assistance; payment of portion of earnings; remedies for enforcement of support obligation
§ 53.1-62	When ineligible for work release