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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367487</law_id><section_number>53.1-1.1</section_number><catch_line>Telephone systems within correctional facilities</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="117" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall offer debit or prepaid telephone systems, in addition to any existing collect calling systems, which allow telephone calls to be placed to the telephone number or numbers on an approved call list. Such telephone systems shall be established with the lowest available rates. The maximum number of telephone numbers permitted on an approved call list shall be no fewer than 20. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall not receive any commission from such telephone systems.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 612; 2024, c. 455.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Beck v. Angelone</name><case_number>00-13</case_number><citation></citation><date>2001-08-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2967463/beck-v-angelone/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Filed:   August 17, 2001 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
