§ 66-25.2:1. Director; notice to school superintendent prior to release of certain offenders
The Director or designee shall notify the school division superintendent in the jurisdiction in which the juvenile will be enrolled upon release from a juvenile correctional center if the Director reasonably believes that the juvenile poses any credible danger of serious bodily injury or death to one or more students, school personnel, or others on […]
§ 66-25.1:2. Career training and technical education programs
A. With such funds as are made available for this purpose, the Department shall provide juveniles committed to the Department with opportunities to work and to participate in career training or technical education programs operated by the Department. B. The Department may develop appropriate interagency linkages with state and local agencies, public and private institutions […]
§ 66-25.1:3. Extending limits of confinement of state wards for work and educational programs; disposition of wages; penalties for violations
A. The Director is authorized to establish work release programs, subject to such rules and regulations as the Board may prescribe, whereby (i) a juvenile who is proficient in any trade or occupation and who meets the work release criteria established by the Director, may be approved for employment by private individuals, corporations, or state […]
§ 66-25.1:4. Work release furlough
The Director may, subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the Board, extend the limits of confinement of any offender participating in a work release program that is subject to the Director’s authority to permit the offender a furlough for the purpose of visiting his home or family. Such furlough shall be for a period […]
§ 66-25.2. Notice to be given prior to release of serious offenders
Prior to the release of any juvenile committed pursuant to § 16.1-285.1, the Department shall have notice of the release delivered by first-class mail to the court which committed the juvenile, to the last known address of any victim of the offense for which the juvenile was committed if such victim has submitted a written […]
§ 66-25.1:1. Juvenile academic and career training
The Director or his designee shall assess, in accordance with criteria established pursuant to § 66-25.1:3, whether a juvenile committed to the Department is an appropriate candidate for participation in a work release program, apprenticeship program, job enterprise program, or any other work experience opportunity located at or through the juvenile correctional center where the […]
§ 66-24. Community group homes and other residential facilities for certain juveniles; licensure; personnel; summary suspension under certain circumstances; penalty
A. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall cooperate with other state departments in fulfilling their respective licensing and certification responsibilities of children’s residential facilities. The Board shall promulgate regulations that shall allow the Department to so assist and cooperate with other state departments. The Board’s regulations shall establish the Department as the single licensing agency, […]
§ 66-25. Collection of information concerning religious preferences by correctional facilities
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any correctional facility established pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 11 (§ 16.1-226 et seq.) of Title 16.1 may collect and disseminate information concerning the religious preferences and affiliations of persons committed to its custody. No person shall be required to indicate his religious preference or […]
§ 66-25.1. Work programs
A. The Director or his designee may enter into an agreement with a public or private entity for the operation of a work program for juveniles committed to the Department. B. The primary purpose of such work program shall be the training of such juveniles, not the production of goods or the rendering of service […]
§ 66-21. Superintendents and agents of facilities to have powers of sheriff
The superintendents of the facilities established by the Department pursuant to § 66-13 and their authorized agents shall have the powers of a sheriff for the purpose of preserving order at their facilities and for the conveyance of children committed to their care to and from such facilities. Code 1950, §§ 53-332, 63-371, 63.1-247; 1968, […]