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Such work opportunities may include business, industrial, agricultural, highway maintenance and construction, and work release programs as hereafter specified in this article. In addition, prisoners may be employed to improve, repair, work on or cultivate public property or buildings.\n\t\t\tIn addition to meeting the qualifications for work performance and security compatibility, preference for placement in work programs shall be given to any prisoner who requests a work assignment and assigns a minimum of 50 percent of his earnings to his child support obligation.B\n\nWhen a person committed to the Department owes any court imposed fines, costs, forfeitures, restitution or penalties, he shall be required as a condition of participating in any work program to either make full payment or make payments in accordance with an agreed upon installment or deferred payment plan while participating in such work program. If, after the person enters into an installment or deferred payment agreement, the person fails to pay as agreed, his participation in the work program may be terminated until all fines, costs, forfeitures, restitution and penalties are satisfied. The Director shall withhold such payments from any amounts due to such person.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":247597,"text":"To the extent feasible, it shall be the duty of the Director to provide persons sentenced to the Department with opportunities to work and to participate in career and technical education programs. Such work opportunities may include business, industrial, agricultural, highway maintenance and construction, and work release programs as hereafter specified in this article. In addition, prisoners may be employed to improve, repair, work on or cultivate public property or buildings.\n\t\t\tIn addition to meeting the qualifications for work performance and security compatibility, preference for placement in work programs shall be given to any prisoner who requests a work assignment and assigns a minimum of 50 percent of his earnings to his child support obligation.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":247598,"text":"When a person committed to the Department owes any court imposed fines, costs, forfeitures, restitution or penalties, he shall be required as a condition of participating in any work program to either make full payment or make payments in accordance with an agreed upon installment or deferred payment plan while participating in such work program. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1970, chapter 648; in 1982, chapter 636; in 2001, chapter 483<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 98<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 616<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62229,"section_number":"53.1-133.8","catch_line":"Purchases by agencies, localities, and certain nonprofit organizations","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-133.8\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238105,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68369,"identifier":"53.1-41","token":"53.1\/2\/3\/53.1-41","url":"\/53.1-41\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-41\/","token":"53.1\/2\/3\/53.1-41","dublin_core":{"Title":"Opportunities for work and career and technical education","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-41","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> To the extent feasible, it shall be the duty of the Director<\/span> to provide persons sentenced to the Department<\/span> with opportunities to work and to participate in career and technical education programs. Such work opportunities may include business, industrial, agricultural, highway maintenance and construction, and work release programs as hereafter specified in this article. In addition, prisoners may be employed to improve, repair, work on or cultivate public property or buildings.\n\t\t\tIn addition to meeting the qualifications for work performance and security compatibility, preference for placement in work programs shall be given to any prisoner who requests a work assignment and assigns a minimum of 50 percent of his earnings to his child support obligation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> When a person committed to the Department<\/span> owes any court<\/span> imposed fines, costs, forfeitures, restitution<\/span> or penalties, he shall be required as a condition of participating in any work program to either make full payment or make payments in accordance with an agreed upon installment or deferred payment plan while participating in such work program. If, after the person enters into an installment or deferred payment agreement, the person fails to pay as agreed, his participation in the work program may be terminated until all fines, costs, forfeitures, restitution<\/span> and penalties are satisfied. The Director<\/span> shall withhold such payments from any amounts due to such person. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK AND CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (\u00a7 53.1-41)\n\nA. To the extent feasible, it shall be the duty of the Director to provide\npersons sentenced to the Department with opportunities to work and to\nparticipate in career and technical education programs. Such work opportunities\nmay include business, industrial, agricultural, highway maintenance and\nconstruction, and work release programs as hereafter specified in this article.\nIn addition, prisoners may be employed to improve, repair, work on or cultivate\npublic property or buildings.\n\t\t\tIn addition to meeting the qualifications for work performance and security\ncompatibility, preference for placement in work programs shall be given to any\nprisoner who requests a work assignment and assigns a minimum of 50 percent of\nhis earnings to his child support obligation.\n\nB. When a person committed to the Department owes any court imposed fines,\ncosts, forfeitures, restitution or penalties, he shall be required as a\ncondition of participating in any work program to either make full payment or\nmake payments in accordance with an agreed upon installment or deferred payment\nplan while participating in such work program. If, after the person enters into\nan installment or deferred payment agreement, the person fails to pay as agreed,\nhis participation in the work program may be terminated until all fines, costs,\nforfeitures, restitution and penalties are satisfied. The Director shall\nwithhold such payments from any amounts due to such person.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 53-33, 53-57, 53-224; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 2001,\nc. 483; 2006, c. 98; 2010, c. 616; 2012, cc. 803, 835.","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}}