                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELIGIBILITY FOR GOOD CONDUCT ALLOWANCE; APPLICATION (§ 53.1-199)

Every person who, on or after July 1, 1981, has been convicted of a felony and
every person convicted of a misdemeanor and to whom the provisions of §§
53.1-151, 53.1-152 or § 53.1-153 apply, and every person who, in accordance
with § 53.1-198, chooses the system of good conduct allowances set out herein,
may be entitled to good conduct allowance not to exceed the amount set forth in
§ 53.1-201. Such good conduct allowance shall be applied to reduce the
person&#8217;s maximum term of confinement while he is confined in any state
correctional facility. One-half of the credit allowed under the provisions of §
53.1-201 shall be applied to reduce the period of time a person shall serve
before being eligible for parole.
		Any person who, on or after July 1, 1993, has been sentenced upon a conviction
of murder in the first degree, rape in violation of § 18.2-61, forcible sodomy,
animate or inanimate object sexual penetration or aggravated sexual battery and
any person who has been sentenced to a term of life imprisonment or two or more
life sentences shall be classified within the system established by § 53.1-201.
Such person shall be eligible for no more than ten days good conduct credit for
each thirty days served, regardless of the class to which he is assigned.
One-half of such credit shall be applied to reduce the period of time he shall
serve before being eligible for parole. Additional good conduct credits may be
approved by the Director for such persons in accordance with § 53.1-191.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-209.2; 1981, c. 392; 1982, c. 636; 1993, c. 491; 2020,
c. 759.