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VA Code § 53.1-202.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 6 - Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances|§ 53.1-202.3. (Effective July 1, 2022) Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites

A maximum of four and one-half sentence credits may be earned for each 30 days served. The earning of sentence credits shall be conditioned, in part, upon full participation in and cooperation with programs to which a person is assigned pursuant to § 53.1-32.1. For a juvenile sentenced to serve a portion of 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 the juvenile during that portion of the sentence. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide a report that describes the juvenile's adherence to the facility's rules and the juvenile's progress toward treatment goals and objectives while sentenced as a serious juvenile offender under § 16.1-285.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no portion of any sentence credits earned shall be applied to reduce the period of time a person must serve before becoming eligible for parole upon any sentence.1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2008, c. 517.
VA Code § 53.1-202.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 6 - Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances|§ 53.1-202.4. Director to establish certain rules, criteria, etc.

The Director shall:1. Establish the criteria upon which a person shall be deemed to have earned sentence credits;2. Establish the bases upon which earned sentence credits may be forfeited;3. Establish the number of earned sentence credits which will be forfeited for violations of various (i) institutional rules, (ii) program participation requirements or (iii) other requirements for the retention of sentence credits; and4. Establish such additional requirements for the earning of sentence credits as may be deemed advisable and as are consistent with the purposes of this article.1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2020, c. 759.
VA Code § 53.1-202.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 6 - Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances|§ 53.1-202.5. (Effective July 1, 2022) Department to provide programs

The Department shall ensure that educational, vocational, counseling, and substance abuse programs for earning sentence credits are available at all state correctional facilities.2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 50, 52.
VA Code § 53.1-203 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 7 - Crimes and Criminal Proceedings Involving Prisoners|§ 53.1-203. Felonies by prisoners; penalties

It shall be unlawful for a prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility or in the custody of an employee thereof to:1. Escape from a correctional facility or from any person in charge of such prisoner;2. Willfully break, cut or damage any building, furniture, fixture or fastening of such facility or any part thereof for the purpose of escaping, aiding any other prisoner to escape therefrom or rendering such facility less secure as a place of confinement;3. Make, procure, secrete or have in his possession any instrument, tool or other thing for the purpose of escaping from or aiding another to escape from a correctional facility or employee thereof;4. Make, procure, secrete or have in his possession a knife, instrument, tool or other thing not authorized by the superintendent or sheriff which is capable of causing death or bodily injury;5. Procure, sell, secrete or have in his possession any chemical compound which he has not lawfully received;6. Procure, sell, secrete or have in his possession a controlled substance classified in Schedule III of the Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.) or marijuana;7. Introduce into a correctional facility or have in his possession firearms or ammunition for firearms;8. Willfully burn or destroy by use of any explosive device or substance, in whole or in part, or cause to be so burned or destroyed, any personal property, within any correctional facility;9. Willfully tamper with, damage, destroy, or disable any fire protection or fire suppression system, equipment, or sprinklers within any correctional facility; or10. Conspire with another prisoner or other prisoners to commit any of the foregoing acts.For violation of any of the provisions of this section, except subdivision 6, the prisoner shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. For a violation of subdivision 6, he shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony. If the violation is of subdivision 1 of this section and the escapee is a felon, he shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of confinement of one year, which shall be served consecutively with any other sentence. The prisoner shall, upon conviction of escape, immediately commence to serve such escape sentence, and he shall not be eligible for parole during such period. Any prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment who escapes shall not be eligible for parole. No part of the time served for escape shall be credited for the purpose of parole toward the sentence or sentences, the service of which is interrupted for service of the escape sentence, nor shall it be credited for such purpose toward any other sentence.Code 1950, § 53-291; 1966, c. 300; 1970, c. 648; 1973, c. 403; 1975, c. 588; 1977, c. 497; 1978, cc. 177, 361; 1982, c. 636; 1985, c. 555; 1988, c. 371; 2004, c. 461; 2006, c. 104; 2011, cc. 384, 410; 2014, cc. 674, 719.
VA Code § 53.1-204 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 7 - Crimes and Criminal Proceedings Involving Prisoners|§ 53.1-204. If prisoner commits any other felony, how punished

If a prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility or in the custody of an employee thereof commits any felony other than those specified in §§ 18.2-31, 18.2-55 and 53.1-203, which is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility, such prisoner shall be subject to the same punishment therefor as if he were not a prisoner.Code 1950, § 53-294; 1970, c. 648; 1975, c. 588; 1982, c. 636; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.
VA Code § 53.1-205 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 7 - Crimes and Criminal Proceedings Involving Prisoners|§ 53.1-205. Jurisdiction for trial of prisoners; nature of proceedings

