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Every person convicted of a felony before October 1, 1942, who is returned thereafter to a state correctional facility for violating the terms of a conditional pardon, or who commits a crime while serving his sentence in a state correctional facility, or who escapes or attempts to escape from a state correctional facility, shall, for every twenty days he is held in confinement after his return to a state correctional facility or after the commission of such crime, or after such escape or attempted escape, without violating any prison rule or regulation, be allowed a credit of only ten days upon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced, in addition to the time he actually serves.\n\t\tAny credit allowed under the provisions of this section shall also be considered as reducing the term of imprisonment to which the prisoner was or is sentenced for the purpose of determining his eligibility for parole.\n\t\tSo much of an order of any court contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed null and void.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":259000,"text":"Every person convicted of a felony before October 1, 1942, who had once before been convicted of a felony and regularly discharged from the state corrections system, or who, prior to June 24, 1944, had been returned to a state correctional facility for violating the terms of a conditional pardon, or who had been convicted of a crime while serving his sentence in a state correctional facility, or who had escaped or attempted to escape from a state correctional facility or from a local correctional facility while awaiting trial or transfer to a state correctional facility, shall, for every month he is confined in any state correctional facility after such date, without violating any prison rule or regulation, be allowed a credit of fifteen days upon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced, in addition to the time he actually serves. Every person convicted of a felony before October 1, 1942, who is returned thereafter to a state correctional facility for violating the terms of a conditional pardon, or who commits a crime while serving his sentence in a state correctional facility, or who escapes or attempts to escape from a state correctional facility, shall, for every twenty days he is held in confinement after his return to a state correctional facility or after the commission of such crime, or after such escape or attempted escape, without violating any prison rule or regulation, be allowed a credit of only ten days upon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced, in addition to the time he actually serves.\n\t\tAny credit allowed under the provisions of this section shall also be considered as reducing the term of imprisonment to which the prisoner was or is sentenced for the purpose of determining his eligibility for parole.\n\t\tSo much of an order of any court contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed null and void.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":16199,"edition_id":1,"name":"Good Conduct Allowances for Persons Committed Prior to July 1, 1981","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14729,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:08:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:08:49","permalink":{"id":239169,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16199,"identifier":"2","token":"53.1\/6\/2","url":"\/53.1\/6\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14729,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12717,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:34","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:34","permalink":{"id":239141,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14729,"identifier":"6","token":"53.1\/6","url":"\/53.1\/6\/","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":74282,"structure_id":16199,"section_number":"53.1-192","catch_line":"Applicability of article","url":"\/53.1-192\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-192","metadata":false},{"id":87086,"structure_id":16199,"section_number":"53.1-193","catch_line":"Good conduct credits for persons convicted prior to October 1, 1942; effect of credit upon eligibility for parole","url":"\/53.1-193\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-193","metadata":false},{"id":71885,"structure_id":16199,"section_number":"53.1-194","catch_line":"Good conduct credits for prisoners committing crimes, pardon violators and escapees convicted prior to October 1, 1942; effect of credit upon eligibility for parole","url":"\/53.1-194\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-194","metadata":false},{"id":74619,"structure_id":16199,"section_number":"53.1-195","catch_line":"Credits earned prior to 1944","url":"\/53.1-195\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-195","metadata":false},{"id":68730,"structure_id":16199,"section_number":"53.1-196","catch_line":"Good conduct credits of persons convicted after October 1, 1942; effect of credit upon eligibility for parole","url":"\/53.1-196\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-196","metadata":false},{"id":83331,"structure_id":16199,"section_number":"53.1-197","catch_line":"Credit allowed for career and technical educational or other educational training","url":"\/53.1-197\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-197","metadata":false},{"id":64710,"structure_id":16199,"section_number":"53.1-197.1","catch_line":"Limitation upon applicability of this article","url":"\/53.1-197.1\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-197.1","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":87086,"structure_id":16199,"section_number":"53.1-193","catch_line":"Good conduct credits for persons convicted prior to October 1, 1942; effect of credit upon eligibility for parole","url":"\/53.1-193\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-193","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":74619,"structure_id":16199,"section_number":"53.1-195","catch_line":"Credits earned prior to 1944","url":"\/53.1-195\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-195","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/53.1-194\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 142; in 1979, chapter 415; in 1982, chapter 636.