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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72579</law_id><section_number>53.1-40.01</section_number><catch_line>Conditional release of geriatric prisoners</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-10</reference><reference>53.1-136</reference><reference>53.1-43.1</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="2">State Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Treatment and Privileges of Prisoners</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person serving a sentence imposed upon a <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> for a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, other than a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>, (i) who has reached the age of sixty-five or older and who has served at least five years of the sentence imposed or (ii) who has reached the age of sixty or older and who has served at least ten years of the sentence imposed may <span class="dictionary">petition</span> the <span class="dictionary">Parole</span> <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for conditional release. The <span class="dictionary">Parole</span> <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section.</p></section></text><history>1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2001, cc. 446, 487.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
