(1) The director of rehabilitative services, with the approval of the commissioner of correction, shall select a staff of counselors to take charge of the activities of corrigible first term inmates and second term inmates.
(2) It is the duty of the counselors, among other requirements, to report to the director, who in turn shall report to the commissioner, and the counselors shall perform such other duties as prescribed in applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the director.