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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>378723</law_id><section_number>9.1-508</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="36" identifier="9.1">Commonwealth Public Safety</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="6" identifier="5.1">Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Correctional officer</span>&#x201D; means a duly sworn non-probationary employee of the Department of Corrections whose normal duties relate to maintaining immediate control, supervision, and <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of prisoners confined in any <span class="dictionary">state correctional facility</span>.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">State correctional facility</span>&#x201D; means any correctional center or correctional field unit used for the incarceration of adult offenders established and operated by the Department of Corrections.</p></section></text><history>2018, cc. 761, 762.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
