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VA Systemwide Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
07/24/2020 only 3 pages 8.5"x11", front and back, black & white, will be copied then destroyed official document Download File
12/08/2007 Operating Procedure 803.2: Incoming Publications (includes criteria for disapproval in Attachment #1, pg.2) official document Download File
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Green Rock Correctional Center Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
03/22/2012 Only allowed 1 oz or less official document Download File

Hampton Roads Regional Jail Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
12/15/2007 no hardcover books prisoner
02/24/2010 no staples, tape, glue, glitter, or paint on letter and any sticky substance official document Download File

River North Correctional Center Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
01/31/2017 Don't send extra lit not requested specifically: will often be destroyed prisoner

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY - ABINGDON FACILITY Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
02/26/2023 don't allow newspapers experience

Sussex I State Prison Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
01/04/2014 Prisoner must submit personal property form for approval with title of material requested prior to receipt prisoner

Sussex II State Prison Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
12/02/2017 can only get 1 page front-and-back for letters - copied and thrown away prisoner

VA Beach Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
11/23/2013 books must be soft cover prisoner
06/08/2017 No hardback books prisoner
06/16/2020 books must be new prisoner
09/19/2020 no stickers, staples, marker, etc official document

Wallens Ridge State Prison Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
11/24/2008 First class mail cannot exceed 1 oz. in weight experience