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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367837</law_id><section_number>53.1-8</section_number><catch_line>Department of Corrections</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="117" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Department of Corrections and Director of Corrections</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There shall be in the executive <span class="dictionary">department</span> a <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Corrections responsible to the Governor. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall be under the supervision and management of the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-19.5; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1982, c. 636; 2020, c. 759.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
