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SB618: Child-friendly visiting rooms; state and local correctional facilities required to provide.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 53.1-5.2 as follows:
§ 53.1-5.2. Child-friendly visiting rooms in state and local correctional facilities.
Each state and local correctional facility shall provide child-friendly visiting rooms in order to encourage healthy bonds between incarcerated parents and their children. These child-friendly visiting rooms shall include activities for young children, adequate facilities with private areas for nursing, and regulations that do not penalize inmates with sanctions, such as the termination of a visit, for normal child behavior.
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