{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/53.1-154.1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/53.1-154.1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/53.1-154.1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/53.1-154.1.html"}],"law_id":59216,"edition_id":1,"section_id":59216,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-154.1","catch_line":"Authority of Director to recommend parole review; release upon review","history":"1983, c. 378; 2020, c. 759.","full_text":"The Director is authorized to determine those prisoners who may be suitable parole risks and whose interests and those of society will be served by their early parole release and to recommend such prisoners to the Parole Board for early parole consideration. In making such recommendation, the Director shall take into account the prisoner’s criminal history record, mental and physical condition, employability, institutional adjustment and such other factors as may be appropriate, including the risk of violence to others. The case of any such prisoner so recommended may be reviewed by the Parole Board prior to such prisoner’s date of eligibility for parole. Upon appropriate review the Parole Board may release on parole prior to the date of eligibility for parole any prisoner so recommended by the Director. However, no prisoner shall be released until he has served at least one-fourth of the term of imprisonment imposed, or until he has served twelve years of the term of imprisonment imposed if one-fourth of the term of imprisonment imposed is more than twelve years, except as such time is reduced by any other provision of law.\n\t\tThis section shall have no application to persons not eligible for parole pursuant to subsections B, B1 and E of \u00a7 53.1-151.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217071,"text":"The Director is authorized to determine those prisoners who may be suitable parole risks and whose interests and those of society will be served by their early parole release and to recommend such prisoners to the Parole Board for early parole consideration. In making such recommendation, the Director shall take into account the prisoner’s criminal history record, mental and physical condition, employability, institutional adjustment and such other factors as may be appropriate, including the risk of violence to others. The case of any such prisoner so recommended may be reviewed by the Parole Board prior to such prisoner’s date of eligibility for parole. Upon appropriate review the Parole Board may release on parole prior to the date of eligibility for parole any prisoner so recommended by the Director. However, no prisoner shall be released until he has served at least one-fourth of the term of imprisonment imposed, or until he has served twelve years of the term of imprisonment imposed if one-fourth of the term of imprisonment imposed is more than twelve years, except as such time is reduced by any other provision of law.\n\t\tThis section shall have no application to persons not eligible for parole pursuant to subsections B, B1 and E of \u00a7 53.1-151.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":12913,"edition_id":1,"name":"Procedures Governing Parole","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12764,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:01","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:01","permalink":{"id":238979,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12913,"identifier":"3","token":"53.1\/4\/3","url":"\/53.1\/4\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12764,"edition_id":1,"name":"Probation and Parole","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12717,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":238889,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12764,"identifier":"4","token":"53.1\/4","url":"\/53.1\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12717,"edition_id":1,"name":"Prisons and Other Methods of Correction","identifier":"53.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":237591,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12717,"identifier":"53.1","token":"53.1","url":"\/53.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":81762,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-151","catch_line":"Eligibility for parole","url":"\/53.1-151\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-151","metadata":false},{"id":69796,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-152","catch_line":"Eligibility of persons sentenced for combinations of felony and misdemeanor offenses","url":"\/53.1-152\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-152","metadata":false},{"id":86338,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-153","catch_line":"Eligibility of persons sentenced to jails for more than twelve months","url":"\/53.1-153\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-153","metadata":false},{"id":67055,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-154","catch_line":"Times at which Virginia Parole Board to review cases","url":"\/53.1-154\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-154","metadata":false},{"id":59216,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-154.1","catch_line":"Authority of Director to recommend parole review; release upon review","url":"\/53.1-154.1\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-154.1","metadata":false},{"id":83495,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-155","catch_line":"Investigation prior to release; transition assistance","url":"\/53.1-155\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-155","metadata":false},{"id":75651,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-155.1","catch_line":"Participation in residential community program prior to final release","url":"\/53.1-155.1\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-155.1","metadata":false},{"id":72544,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-156","catch_line":"Period of parole; not counted as part of term","url":"\/53.1-156\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-156","metadata":false},{"id":70398,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-157","catch_line":"Parolees to comply with terms; furnishing copies","url":"\/53.1-157\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-157","metadata":false},{"id":61822,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-158","catch_line":"Release of prisoner subject to