53.1-177 - Authority of Director; establishment of halfway houses; employment of personnel.
§ 53.1-177. Authority of Director; establishment of halfway houses;employment of personnel.
The Director is authorized to establish and maintain a system of halfwayhouses for the temporary care of adults who are placed on probation orreleased on parole and are determined to be eligible for this service. Suchcommunity facility may, in the discretion of the Director, be purchased,constructed or leased. The Director is further authorized to employ necessarypersonnel for these facilities.
(Code 1950, § 53-128.6; 1968, c. 298; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1978, c. 492; 1982,c. 636.)