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This is Article 7 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Prisoner Programs and Treatment.” 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 15 sections.
§ 53.1-128 Workforces and authorized work places
§ 53.1-129 Order permitting prisoners to work on state, county, city, town, certain private property or nonprofit organization property; bond of person in charge of prisoners
§ 53.1-130 Sheriffs, jail superintendents, etc., not to be interested in property where work performed; penalty
§ 53.1-131 Provision for release of prisoner from confinement for employment, educational or other rehabilitative programs; escape; penalty; disposition of earnings
§ 53.1-131.1 Provision for sentencing of person to nonconsecutive days in jail; payment to defray costs; penalty
§ 53.1-131.2 Assignment to a home/electronic incarceration program; payment to defray costs; escape; penalty
§ 53.1-131.3 Payment of costs associated with prisoners' keep
§ 53.1-132 Furloughs from local work release programs; penalty for violations
§ 53.1-133 Treatment of prisoner with contagious disease
§ 53.1-133.01 Medical treatment for prisoners
§ 53.1-133.01:1 Payment for bodily injury
§ 53.1-133.02 Notice to be given upon prisoner release, escape, etc
§ 53.1-133.03 Exchange of medical and mental health information and records
§ 53.1-133.04 Medical and mental health treatment of prisoners incapable of giving consent
§ 53.1-133.05 Place of hearing on medical or mental health treatment of prisoners incapable of giving consent; fees and expenses