53.1-202.3 - Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites.
§ 53.1-202.3. Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites.
A maximum of four and one-half sentence credits may be earned for each 30days served. The earning of sentence credits shall be conditioned, in part,upon full participation in and cooperation with programs to which a person isassigned pursuant to § 53.1-32.1. For a juvenile sentenced to serve a portionof his sentence as a serious juvenile offender under § 16.1-285.1,consideration for earning sentence credits shall be conditioned, in part,upon full participation in and cooperation with programs afforded to thejuvenile during that portion of the sentence. The Department of JuvenileJustice shall provide a report that describes the juvenile's 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.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no portion of any sentencecredits earned shall be applied to reduce the period of time a person mustserve before becoming eligible for parole upon any sentence.
(1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2008, c. 517.)