All provisions of law establishing penalties for offenses committed against custodians of inmates, correctional officers, prison guards, or jail officers shall apply mutatis mutandis to offenses committed by or with regard to inmates assigned to facilities or programs for which a prison contractor is providing correctional services.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 53.1-264

  • contractor: means any entity, including a local government, entering into or offering or proposing to enter into a contractual agreement to provide any correctional services to inmates under the custody of the Commonwealth or federal inmates under the custody of the prison contractor, while in the Commonwealth of Virginia. See Virginia Code 53.1-261
  • Correctional services: means the following functions, services and activities when provided within a prison or otherwise:

    1. See Virginia Code 53.1-261

1991, c. 705; 1992, c. 654.