CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RECORDS (§ 8.01-697)

All records maintained by the Department of Corrections in the name of
individual prisoners, including prisoner medical records, shall be the property
of the Department. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 32.1-127.1:03, in any
civil suit subject to this chapter, where the Commonwealth, an agency of the
Commonwealth, an employee of the Commonwealth, or a private contractor providing
services to the Department of Corrections is named as a defendant, the Director
of the Department may share any records maintained by the Department in the name
of the prisoner filing suit with counsel representing the above-named
defendants.

HISTORY: 2006, c. 435.