parole","url":"\/53.1-158\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-158","metadata":false},{"id":56156,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-159","catch_line":"Mandatory release on parole","url":"\/53.1-159\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-159","metadata":false},{"id":85833,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-160","catch_line":"Notice to be given upon prisoner release, escape, etc","url":"\/53.1-160\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-160","metadata":false},{"id":54025,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-160.1","catch_line":"Department to give notice of Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry requirements to certain prisoners","url":"\/53.1-160.1\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-160.1","metadata":false},{"id":81252,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-161","catch_line":"Arrest and return of parolee; warrant; release pending adjudication of violation","url":"\/53.1-161\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-161","metadata":false},{"id":71659,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-162","catch_line":"Arrest of parolee without warrant; written statement","url":"\/53.1-162\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-162","metadata":false},{"id":73932,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-163","catch_line":"Parolee considered as escapee after issuance of warrant","url":"\/53.1-163\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-163","metadata":false},{"id":60291,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-164","catch_line":"Procedure for return of parolee","url":"\/53.1-164\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-164","metadata":false},{"id":66066,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-165","catch_line":"Revocation of parole; hearing; procedure for parolee in another state; appointment of attorney","url":"\/53.1-165\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-165","metadata":false},{"id":77539,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-165.1","catch_line":"Limitation on the application of parole statutes","url":"\/53.1-165.1\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-165.1","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":67055,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-154","catch_line":"Times at which Virginia Parole Board to review cases","url":"\/53.1-154\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-154","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":83495,"structure_id":12913,"section_number":"53.1-155","catch_line":"Investigation prior to release; transition assistance","url":"\/53.1-155\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-155","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/53.1-154.1\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 378 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 1983 \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 2020, chapter 759<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81762,"section_number":"53.1-151","catch_line":"Eligibility for parole","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-151\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59216,"identifier":"53.1-154.1","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-154.1","url":"\/53.1-154.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-154.1\/","token":"53.1\/4\/3\/53.1-154.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of Director to recommend parole review; release upon review","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-154.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director<\/span> is authorized to determine those prisoners who may be suitable parole<\/span> risks and whose interests and those of society will be served by their early parole<\/span> release and to recommend such prisoners to the Parole<\/span> Board<\/span> for early parole<\/span> consideration. In making such recommendation, the Director<\/span> shall take into account the prisoner’s criminal history record, mental and physical condition, employability, institutional adjustment and such other factors as may be appropriate, including the risk of violence to others. The case of any such prisoner so recommended may be reviewed by the Parole<\/span> Board<\/span> prior to such prisoner’s date of eligibility for parole<\/span>. Upon appropriate review the Parole<\/span> Board<\/span> may release on parole<\/span> prior to the date of eligibility for parole<\/span> any prisoner so recommended by the Director<\/span>. However, no prisoner shall be released until he has served at least one-fourth of the term of imprisonment imposed, or until he has served twelve years of the term of imprisonment imposed if one-fourth of the term of imprisonment imposed is more than twelve years, except as such time is reduced by any other provision of law<\/span>.\n\t\tThis section shall have no application to persons not eligible for parole<\/span> pursuant to subsections B, B1 and E of \u00a7 53.1-151<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR TO RECOMMEND PAROLE REVIEW; RELEASE UPON REVIEW (\u00a7\n53.1-154.1)\n\nThe Director is authorized to determine those prisoners who may be suitable\nparole risks and whose interests and those of society will be served by their\nearly parole release and to recommend such prisoners to the Parole Board for\nearly parole consideration. In making such recommendation, the Director shall\ntake into account the prisoner’s criminal history record, mental and\nphysical condition, employability, institutional adjustment and such other\nfactors as may be appropriate, including the risk of violence to others. The\ncase of any such prisoner so recommended may be reviewed by the Parole Board\nprior to such prisoner’s date of eligibility for parole. Upon appropriate\nreview the Parole Board may release on parole prior to the date of eligibility\nfor parole any prisoner so recommended by the Director. However, no prisoner\nshall be released until he has served at least one-fourth of the term of\nimprisonment imposed, or until he has served twelve years of the term of\nimprisonment imposed if one-fourth of the term of imprisonment imposed is more\nthan twelve years, except as such time is reduced by any other provision of law.\n\t\tThis section shall have no application to persons not eligible for parole\npursuant to subsections B, B1 and E of \u00a7 53.1-151.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 378; 2020, c. 759.","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}}