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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367740</law_id><section_number>53.1-35</section_number><catch_line>Correspondence privileges; receipt of publications</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="2" identifier="2">State Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Treatment and Privileges of Prisoners</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> is authorized to prescribe reasonable rules regarding correspondence <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> and the receipt of books, newspapers and periodicals by prisoners within state correctional facilities.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-34; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
