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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 185 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2024, chapter 402<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1465671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367513,"identifier":"53.1-115.2","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-115.2","url":"\/53.1-115.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-115.2\/","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-115.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of stores in regional jails and regional jail farms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-115.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The superintendent of a regional jail or regional jail farm may, with the approval of the governing regional jail or jail farm board<\/span> or jail authority, provide for the establishment and operation of stores or commissaries in regional jail or regional jail farm facilities to deal in such articles as he deems proper. The net profits from the operation of such stores shall be used within each facility respectively for educational, recreational, or medical purposes for the benefit of the inmates to include behavioral health, substance abuse, reentry, and rehabilitative services for the benefit of inmates and may be expended to pay for the training, salaries, and benefits of employees or contractors whose primary job is to provide such programs and services to the inmates.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF STORES IN REGIONAL JAILS AND REGIONAL JAIL FARMS (\u00a7\n53.1-115.2)\n\nThe superintendent of a regional jail or regional jail farm may, with the\napproval of the governing regional jail or jail farm board or jail authority,\nprovide for the establishment and operation of stores or commissaries in\nregional jail or regional jail farm facilities to deal in such articles as he\ndeems proper. The net profits from the operation of such stores shall be used\nwithin each facility respectively for educational, recreational, or medical\npurposes for the benefit of the inmates to include behavioral health, substance\nabuse, reentry, and rehabilitative services for the benefit of inmates and may\nbe expended to pay for the training, salaries, and benefits of employees or\ncontractors whose primary job is to provide such programs and services to the\ninmates.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 185; 2024, c. 402.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}