53.1-202 - Good conduct allowance for previous confinement; entry level. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-202. Good conduct allowance for previous confinement; entry level.

Upon receipt by the Department, persons who have been confined while awaitingtransfer to a state correctional facility shall be credited with such time asis certified to the Department in accordance with §§ 53.1-116 and 53.1-129and as is otherwise provided by law. Certified good conduct allowance shallbe applied to reduce the person's maximum term of confinement, and one-halfof such credit shall be applied to reduce the period of time the person shallserve before being eligible for parole.

After admission to a state correctional facility, a person shall be creditedat the rate of fifteen days for each thirty days of time served withsatisfactory conduct. The person shall remain in this credit level untilclassified in accordance with § 53.1-201.

(Code 1950, § 53-209.5; 1981, c. 392; 1982, c. 636.)