• Date Due: December 31, 2024
  • Author: Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman
  • Enabling Authority: Code of Virginia - § 53.1-17.8 (A.)
  • Description:
    Annual report containing: 1. a summary of the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman's (Office) inspections and complaint investigations conducted that fiscal year, including the Office's findings and recommendations and the Department responses and corrective actions; 2. A characterization of the conditions of confinement at each facility; 3. A summary of available educational and rehabilitative programming, drug and mental health treatment, and inmate jobs and vocational training at each facility; 4. A summary of visitation policies and procedures at each facility; 5 . A summary of medical facilities and medical policies and procedures at each facility; 6. A summary of the lockdowns reviewed by the Office; 7. A summary of staffing at each facility; 8. A summary of physical or sexual assaults reviewed by the Office; 9. A summary of any inmate or staff deaths that occurred at each facility; 10. A summary of the Office's investigations, findings, and resolutions of any complaints submitted pursuant to § 53.1-17.7; and 11. Any recommendations to the General Assembly and the Department.