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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 526<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":367744,"section_number":"53.1-39.1","catch_line":"Restrictive housing; data collection and reporting; report","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-39.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1465081,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367753,"identifier":"53.1-40.11","token":"53.1\/2\/2.2\/53.1-40.11","url":"\/53.1-40.11\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-40.11\/","token":"53.1\/2\/2.2\/53.1-40.11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-40.11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“Postpartum recovery<\/span>” means the eight-week period, or longer as determined by the health care professional responsible for the health and safety of the prisoner, following childbirth.<\/p>

“Restraints<\/span>” means any mechanical device, medication, physical intervention, or hands-on hold to prevent an individual from moving her body.<\/p>

“Restrictive housing<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in \u00a7 53.1-39.1<\/a>.<\/p>

“Solitary confinement<\/span>” means isolation of a prisoner from the general population through confinement to a cell or other place for 22 or more hours within a 24-hour period.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 53.1-40.11)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Postpartum recovery” means the eight-week period, or longer as\ndetermined by the health care professional responsible for the health and safety\nof the prisoner, following childbirth.\n\n“Restraints” means any mechanical device, medication, physical\nintervention, or hands-on hold to prevent an individual from moving her body.\n\n“Restrictive housing” means the same as that term is defined in \u00a7\n53.1-39.1.\n\n“Solitary confinement” means isolation of a prisoner from the\ngeneral population through confinement to a cell or other place for 22 or more\nhours within a 24-hour period.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 526.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}