53.1-64 - Programs and facilities. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-64. Programs and facilities.

The Department shall establish and maintain within each facility programs forcounseling and education, including career and technical education; buildingssufficient to ensure the secure confinement of persons admitted to thefacility; and programs in at least one such facility for the study, testingand diagnosis of the following persons:

1. Persons committed to the Department for diagnosis and evaluation under theprovisions of § 19.2-316 for a determination as to the likelihood of theirbenefitting from the program of such facility; and

2. Persons confined in the state corrections system under the indeterminateperiod of commitment authorized by Article 2 (§ 19.2-311 et seq.) of Chapter18 of Title 19.2, to evaluate their progress periodically and to determinetheir readiness for release.

(Code 1950, § 53-128.2; 1966, c. 482; 1982, c. 636; 1990, c. 701; 2001, c.483.)