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A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-202.3 as it shall become effective of the Code of Virginia relating to earned sentence credits.
53.1-202.3. Rate at which sentence credits may be earned - Virginia Law
Level II sentence credits shall be awarded to persons who participate in and cooperate with all programs job assignments and educational curriculums to which ...
Earned Sentence Credit -VSA Budget Amendment Update
29/06/2022 — The new Va Code §53.1-202.3 effective July 1 2022 along with the Governors amendment is retroactive to the entire sentence only of a person ...
Earned sentence credits; repeals four-level classification system for ...
Repeals the four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits currently set to go into effect on July 1 2022.
ACLU of Virginia sues Department of Corrections over earned sentence ...
16/08/2022 — Under a 2020 law backed by Democrats Virginia began allowing inmates to earn more credits to reduce their sentences for good behavior or ...
HB1118 | Virginia 2022 | Earned sentence credits - TrackBill
The bill allows inmates to earn enhanced sentence credits for consecutive sentences served after the completion of any offense that would otherwise limit the ...
Expansion of earned sentence credits to clear the way for release of state ...
17/05/2022 — Geo resource failed to load. ... RICHMOND Va. (WDBJ) - A change in Virginia law that takes effect July 1 could clear the way for the release of ...
VA HB5148 - BillTrack50
The remainder of the bill has a delayed effective date of January 1 2022 and requires the calculation of earned sentence credits to apply retroactively to the ...
Budget amendment rolls back Earned Service Credits program days ...
21/06/2022 — The Earned Service Credit program would have allowed people convicted of violent crimes to earn time off their sentences for participating ...
Virginia law stops early inmate releases angering families - WHSV
05/07/2022 — The change affected the states earned sentence credit program which was expanded in 2020. It allows inmates to shave off some time from their ...