53.1-202.2 - Eligibility for earned sentence credits.
§ 53.1-202.2. Eligibility for earned sentence credits.
A. Every person who is convicted of a felony offense committed on or afterJanuary 1, 1995, and who is sentenced to serve a term of incarceration in astate or local correctional facility shall be eligible to earn sentencecredits in the manner prescribed by this article. Such eligibility shallcommence upon the person's incarceration in any correctional facilityfollowing entry of a final order of conviction by the committing court. Asused in this chapter, "sentence credit" and "earned sentence credit" meandeductions from a person's term of confinement earned through adherence torules prescribed pursuant to § 53.1-25, through program participation asrequired by §§ 53.1-32.1 and 53.1-202.3, and by meeting such otherrequirements as may be established by law or regulation. One earned sentencecredit shall equal a deduction of one day from a person's term ofincarceration.
B. A juvenile convicted as an adult and sentenced as a serious juvenileoffender under clause (i) of subdivision A 1 of § 16.1-272 shall be eligibleto earn sentence credits for the portion of the sentence served with theDepartment of Juvenile Justice in the manner prescribed by this article.Consideration for earned sentence credits shall require adherence to thefacility's rules and the juvenile's progress toward treatment goals andobjectives while sentenced as a serious juvenile offender under § 16.1-285.1.
(1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2008, c. 517.)