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§ 53.1-43 Pay incentives for prisoners

The Director may establish a system of pay incentives for prisoners confined in any state correctional facility. Such system may provide for the payment of a bonus to any prisoner who is assigned to employment in any position of responsibility or who performs his job in an exemplary manner.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 590; in 1982, chapter 636; in 2020, chapter 759.

Code 1950, § 53-222; 1968, c. 590; 1982, c. 636; 2020, c. 759.

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Court Decisions

Commonwealth v. Woodward (SCV, 01/13/95)
. . . 452 S.E.2d 656 (1995) . . .

Demmerick Brown v. Karen Stapleton (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 07/01/25)
. . . USCA4 Appeal: 23-6824 Doc: 72 Filed: 07/01/2025 Pg: 1 of 13 . . .

. . . William F. Washlefske v. Andrew J. Winston Ronald J. . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 12/06/00)
. . . Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge TRAXLER joined. . . .

Washlefske v. Winston (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 12/06/00)
. . . PUBLISHED . . .

Washlefske v. Winston (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 08/13/99)
. . . 60 F.Supp.2d 534 (1999) . . .

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Amendment Attempts

SB1164: Corrections, State Board of; transfers certain powers and duties to Department of Corrections. (failed)

SB622: Corrections, State Board of; renamed as State Board of Local and Regional Jails, powers and duties. (passed)

HB1280: State correctional facilities; participation of prisoners in employment & education program, report. (failed)