Subject to the provisions of §§ 53.1-203 and 53.1-204, the jurisdiction, proceedings, trial and judgment in a criminal proceeding against a person confined in a state correctional facility shall be as is provided for in other cases of criminal prosecution.Code 1950, §§ 53-295, 53-300; 1966, c. 430; 1970, c. 593; 1973, c. 59; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-206 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 7 - Crimes and Criminal Proceedings Involving Prisoners|§ 53.1-206. When prisoner surrendered as witness; certificate

Prisoners may be surrendered as witnesses if a judge of any court of record of the United States or of the District of Columbia, or of any state certifies under the seal of such court that:1. There is a criminal prosecution pending in such court or that a grand jury investigation has commenced or is about to commence;2. A person confined in any state correctional facility in Virginia is a material witness in such prosecution or grand jury investigation, and his presence will be required at a time stated;3. The officer presenting the certificate is authorized to receive custody of such prisoner and will retain him in his custody until his return to this Commonwealth; and4. The prisoner will be safely returned to the custody of the Director at such state correctional facility, as the Director may direct.Upon presentation of such certificate to the Director, if he is of the opinion that the ends of justice will be promoted thereby, the Director may, with the approval of the Governor, surrender the prisoner into the custody of the officer named in the certificate.Code 1950, § 53-301; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-207 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 7 - Crimes and Criminal Proceedings Involving Prisoners|§ 53.1-207. Cost of transportation

All transportation and other costs incident thereto shall be paid by the authority requesting the prisoner.Code 1950, § 53-302; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-208 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 7 - Crimes and Criminal Proceedings Involving Prisoners|§ 53.1-208. Prisoners indicted or charged with crime outside Virginia; certificate; authority of officer with custody of prisoner

If a similar certificate, similarly executed, shall state that a prisoner has been indicted or stands legally charged with a crime outside Virginia, the Director may, with the approval of the Governor, likewise deliver the prisoner to the officer presenting the certificate. Such delivery may be conditioned upon the return of the prisoner under such circumstances as the Governor may prescribe.Any officer of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state to whom custody of any such prisoner has been surrendered, is hereby clothed with the authority and powers of a sheriff or a state correctional officer with respect to the custody of the prisoner in this Commonwealth.Any duly authorized officer of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state, while engaged in transporting through Virginia to any other state any prisoner of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any other state, lawfully taken or surrendered into his custody either within or without Virginia in any manner, shall while transporting such prisoner into or through Virginia, be clothed with all of the authority and powers of a sheriff or of a state correctional officer with respect to the custody of the prisoner in this Commonwealth.Code 1950, § 53-303; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-209 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 7 - Crimes and Criminal Proceedings Involving Prisoners|§ 53.1-209. Foreign prisoners to be held in Virginia

Pursuant to the order or request of the Governor, of any court, attorney for the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any other authorized officer, if any prisoner of the United States, District of Columbia or of any other state be tendered to the custody of the Director or any duly authorized officer of a state correctional facility, either within this Commonwealth or to be transported to this Commonwealth to be held for trial for crime in Virginia or as a witness in any criminal proceeding in Virginia, the Director or officer is hereby authorized to receive the prisoner into custody. The Director or officer is hereby clothed with the same powers with respect to custody as is possessed over prisoners held after conviction of a crime and sentencing to a state correctional facility by a court of this Commonwealth.Code 1950, § 53-304; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-211 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 8 - Agreement on Detainers|§ 53.1-211. Meaning of "appropriate court."

The phrase "appropriate court" as used in the Agreement on Detainers shall, with reference to the courts of this Commonwealth, mean circuit courts and district courts.Code 1950, § 53-304.2; 1970, c. 407; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-212 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 8 - Agreement on Detainers|§ 53.1-212. Cooperation in enforcement

All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are hereby directed to enforce the Agreement on Detainers and to cooperate with one another and with other party states in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purpose.Code 1950, § 53-304.3; 1970, c. 407; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-213 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 8 - Agreement on Detainers|§ 53.1-213. Escape of person in custody pursuant to detainer

Any person who is in the custody of an officer of this Commonwealth pursuant to a detainer issued in accordance with this chapter and who escapes from such custody shall be guilty of a felony and punished by confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than five years.Code 1950, § 53-304.5; 1970, c. 407; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-214 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 8 - Agreement on Detainers|§ 53.1-214. Authority and duty of official in charge of facility

