§ 4511. Board of Parole
Continuation (a) The Board of Parole in the Virgin Islands is established within the Bureau of Corrections. Composition; appointment and qualifications of members (b) The Board shall be composed of eight members, as follows: (1) The Attorney General of the Virgin Islands, who shall serve as a member ex officio, without vote; and (2) Seven […]
§ 4511a. Expeditious filling of vacancies
For the purposes of promoting effective management of the Board of Parole and the faithful execution of the laws of the Virgin Islands, the Governor of the Virgin Islands shall act expeditiously to submit to the Legislature the appointments of members to fill vacancies in the membership of the said Board resulting from expiration of […]
§ 4512. Designation of correctional facility reservations
(a) The Director of Corrections, whenever he deems it necessary in the public interest, may designate a certain area immediately adjacent to any correctional facility as a reservation into which entrance is restricted to authorized persons. Any area so designated shall be clearly defined as such in rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of […]
§ 4513. Arrests for trespass in restricted area
Any peace officer or any person employed as a watchman, guard, correctional officer, or in a supervisory capacity at any correctional facility in the Virgin Islands is authorized to stop, frisk and question any person found in any area designated and posted as restricted pursuant to section 4512 of this chapter. If any person so […]
§ 4211. Separability
If any provision or, part of this chapter is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or application of this section which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provision of this section are severable.
§ 4501. Findings and purposes
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) The Government has a basic obligation to protect the public by providing institutional confinement and care of offenders and, where appropriate, treatment in the community; (2) Efforts to rehabilitate and restore criminal offenders as lawabiding and productive members of society are essential to the reduction of crime; […]
§ 4502. Definitions
As used in this chapter: (a) “Adult” means a person eighteen years of age or older, or a juvenile transferred from the Family Division to a Court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to section 2508 of this title, and committed to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections for incarceration and the service of sentence. (b) […]
§ 4503. Bureau of Corrections
(a) A Bureau of Corrections is continued as an independent bureau within the Executive Branch of the Government. (b) The Director of Corrections, in cooperation with the Director of Personnel, shall establish minimum qualifications standards for correctional personnel; shall develop new personnel classification positions to enable paraprofessionals, volunteers and ex-offenders except those who were former […]
§ 4504. Institutions, services and administrative structure
(a) The Bureau shall be completely responsible for the maintenance, supervision and administration of the following institutions and services: (1) All institutions within the Virgin Islands for the care, custody and correction of persons detained or committed for felonies or misdemeanors. (2) Probation services for courts having jurisdiction over adult criminal offenders. (3) Parole services […]
§ 4206. Quality assurance program
The Director shall establish a quality assurance program that must include proficiency standards for laboratories and analysts responsible for performing DNA testing and analysis. The procedural rules and quality assurance program, laboratory techniques, laboratory equipment, supplies, computer software and acceptance criteria for DNA records in CODIS must be compatible with those used by the FBI. […]