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HOUSE BILL NO. 2745 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled January 10, 2007 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 53.1-5.2, relating to child-friendly visiting rooms in state and local correctional facilities. ---------- Patrons-- Englin, Ebbin and McClellan ---------- Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 53.1-5.2 as follows:

§ 53.1-5.2. Child-friendly visiting rooms in state and local correctional facilities.

Each state and local correctional facility shall provide child-friendly visiting rooms in order to encourage healthy bonds between incarcerated parents and their children. These child-friendly visiting rooms shall include activities for young children, and regulations that do not penalize inmates with sanctions, such as the termination of a visit, for normal child behavior.