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HB 1452 Corrections, Board of; membership and powers, report.

Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Board of Corrections; membership; powers. Provides that the membership of the State Board of Corrections shall include two community leaders, two elected officials, three members of the medical profession, and two citizens with an immediate family member incarcerated within the Commonwealth of Virginia. The bill also requires the Board to report to the Governor on a quarterly basis and to the General Assembly at least once per year during the month of November, and provides that Board members with an incarcerated family member shall not be provided unlimited access to those institutions where their incarcerated family members are housed. Finally, the bill allows the Board to enter and inspect Department of Corrections facilities at any time.


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