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2025 Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Chapter 1 - Administration Generally
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 53.1-1. Definitions
- § 53.1-1.01. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail
- § 53.1-1.1. Telephone systems within correctional facilities
- § 53.1-1.2. Visitation policies
Article 2. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
- § 53.1-2. Appointment of members; qualifications; terms and vacancies
- § 53.1-3. Persons ineligible for appointment
- § 53.1-4. Meetings; quorum; officers; main office
- § 53.1-5. Powers and duties of Board
- § 53.1-5.1. Repealed
- § 53.1-5.2. Compilation of certain data for redistricting purposes
- § 53.1-6. Board may administer oaths, conduct hearings, and issue subpoenas
- § 53.1-6.1. Executive director; staff; compensation
- § 53.1-7. Repealed
Article 3. Department of Corrections and Director of Corrections
- § 53.1-8. Department of Corrections
- § 53.1-9. Appointment of Director; term
- § 53.1-10. Powers and duties of Director
- § 53.1-11. Bond of Director
- § 53.1-12. Divisions of Department; division heads
- § 53.1-13. Bonds of agents and employees
- § 53.1-14. Repealed
- § 53.1-15. Repealed
- § 53.1-16. Repealed
- § 53.1-17. Defense of Department of Corrections employees
- § 53.1-17.1. Continuous quality improvement committee; report
Article 4. Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman
- § 53.1-17.2. Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman; powers and duties
- § 53.1-17.3. Corrections Oversight Committee; membership; authority
- § 53.1-17.4. Access to facilities and records
- § 53.1-17.5. Communications; confidentiality
- § 53.1-17.6. Inspection authority; inspection and assessment; report; safety and compliance classification
- § 53.1-17.7. Authority to investigate complaints
- § 53.1-17.8. Annual report
- § 53.1-17.9. Inmate and family support services
- § 53.1-17.10. Exhaustion of remedies
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