A slap in the face Prisoners families have hopes dashed by governors ...
11/07/2022 — Glenn Youngkin signed into law an amendment curtailing the ... The Virginia State Polices crime report for 2021 showed an increase of 6.4 ...
Virginia Inmates May Be Eligible for Early Release
16/06/2021 — On June 17 2022 the VA legislature voted against this law in part during their special session. It impacts some inmates who thought it ...
53.1-202.3. Rate at which sentence credits may be earned - Virginia Law
§ 53.1-202.3. Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites. A. A maximum of 4.5 sentence credits may be earned for each 30 days served on a ...
Bill Tracking - 2022 session > Legislation
A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-136 of the Code of Virginia ... and confined under the laws of the Commonwealth in any correctional facility in Virginia ...
Virginia law stops early inmate releases angering families
04/07/2022 — The 2020 law had a delayed effective date of July 1 2022 so prison officials would have time to calculate new release dates. And the change in ...
Virginia Law Stops Early Inmate Releases Angering ... - USNews.com
04/07/2022 — The law passed in 2020 when Democrats were in full control of state government created a tiered system that allowed inmates with good behavior ...
New Laws Go Into Effect - July 1 2021 - Justice Forward Virginia
01/07/2021 — Thursday July 1 2021 marks the enactment of several of Justice Forward Virginias priority criminal justice reforms in the Commonwealth.
Expansion of earned sentence credits to clear the way for release of state ...
17/05/2022 — RICHMOND Va. (WDBJ) - A change in Virginia law that takes effect July 1 could clear the way for the release of more than 3000 inmates from ...
Earned sentence credits; repeals four-level classification system for ...
Repealing the Earned Sentence Credit law that passed in 2020 and is supposed to go into effect July 1 2022 is outrageous. Republican leaders claim that it is ...
VADOC expects immediate surge of inmate early releases under new ...
17/05/2022 — The Virginia Department of Corrections is preparing to release thousands of inmates early when a new state law takes effect this summer.