CODE OF VIRGINIA

JAIL OR JAIL FARM EXPENSES (§ 53.1-112)

Except as provided in § 53.1-114, the expenses of operating and maintaining a
jail or jail farm and supporting the prisoners working thereon, including board,
clothing and medical attention, shall be borne by the participating political
subdivisions. Such participation shall be based on the percentage of the total
cost for such operation that the number of prisoner days bears to the total
number of prisoner days confined therein, plus their proportionate part of the
fixed cost for such maintenance and operation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-206.9; 1956, c. 681; 1968, c. 525; 1982, c. 636.