Community corrections facility plans (language only)

Item 482 #3h

Language
Page 284, strike lines 28 through 30.
Page 284, line 31, strike "administrative regions" and insert:
"C. The Department of Corrections shall establish a Detention Center Incarceration program pursuant to §53.1-67.8, Code of Virginia, and at least one male and one female Diversion Center Incarceration program pursuant to §53.1-67.7, Code of Virginia in each of its four administrative regions."
Page 284, line 34, after "required." insert:
" To further this purpose, the Department shall convert correctional field unit #22 to a combined detention/diversion center for female probationers."

Explanation
(This amendment modifies language authorizing the Department of Corrections to establish Detention Center Incarceration Programs in each of its four regions by directing the Department to also include the establishment of Diversion Center Incarceration Programs for male and female offenders who are placed on probation. The amendment further provides guidance on the continued use of correctional field unit #22. This directive is consistent with a master plan for community corrections facilities presented to the General Assembly by the Department of Corrections.)