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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349735</law_id><section_number>16.1-322.7</section_number><catch_line>State Board to promulgate regulations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="48" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="12" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="16" identifier="13.2">Private Operation of Juvenile Detention Facilities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> shall make, adopt, and promulgate regulations governing the following aspects of private management and operation of local or regional <span class="dictionary">detention homes</span> or other secure facilities:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The schedule for state reimbursement to the cities or counties or any combination thereof, as the case may be, for costs of construction; <a id="paragraph-1303573" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-322.7/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The manner of state payment to the localities for the care and <span class="dictionary">custody</span> costs at the facility of children for whom the Commonwealth is required to provide funds. However, in no event shall the payment to the localities, when calculated on a per diem per child basis, exceed the total cost ordinarily paid by the Commonwealth to the locality for the care and <span class="dictionary">custody</span> expenses of such children, when calculated on a per diem per child basis; <a id="paragraph-1303574" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-322.7/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Minimum standards for the construction, equipment, administration, and operation of the facilities; however, the standards must be at least as stringent as those established for other local or regional <span class="dictionary">detention homes</span> or other secure facilities; <a id="paragraph-1303575" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-322.7/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Contingency plans for operation of a contractor-operated facility in the event of a termination of the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>; <a id="paragraph-1303576" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-322.7/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The powers and duties of contractors&#x2019; personnel charged with the care and <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of detainees, including use of force and discipline; <a id="paragraph-1303577" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-322.7/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Methods of monitoring a contractor-operated facility by an appropriate state or local governmental entity or entities; <a id="paragraph-1303578" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-322.7/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Public access to a contractor-operated facility; and <a id="paragraph-1303579" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-322.7/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Such other regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. <a id="paragraph-1303580" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-322.7/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 258; 1992, c. 652.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
