                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CREDITS ALLOWED IN CASES OF INJURIES TO OR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICES PERFORMED BY
PRISONERS; NONFORFEITURE OF CREDITS HEREUNDER (§ 53.1-191)

The Director, with the consent of the Governor, may allow to any prisoner
confined in a state correctional facility a credit toward his term of
confinement if he (i) renders assistance in preventing the escape of another
prisoner or in the apprehension of an escaped prisoner; (ii) gives a blood
donation to another prisoner; (iii) voluntarily or at the instance of a prison
official renders other extraordinary services; or (iv) suffers bodily injury
while in the prison system. The Director shall determine the amount of any such
credit for each such service or injury. In unusual circumstances a prisoner may
receive credit for donating blood, under regulations prescribed by the Director,
to blood banks licensed by or subject to regulations of the State Board of
Health. The Director may allow the credit permitted by this section to a
prisoner who has been sentenced to the Department of Corrections but who is
confined in a local correctional facility.
		Except as provided hereafter, any credit allowed under the provisions of this
section shall be applied as provided in § 53.1-199. A prisoner who has been
sentenced to a term of life imprisonment or to two or more life sentences shall
be eligible for credits allowed under the provisions of this section. One-half
of such credit shall be applied to reduce the period of time such prisoner shall
serve before being eligible for parole.
		Credits allowed under the provisions of this section may not be forfeited
under § 53.1-189. Credits shall not be allowed under the provisions of this
section to apply toward a term of confinement imposed upon a conviction of a
felony offense committed on or after January 1, 1995.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-220; 1952, c. 8; 1976, c. 209; 1981, c. 392; 1982, c.
636; 1984, c. 253; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2002, c. 59; 2020, c. 759.