ARTICLE 1. General Provisions  


SECTION 53.1-18. Department to have custody of property; right to sue to protect property
SECTION 53.1-19. Establishment of correctional institutions
SECTION 53.1-20. Commitment of convicted persons to custody of Director
SECTION 53.1-20.1. Compensation of local jails for cost of incarceration
SECTION 53.1-21. Transfer of prisoners into and between state and local correctional facilities
SECTION 53.1-22. Misdemeanant suspected of having contagious disease
SECTION 53.1-23. Fingerprints, photographs and description
SECTION 53.1-23.1. Repealed
SECTION 53.1-23.2. Department to give notice of the receipt of certain prisoners
SECTION 53.1-24. Record of convictions and register to be kept
SECTION 53.1-25. Director to prescribe rules; rules to be available to prisoners
SECTION 53.1-25.1. Rules of state correctional facilities
SECTION 53.1-26. Confiscation of prohibited articles
SECTION 53.1-27. Establishment of stores in state correctional facilities
SECTION 53.1-28. Authority to fix discharge date; improper release; warrant, arrest and hearing
SECTION 53.1-29. Authority for correctional officers and other employees to carry weapons
SECTION 53.1-30. Who may enter interior of state correctional facilities; searches of those entering
SECTION 53.1-31. Sale or lease of gas, oil, or minerals
SECTION 53.1-31.1. Transportation of prisoners
SECTION 53.1-31.2. Notification of child support due by a prisoner
SECTION 53.1-31.3. Notification of incarcerated individuals ineligible for public assistance
SECTION 53.1-31.4. Department of Corrections-issued identification