Establishment and Regulation of Facilities

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Establishment and Regulation of Facilities.” It is part of Chapter 3 “Local Correctional Facilities”, which is part of Title 53.1 “Prisons and Other Methods of Correction”.

It’s comprised of the following 7 sections.

§ 53.1-68	Minimum standards for local correctional facilities and lock-ups; health inspections, behavioral health services inspections, and personnel
§ 53.1-69	Board may prohibit confinement and require transfer of prisoners in substandard facilities
§ 53.1-69.1	Review of death of inmates in local, regional, or community correctional facilities
§ 53.1-69.2	Administrative appeal of Board determinations
§ 53.1-70	Jurisdiction of court to enforce orders of Board; proceedings
§ 53.1-70.1	Transport of prisoners; authority
§ 53.1-71	Courts to order jails erected and repaired