CODE OF VIRGINIA

COUNTY AND CITY FARMS; PERSONS WHO MAY BE CONFINED (§ 53.1-96)

The governing body of any county or city may, within its respective jurisdiction
or elsewhere, establish and maintain a farm where any person convicted and
sentenced to confinement in the jail of such county or city, or sentenced to a
state correctional institution, may be confined and required to do such work as
may be assigned him during the term of his sentence. A local jail farm may be
used to hold or confine any person who could be lawfully held or confined in a
jail operated by the county or city.The governing body or the farm board
appointed to supervise and manage the farm may prescribe rules and regulations
to govern the operation of the farm.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-195; 1954, c. 193; 1970, c. 648; 1979, c. 700; 1982,
c. 636; 2007, cc. 95, 106.