The Director shall:
1. Establish the criteria upon which a person shall be deemed to have earned sentence credits;
2. Establish the bases upon which earned sentence credits may be forfeited;
3. Establish the number of earned sentence credits which will be forfeited for violations of various (i) institutional rules, (ii) program participation requirements or (iii) other requirements for the retention of sentence credits; and
4. Establish such additional requirements for the earning of sentence credits as may be deemed advisable and as are consistent with the purposes of this article.
1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2020, c. 759.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Chapter 6 - Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances
§ 53.1-186. Term commences from date of final judgment; exceptions
§ 53.1-187. Credit for time spent in confinement while awaiting trial
§ 53.1-188. Conduct records to be kept
§ 53.1-189. Forfeiture and restoration of good conduct allowance and earned sentence credits
§ 53.1-190. Allowance on discharge; transportation; clothing
§ 53.1-192. Applicability of article
§ 53.1-195. Credits earned prior to 1944
§ 53.1-197. Credit allowed for career and technical educational or other educational training
§ 53.1-197.1. Limitation upon applicability of this article
§ 53.1-198. Certain persons to choose good conduct system
§ 53.1-199. Eligibility for good conduct allowance; application
§ 53.1-200. Conditions for good conduct allowance
§ 53.1-201. Classification system for good conduct allowance
§ 53.1-202. Good conduct allowance for previous confinement; entry level
§ 53.1-202.1. Limitation upon applicability of this article
§ 53.1-202.2. Eligibility for earned sentence credits
§ 53.1-202.3. Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites
§ 53.1-202.4. Director to establish certain rules, criteria, etc.