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Code of Virginia
Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
7/12/2025

Title 53.1. Prisons and Other Methods of Correction (2025 Updates)

  • Chapter 1. Administration Generally
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 53.1-1
    Definitions
    • Article 2. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
    § 53.1-5
    Powers and duties of Board
    • Article 3. Department of Corrections and Director of Corrections
    § 53.1-10
    Powers and duties of Director
  • Chapter 2. State Correctional Facilities
    • Article 1. General Provisions
    § 53.1-31.1
    Transportation of prisoners
    § 53.1-31.4
    (Effective until July 1, 2026) Department of Corrections-issued identification
    • Article 2.1. Medical and Mental Health Care; Involuntary Admission and Treatment
    § 53.1-40.10
    Exchange of medical and mental health information and records
  • Chapter 3. Local Correctional Facilities
    • Article 1. Establishment and Regulation of Facilities
    § 53.1-69.1
    Review of death of inmates in local, regional, or community correctional facilities
    • Article 1.1. Private Services at Regional Jail Facilities
    § 53.1-71.1
    Private construction, maintenance, etc., of regional jail facility
    § 53.1-71.2
    Authority of security employees
    § 53.1-71.4
    Powers and duties not delegable to contractor
    § 53.1-71.5
    Board to promulgate regulations
  • Chapter 4. Probation and Parole
    • Article 1. Administration Generally
    § 53.1-134
    Virginia Parole Board; appointment of members
    § 53.1-136
    Powers and duties of Board; notice of release of certain inmates; report
    • Article 2. State Probation and Parole Services
    § 53.1-145
    Powers and duties of probation and parole officers
    § 53.1-149
    Arrest of probationer without warrant; written statement; timeframe for service of process
    • Article 3. Procedures Governing Parole
    § 53.1-157
    Parolees to comply with terms; furnishing copies
    § 53.1-161
    Arrest and return of parolee; warrant; release pending adjudication of violation
    § 53.1-162
    Arrest of parolee without warrant; written statement
    § 53.1-164
    Procedure for return of parolee
    § 53.1-165
    Revocation of parole; hearing; procedure for parolee in another state; appointment of attorney
  • Chapter 12. Executive Clemency
    § 53.1-231
    Investigation of cases for executive clemency by Parole Board
  • Chapter 15. Corrections Private Services Act
    § 53.1-261
    Definitions
    § 53.1-262
    State correctional facilities; private contracts
    § 53.1-263
    Authority of security employees
    § 53.1-265
    Powers and duties not delegable to contractor
    § 53.1-266
    Department shall promulgate regulations