53.1-193 - Good conduct credits for persons convicted prior to October 1, effect of credit upon eligibility for parole. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-193. Good conduct credits for persons convicted prior to October 1,1942; effect of credit upon eligibility for parole.

Every person convicted of a felony before October 1, 1942, except thosereferenced in § 53.1-194, shall, for every month that he is held inconfinement after June 24, 1944, in any state correctional facility, withoutviolating any prison rule or regulation, be allowed a credit of thirty daysupon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced, inaddition to the time he actually serves. Any credit allowed under theprovisions of this section shall also be considered as reducing the term ofimprisonment to which the prisoner was or is sentenced for the purpose ofdetermining his eligibility for parole.

(Code 1950, § 53-210; 1979, c. 415; 1982, c. 636.)