State Correctional Facilities

Code Section (see on external website) 53.1-5 is the governing authority from which the Board establishes administrative procedures under the auspices of the following Standard pertaining to state correctional facilities:

Standards for State Correctional Facilities (see on external website 6VAC15-31) governs operational and management standards for state-operated prisons, field units, and work centers.

Certification Regulations (see on external website 6VAC-15-20). All correctional programs and facilities operate under minimum standards that are designed to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of staff and offenders within a correctional setting. The Regulations Governing Certification and Inspection serve as a necessary enforcement mechanism in monitoring the minimum standards so that local jails, state correctional facilities, residential centers, probation and parole offices and other correctional programs and facilities may be evaluated through a uniform process and be certified as efficient and safe.

The Standards for State Correctional Facilities, as well as the Certification Regulations, guide the departmental audits of private prison facilities. Audits are performed on a three-year cycle.

To see the specific Code sections referencing the Board of Corrections' responsibilities as set out in Chapter 2 of Title 53.1, please refer to the following:

REF: (links to external website)
53.1-18, 53.1-19, 53.1-24, 53.1-29, 53.1-30, 53-1.31, 53.1-32, 53.1-32.01, 53.1-32.1, 53.1-37,
53.1-39, 53.1-42, 53.1-43, 53.1-45.1, 53.1-60, 53.1-63, 53.1-63.1, 53.1-67.1, 53.1-67.4, 53.1-67.5, 53.1-67.6