CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY OF SECURITY EMPLOYEES (§ 53.1-263)

Security employees of a prison contractor shall be allowed to use force and
shall exercise their powers and authority only while on the grounds of an
institution under the supervision of the prison contractor, while transporting
inmates, while pursuing escapees from such institutions, and while providing
inmate security for prisoners at a medical facility in the Commonwealth. All
provisions of law pertaining to custodians of inmates, correctional officers, or
prison or jail officers, except § 19.2-81.1, shall apply to contractors’
security employees.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 705; 1992, c. 654; 2007, c. 394.