The Role of SAM Units in Virginia’s Restrictive Housing Refo...
February 20, 2020
In January 2018, the Virginia Department of Corrections launched a comprehensive program to reduce the placement of offenders into restrictive housing and the cycling of offenders in and out of restrictive housing. Part of the program included the expansion of what the Department calls Shared Allied Management Units or SAM Units. SAM Units originated at Wallens Ridge State Prison in 2005. This modified therapeutic community p... Read More
