CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPROVAL OF JAIL PROJECTS BY THE BOARD; PLAN FOR COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS (§
53.1-82.1)

The Board shall promulgate regulations requiring localities seeking approval of
a jail project to (i) submit a community-based corrections plan and (ii)
demonstrate that the project can be completed and operated in a cost-efficient
manner. Such regulations shall require, at a minimum, the following:

   1.  That the request include an analysis of staffing needs and a six-year
   operating budget for the proposed facility;

   2.  That the request include a plan for development and implementation of
   pre-trial detention alternatives and post-disposition punishment alternatives
   on a systematic local and regional basis, which plan shall be reviewed,
   modified and approved by the Board with assistance from the Department of
   Criminal Justice Services; and

   3.  That the project be based on a locality- or region-specific jail
   population forecast, which shall include an analysis of the impact on the jail
   population of the alternatives identified pursuant to subdivision 2 of this
   section, and which forecast shall be reviewed by the Department of Criminal
   Justice Services.

The Board shall approve no proposed jail project which does not conform to the
regulations promulgated pursuant to this section.The provisions of this section
shall not apply to jail renovation projects which do not result in a net
increase in available bed space.

HISTORY: 1993, cc. 387, 787; 2000, c. 1040.