Code of Virginia - Title 53.1 Prisons And Other Methods Of Correction - Section 53.1-131.3 Payment of costs associated with prisoner keep

§ 53.1-131.3. Payment of costs associated with prisoner keep

Any sheriff or jail superintendent may establish a program to charge inmates a reasonable fee, not to exceed $1 per day, to defray the costs associated with the prisoners' keep. The Board shall develop a model plan and adopt regulations for such program, and shall provide assistance, if requested, to the sheriff or jail superintendent in the implementation of such program. Such funds shall be retained in the locality where the funds were collected and shall be used for general jail purposes.

(2003, c. 860.)

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