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2015 Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
§ 53.1-8. Department of Corrections

VA Code § 53.1-8 (2015) What's This?

There shall be in the executive department a Department of Corrections responsible to the Governor. The Department shall be under the supervision and management of the Director. The Director shall carry out his management and supervisory powers in accordance with standards and goals of the Board.

Code 1950, ยง 53-19.5; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1982, c. 636.

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