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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80912</law_id><section_number>53.1-189</section_number><catch_line>Forfeiture and restoration of good conduct allowance and earned sentence credits</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>53.1-191</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except for credits allowed under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Credits allowed in cases of injuries to or extraordinary services performed by prisoners; nonforfeiture of credits hereunder" href="/53.1-191/">53.1-191</a>, all or any part of a person&#x2019;s accrued good conduct allowance and earned sentence credits earned after admission to a <span class="dictionary">state correctional facility</span> on any sentence or combination of sentences being served may be forfeited in accordance with rules and regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> for violation of any written prison rules or regulations. <a id="paragraph-290030" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-189/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a prisoner is convicted of escape or attempted escape from any correctional facility, such person shall, upon being returned to <span class="dictionary">custody</span>, forfeit all accrued good conduct allowance and all earned sentence credits on any sentence or combination of sentences being served, except for credits allowed under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Credits allowed in cases of injuries to or extraordinary services performed by prisoners; nonforfeiture of credits hereunder" href="/53.1-191/">53.1-191</a>. <a id="paragraph-290031" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-189/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No good conduct allowance or earned sentence credit which has been forfeited shall be restored except by the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>, whose authority shall not be delegated. <a id="paragraph-290032" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-189/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-214; 1974, c. 69; 1980, c. 485; 1981, c. 392; 1982, c. 636; 1984, c. 734; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2020, c. 759.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