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87086,"section_number":"53.1-193","catch_line":"Good conduct credits for persons convicted prior to October 1, 1942; effect of credit upon eligibility for parole","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-193\/"},{"id":74619,"section_number":"53.1-195","catch_line":"Credits earned prior to 1944","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-195\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239179,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71885,"identifier":"53.1-194","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-194","url":"\/53.1-194\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-194\/","token":"53.1\/6\/2\/53.1-194","dublin_core":{"Title":"Good conduct credits for prisoners committing crimes, pardon violators and escapees convicted prior to October 1, 1942; effect of credit upon eligibility for parole","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-194","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every person convicted of a felony<\/span> before October 1, 1942, who had once before been convicted of a felony<\/span> and regularly discharged from the state corrections system, or who, prior to June 24, 1944, had been returned to a state correctional facility<\/span> for violating the terms of a conditional pardon<\/span>, or who had been convicted of a crime<\/span> while serving his sentence in a state correctional facility<\/span>, or who had escaped or attempted to escape from a state correctional facility<\/span> or from a local correctional facility<\/span> while awaiting trial<\/span> or transfer to a state correctional facility<\/span>, shall, for every month he is confined in any state correctional facility<\/span> after such date, without violating any prison rule or regulation, be allowed a credit of fifteen days upon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced, in addition to the time he actually serves. Every person convicted of a felony<\/span> before October 1, 1942, who is returned thereafter to a state correctional facility<\/span> for violating the terms of a conditional pardon<\/span>, or who commits a crime<\/span> while serving his sentence in a state correctional facility<\/span>, or who escapes or attempts to escape from a state correctional facility<\/span>, shall, for every twenty days he is held in confinement after his return to a state correctional facility<\/span> or after the commission of such crime<\/span>, or after such escape or attempted escape, without violating any prison rule or regulation, be allowed a credit of only ten days upon the total term of confinement to which he has been sentenced, in addition to the time he actually serves.\n\t\tAny credit allowed under the provisions of this section shall also be considered as reducing the term of imprisonment to which the prisoner was or is sentenced for the purpose of determining his eligibility for parole<\/span>.\n\t\tSo much of an order<\/span> of any court<\/span> contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed null and void.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGOOD CONDUCT CREDITS FOR PRISONERS COMMITTING CRIMES, PARDON VIOLATORS AND\nESCAPEES CONVICTED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1, 1942; EFFECT OF CREDIT UPON ELIGIBILITY\nFOR PAROLE (\u00a7 53.1-194)\n\nEvery person convicted of a felony before October 1, 1942, who had once before\nbeen convicted of a felony and regularly discharged from the state corrections\nsystem, or who, prior to June 24, 1944, had been returned to a state\ncorrectional facility for violating the terms of a conditional pardon, or who\nhad been convicted of a crime while serving his sentence in a state correctional\nfacility, or who had escaped or attempted to escape from a state correctional\nfacility or from a local correctional facility while awaiting trial or transfer\nto a state correctional facility, shall, for every month he is confined in any\nstate correctional facility after such date, without violating any prison rule\nor regulation, be allowed a credit of fifteen days upon the total term of\nconfinement to which he has been sentenced, in addition to the time he actually\nserves. Every person convicted of a felony before October 1, 1942, who is\nreturned thereafter to a state correctional facility for violating the terms of\na conditional pardon, or who commits a crime while serving his sentence in a\nstate correctional facility, or who escapes or attempts to escape from a state\ncorrectional facility, shall, for every twenty days he is held in confinement\nafter his return to a state correctional facility or after the commission of\nsuch crime, or after such escape or attempted escape, without violating any\nprison rule or regulation, be allowed a credit of only ten days upon the total\nterm of confinement to which he has been sentenced, in addition to the time he\nactually serves.\n\t\tAny credit allowed under the provisions of this section shall also be\nconsidered as reducing the term of imprisonment to which the prisoner was or is\nsentenced for the purpose of determining his eligibility for parole.\n\t\tSo much of an order of any court contrary to the provisions of this section\nshall be deemed null and void.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-211; 1952, c. 142; 1979, c. 415; 1982, c. 636.","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}}