Earned Sentence Credits for Persons Committed Upon Felony Offenses Committed on or After January 1, 1995

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This is Article 4 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Earned Sentence Credits for Persons Committed Upon Felony Offenses Committed on or After January 1, 1995.” It is part of Chapter 6 “Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances”, which is part of Title 53.1 “Prisons and Other Methods of Correction”. It contains 4 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 4 sections.

§ 53.1-202.2	Eligibility for earned sentence credits
§ 53.1-202.3	Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites
§ 53.1-202.4	Director to establish certain rules, criteria, etc
§ 53.1-202.5	Department to provide programs