HD21 - State Support for Adult Jails and Juvenile Detention Facilities

  • Published: 1989
  • Author: General Assembly. Joint Subcommittee
  • Enabling Authority: Appropriation Act - Item 560 (Regular Session, 1988)

Executive Summary:
AUTHORITY:

§ 1-125 of Chapter 800 of the 1988 Acts of Assembly, the Appropriations Act (Item 560), established a joint subcommittee to examine issues relevant to state support for construction and operation of local or regional adult jails, as well as juvenile detention and related facilities. The subcommittee consisted of five members, three from the Appropriations Committee of the House of Delegates and two from the Finance Committee of the Virginia Senate.

SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIVITIES:

The Subcommittee met four times between the 1988 and 1989 legislative sessions. The Subcommittee received testimony from officials of the Departments of Corrections and Criminal Justice Services, members of the Compensation Board and the Board of Corrections, the Secretaries of Administration and Transportation and Public Safety, and officials of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. During the study the Subcommittee visited two local jails and one juvenile detention facility. Testimony was received from numerous local government officials, and various interested and affected organizations