Powers and Duties

Code Section (external website) 53.1-5 sets out the following powers and duties of the Board:

• To develop and establish program and fiscal standards and goals governing the operatio of state, local, and community correctional facilities and community correctional services;


• To ensure the development of long-range programs and plans for corrections services provided at the state and local levels;


• To review and comment on all budgets and requests for appropriations for the Department prior to their submission to the Governor and on all applications for federal funds;


• To monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in implementing the standards and goals of the Board;


• To advise the Governor, Director, and General Assembly on matters relating to corrections;


• The make, adopt, and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and other laws of the Commonwealth administered by the Director or the Department; and


• To ensure the development of programs to educate citizens and elicit public support for the activities of the Department.