SB754: Child-friendly visiting rooms; state 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 53.1-25.2 as follows:
§ 53.1-25.2. Child-friendly visiting rooms in state correctional facilities.
Each state 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 areas for nursing, and regulations that do not penalize inmates with sanctions, such as termination of a visit, due to normal behavior of visiting children.