Section 910. Searches of facility and inmates  


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  • Written policy, procedure, and practice provide for searches of facilities and inmates to control contraband and provide for the disposition of contraband. A schedule of searches shall be developed to ensure all housing areas of the facility have been searched on a random, but at least quarterly, basis. These procedures are not made available to inmates.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR230-30-001 § 5.21, eff. April 1, 1987; amended, Volume 04, Issue 09, eff. April 1, 1988; Volume 07, Issue 12, eff. May 1, 1991; Volume 09, Issue 12, eff. May 1, 1993; Volume 11, Issue 21, eff. August 10, 1995; Volume 18, Issue 20, eff. July 17, 2002; Volume 29, Issue 04, eff. November 22, 2012.

Statutory Authority

§§ 53.1-5, 53.1-68, and 53.1-131 of the Code of Virginia.