Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction |
CHAPTER 11. Estates of Prisoners |
SECTION 53.1-228.1. Inmate payment for damaged property |
The Director, and each jail superintendent or sheriff who operates a correctional facility, are authorized to establish administrative procedures for recovering, from an inmate, the cost of replacing or repairing any facility-owned or facility-issued property which is proven to have been intentionally damaged or destroyed by the inmate. Such administrative procedures shall ensure that the inmate is afforded due process. |