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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 648<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75164,"section_number":"16.1-285.1","catch_line":"Commitment of serious offenders","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-285.1\/"},{"id":74785,"section_number":"18.2-477","catch_line":"Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-477\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276953,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57052,"identifier":"66-25.1:4","token":"66\/2\/66-25.1_4","url":"\/66-25.1_4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/66-25.1_4\/","token":"66\/2\/66-25.1_4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Work release furlough","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 66-25.1:4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director<\/span> may, subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the Board<\/span>, extend the limits of confinement of any offender participating in a work release program that is subject to the Director<\/span>’s authority to permit the offender a furlough for the purpose of visiting his home or family. Such furlough shall be for a period to be prescribed by the Director<\/span>, not to exceed three days.\n\t\tIn the event that the juvenile is committed to the Department<\/span> as a serious offender pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-285.1<\/a>, the juvenile shall not be approved for a furlough for the purpose of visiting his home or family without written approval of the committing court<\/span>.\n\t\tAny offender who, without proper authority or without just cause, fails to remain within the limits of confinement set by the Director<\/span> hereunder, or fails to return within the time prescribed to the place designated by the Director<\/span> in granting such authority, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>, and shall be ineligible for further participation in a work release program during his current term of confinement. In the event such offender leaves the Commonwealth, the offender may be found guilty of an escape as provided in \u00a7 18.2-477<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWORK RELEASE FURLOUGH (\u00a7 66-25.1:4)\n\nThe Director may, subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the Board,\nextend the limits of confinement of any offender participating in a work release\nprogram that is subject to the Director’s authority to permit the offender\na furlough for the purpose of visiting his home or family. Such furlough shall\nbe for a period to be prescribed by the Director, not to exceed three days.\n\t\tIn the event that the juvenile is committed to the Department as a serious\noffender pursuant to \u00a7 16.1-285.1, the juvenile shall not be approved for a\nfurlough for the purpose of visiting his home or family without written approval\nof the committing court.\n\t\tAny offender who, without proper authority or without just cause, fails to\nremain within the limits of confinement set by the Director hereunder, or fails\nto return within the time prescribed to the place designated by the Director in\ngranting such authority, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and shall be\nineligible for further participation in a work release program during his\ncurrent term of confinement. In the event such offender leaves the Commonwealth,\nthe offender may be found guilty of an escape as provided in \u00a7 18.2-477.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 648.","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}}