53.1-71.5 - Board to promulgate regulations.
§ 53.1-71.5. Board to promulgate regulations.
The Board shall make, adopt and promulgate regulations governing thefollowing aspects of private management and operation of regional jailfacilities:
1. Minimum standards for the construction, equipment, administration andoperation of the facilities; however, the standards shall be at least asstringent as those established for local correctional facilities;
2. Contingency plans for operation of a contractor-operated facility in theevent of a termination of the contract;
3. Use of deadly and nondeadly force by regional jail facility contractors'security personnel;
4. Methods of monitoring a contractor-operated facility by an appropriatestate or local governmental entity or entities;
5. Public access to a contractor-operated facility; and
6. Such other regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions ofthis article.
(1994, c. 715.)