§ 4506. Diagnostic facilities and services
The Bureau shall provide diagnostic facilities to make social, medical, psychological and other appropriate studies of persons committed to its care. At the request of any sentencing court, and in accordance with standards established by the Bureau, diagnostic services shall be provided for any person who has been convicted, is before the court for sentencing, […]
§ 4507. Transfer of mentally ill and mentally retarded inmates
The Director of Corrections may arrange for the transfer of an inmate for observation and diagnosis to appropriate departments or institutions, provided that he has obtained the prior consent of the administrators of the agencies involved. If the inmate is found, upon appropriate examination, to be in need of civil commitment for psychosis or other […]
§ 4508. Classification, treatment and discipline
(a) Persons committed to the institutional care of the Bureau shall be dealt with humanely, with efforts directed to their rehabilitation and return to the community as safely and promptly as practicable. For these purposes, the Director of Corrections shall establish programs of classification and diagnosis, education, casework, counseling and psychotherapy, vocational training and guidance, […]
§ 4509. Work by inmates and compensation.
(a) The Bureau of Corrections may require of any able-bodied prisoner as many hours of faithful labor in each and every day during his term of imprisonment as shall be prescribed by the Director of Corrections. However, under no circumstances, nor at any time, shall a prisoner be required to work more than eight (8) […]
§ 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 […]
§ 4505. Cooperation and agreements with other agencies
The Bureau shall cooperate with the courts and with public and private agencies and officials to assist in attaining the purposes of this chapter. The Bureau may enter into agreements with agencies of Federal or Territorial government and with private agencies concerning the discharge of its responsibilities or theirs. Commitment to institutions within the jurisdiction […]
§ 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; […]