Inmate payment for damaged property

Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-228.1
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The Director, and each jail superintendent or sheriff who operates a correctional facility, are authorized to establish administrative procedures for recovering, from an inmate, the cost of replacing or repairing any facility-owned or facility-issued property which is proven to have been intentionally damaged or destroyed by the inmate. Such administrative procedures shall ensure that the inmate is afforded due process. 1996, c. 669 ; 2020, c. 759 .
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