Bill Text: VA SB108 | 2022 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Correctional facilities; DOC to convene work group to study use of restorative housing.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2022-04-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710) [SB108 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-SB108-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 108 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Public Safety on February 25, 2022) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Morrissey) A BILL to direct the Department of Corrections to review use of restorative housing in correctional facilities.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Department of Corrections (the Department) shall convene a work group of relevant stakeholders, including at least one licensed clinical psychologist, to review and make recommendations regarding the use of restorative housing within state correctional facilities and juvenile correctional centers, including the length of time each inmate is kept in restorative housing, the purposes for which inmates are placed in restorative housing, and any other factors deemed relevant by the Department. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by October 1, 2022.