The Board is authorized to limit, by its order, the confinement of prisoners in any local correctional facility or lock-up, which is not constructed, equipped, maintained and operated so as to comply with minimum standards prescribed by the Board, either by prohibiting confinement of any prisoners in such local correctional facility or lock-up, or by limiting the maximum number of prisoners to be confined therein, as the Board deems appropriate. The Board may designate some other local correctional facility or lock-up in or at which shall be confined persons who otherwise would have been confined in the facility subject to the Board's order. Copies of each order shall, upon being issued, be sent to the officer in charge of the facilities affected, to the governing bodies of the counties, cities and towns affected and to the judge of the circuit court of each county and city in which are located the local correctional facilities or lock-ups affected.
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-69
Board may prohibit confinement and require transfer of prisoners in substandard facilities
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 327 F. Supp. 2d 615 - Brown v. Mitchell (2004)
Most recently applied in 327 F. Supp. 2d 615 - Brown v. Mitchell (July 2004)
Code 1950, § 53-134; 1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636.
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