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In addition, participants working in the jail industry program may have payroll deductions withheld and may be required by the sheriff, jail superintendent or his designee to contribute to victim restitution funds and to operating costs associated with the jail industry program. The total deductions must not total more than eighty percent of the participant’s gross wages. The amount so deducted shall be deposited in the jail industries revenue fund and the sheriff, jail superintendent or his designee shall make the appropriate distributions of the money withheld. Any balance remaining at the conclusion of the participant’s confinement shall be paid to the participant upon his release.B\n\nIn addition, the sheriff or jail superintendent may establish a system of pay incentives for jail industry program participants. 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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 859 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1995, chapter 756<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73492,"section_number":"53.1-131","catch_line":"Provision for release of prisoner from confinement for employment, educational or other rehabilitative programs; escape; penalty; disposition of earnings","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-131\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238865,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68684,"identifier":"53.1-133.4","token":"53.1\/3\/8\/53.1-133.4","url":"\/53.1-133.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-133.4\/","token":"53.1\/3\/8\/53.1-133.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Participant compensation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-133.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The sheriff or jail superintendent shall establish an amount to be allowed each jail industry program participant for each day of labor satisfactory to the sheriff or jail superintendent. The allowance shall be paid to the sheriff or jail superintendent or his designee. Distribution of a participant’s allowance shall be in the same manner as provided for distribution of wages earned in a work release program pursuant to § 53.1-131<\/a>. In addition, participants working in the jail industry program may have payroll deductions withheld and may be required by the sheriff, jail superintendent or his designee to contribute to victim restitution<\/span> funds and to operating costs associated with the jail industry program. The total deductions must not total more than eighty percent of the participant’s gross wages. The amount so deducted shall be deposited in the jail industries revenue fund and the sheriff, jail superintendent or his designee shall make the appropriate distributions of the money withheld. Any balance remaining at the conclusion of the participant’s confinement shall be paid to the participant upon his release. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In addition, the sheriff or jail superintendent may establish a system of pay incentives for jail industry program participants. The system may provide for the payment of a bonus to any participant who is assigned to employment in any position of responsibility or who performs his job in an exemplary manner. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPARTICIPANT COMPENSATION (\u00a7 53.1-133.4)\n\nA. The sheriff or jail superintendent shall establish an amount to be allowed\neach jail industry program participant for each day of labor satisfactory to the\nsheriff or jail superintendent. The allowance shall be paid to the sheriff or\njail superintendent or his designee. Distribution of a participant’s\nallowance shall be in the same manner as provided for distribution of wages\nearned in a work release program pursuant to § 53.1-131. In addition,\nparticipants working in the jail industry program may have payroll deductions\nwithheld and may be required by the sheriff, jail superintendent or his designee\nto contribute to victim restitution funds and to operating costs associated with\nthe jail industry program. The total deductions must not total more than eighty\npercent of the participant’s gross wages. The amount so deducted shall be\ndeposited in the jail industries revenue fund and the sheriff, jail\nsuperintendent or his designee shall make the appropriate distributions of the\nmoney withheld. Any balance remaining at the conclusion of the\nparticipant’s confinement shall be paid to the participant upon his\nrelease.\n\nB. In addition, the sheriff or jail superintendent may establish a system of pay\nincentives for jail industry program participants. The system may provide for\nthe payment of a bonus to any participant who is assigned to employment in any\nposition of responsibility or who performs his job in an exemplary manner.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 859; 1995, c. 756.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}