Virginia Code Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction § 53.1-40.11. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:

“Postpartum recovery” means the eight-week period, or longer as determined by the health care professional responsible for the health and safety of the prisoner, following childbirth.

“Restraints” means any mechanical device, medication, physical intervention, or hands-on hold to prevent an individual from moving her body.

“Restrictive housing” means the same as that term is defined in § 53.1-39.1.

“Solitary confinement” means isolation of a prisoner from the general population through confinement to a cell or other place for 22 or more hours within a 24-hour period.