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Certified good conduct allowance shall be applied to reduce the person’s maximum term of confinement, and one-half of such credit shall be applied to reduce the period of time the person shall serve before being eligible for parole.\n\t\tAfter admission to a state correctional facility, a person shall be credited at the rate of fifteen days for each thirty days of time served with satisfactory conduct. The person shall remain in this credit level until classified in accordance with \u00a7 53.1-201.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":249772,"text":"Upon receipt by the Department, persons who have been confined while awaiting transfer to a state correctional facility shall be credited with such time as is certified to the Department in accordance with \u00a7\u00a7 53.1-116 and 53.1-129 and as is otherwise provided by law. Certified good conduct allowance shall be applied to reduce the person’s maximum term of confinement, and one-half of such credit shall be applied to reduce the period of time the person shall serve before being eligible for parole.\n\t\tAfter admission to a state correctional facility, a person shall be credited at the rate of fifteen days for each thirty days of time served with satisfactory conduct. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1981, chapter 392; in 1982, chapter 636.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74944,"section_number":"53.1-198","catch_line":"Certain persons to choose good conduct system","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-198\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66213,"section_number":"53.1-116","catch_line":"What records and policy jailer shall keep; how time deducted or added for felons and misdemeanants; payment of fine and costs by person committed to jail until he pays","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-116\/"},{"id":66959,"section_number":"53.1-129","catch_line":"Order permitting prisoners to work on state, county, city, town, certain private property or nonprofit organization property; bond of person in charge of prisoners","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-129\/"},{"id":76567,"section_number":"53.1-201","catch_line":"Classification system for good conduct allowance","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-201\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239217,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69000,"identifier":"53.1-202","token":"53.1\/6\/3\/53.1-202","url":"\/53.1-202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-202\/","token":"53.1\/6\/3\/53.1-202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Good conduct allowance for previous confinement; entry level","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon receipt by the Department<\/span>, persons who have been confined while awaiting transfer to a state correctional facility<\/span> shall be credited with such time as is certified to the Department<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7\u00a7 53.1-116<\/a> and 53.1-129<\/a> and as is otherwise provided by law<\/span>. Certified good conduct allowance shall be applied to reduce the person’s maximum term of confinement, and one-half of such credit shall be applied to reduce the period of time the person shall serve before being eligible for parole<\/span>.\n\t\tAfter admission to a state correctional facility<\/span>, a person shall be credited at the rate of fifteen days for each thirty days of time served with satisfactory conduct. The person shall remain in this credit level until classified in accordance with \u00a7 53.1-201<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGOOD CONDUCT ALLOWANCE FOR PREVIOUS CONFINEMENT; ENTRY LEVEL (\u00a7 53.1-202)\n\nUpon receipt by the Department, persons who have been confined while awaiting\ntransfer to a state correctional facility shall be credited with such time as is\ncertified to the Department in accordance with \u00a7\u00a7 53.1-116 and 53.1-129 and as\nis otherwise provided by law. Certified good conduct allowance shall be applied\nto reduce the person’s maximum term of confinement, and one-half of such\ncredit shall be applied to reduce the period of time the person shall serve\nbefore being eligible for parole.\n\t\tAfter admission to a state correctional facility, a person shall be credited\nat the rate of fifteen days for each thirty days of time served with\nsatisfactory conduct. The person shall remain in this credit level until\nclassified in accordance with \u00a7 53.1-201.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-209.5; 1981, c. 392; 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}}