It shall be lawful and mandatory upon the superintendent, warden or other official in charge of a state or local correctional facility in this Commonwealth to give over the person of any prisoner thereof whenever so required by the operation of the Agreement on Detainers.Code 1950, § 53-304.6; 1970, c. 407; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-215 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 8 - Agreement on Detainers|§ 53.1-215. Designation of central administrator and information agent

The Attorney General is hereby authorized and empowered to designate the officers who shall serve as central administrator of and information agent for the Agreement on Detainers pursuant to the provisions of Article VII of the agreement.Code 1950, § 53-304.7; 1970, c. 407; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-217 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 9 - Interstate Corrections Compact|§ 53.1-217. Authority of Director

The Director is authorized and directed to do all things necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. He may in his discretion delegate this authority to some other appropriate official.Code 1950, § 53-304.10; 1977, c. 339; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-218 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 10 - Commitment of Aliens|§ 53.1-218. Duty of officer in charge to inquire as to citizenship; notice to federal immigration officer of commitment of alien

Whenever any person is committed to a correctional facility for the commission of a felony, the director, sheriff or other officer in charge of such facility shall inquire as to whether the person (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States. The director, sheriff or other officer in charge of such facility shall make an immigration alien query to the Law Enforcement Support Center of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for any person committed to the facility for the commission of a felony who (i) was born in a country other than the United States and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the United States, or for whom the answer to clause (i) or (ii) is unknown.In the case of a jail, the sheriff, or other officer in charge of such facility shall communicate the results of any immigration alien query that confirm that the person is illegally present in the United States to the Local Inmate Data System of the State Compensation Board. The State Compensation Board shall communicate, on a monthly basis, the results of any immigration alien query that results in a confirmation that the person is illegally present in the United States to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police in a format approved by the Exchange.In the case of a correctional facility of the Department of Corrections, the director or other officer in charge of such facility shall communicate the results of any immigration alien query that results in a confirmation that the person is illegally present in the United States to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police in a format approved by the Exchange.The information received by the Central Criminal Records Exchange concerning the person's immigration status shall be recorded in the person's criminal history record.However, notification shall not be made to the Central Criminal Records Exchange if it is apparent that a report on alien status has previously been made to the Exchange pursuant to § 19.2-83.2 or 19.2-294.2.Code 1950, §§ 53-313, 53-314; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 1985, c. 247; 1994, c. 579; 2008, cc. 180, 415; 2014, c. 641; 2020, cc. 995, 996.
VA Code § 53.1-219 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 10 - Commitment of Aliens|§ 53.1-219. Duty of clerk to furnish copy of complaint, indictment, judgment and sentence

Upon the official request of the United States immigration officer in charge of the territory or district in which is located any court committing any alien to any correctional facility for the commission of a felony, it shall be the duty of the clerk of such court to furnish without charge a certified copy, in duplicate, of the complaint, information or indictment and the judgment and sentence and any other records pertaining to the case of the convicted alien.Code 1950, § 53-315; 1982, c. 636; 2020, cc. 995, 996.
VA Code § 53.1-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 10 - Commitment of Aliens|§ 53.1-220. Transfer of prisoners pursuant to treaty

When a treaty between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer to such foreign country, with the consent of the appropriate state authorities, of convicted offenders in state correctional systems who are citizens or nationals of such foreign country, the Governor is authorized, subject to the terms of such treaty, to act on behalf of the Commonwealth and to consent to the transfer of such convicted offenders.Code 1950, § 53-315.1; 1978, c. 620; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-220.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 10 - Commitment of Aliens|§ 53.1-220.1. Transfer of prisoners convicted of designated illegal acts

With the consent of the appropriate state authorities, the Immigration and Naturalization Service may, following notification under § 19.2-294.2, take physical custody of and responsibility for any alien convicted of any (i) felony offense involving murder, rape, robbery, burglary, larceny, extortion, or abduction, or (ii) illegal drug violation designated as a felony under Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2. The director, sheriff or other official in charge of the facility in which such alien is incarcerated may enter into an agreement, which includes provisions relating to reimbursement, with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to retain custody or supervision of such alien until he is deported or until other mutually satisfactory arrangements are made to transfer custody of such alien to the Service.1985, c. 247.
VA Code § 53.1-220.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 10 - Commitment of Aliens|§ 53.1-220.2. Transfer of certain incarcerated persons to Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The Director, sheriff, or other official in charge of the facility in which an alien is incarcerated may, upon receipt of a detainer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, transfer custody of the alien to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement no more than five days prior to the date that he would otherwise be released from custody. Upon transfer of custody, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the alien shall receive credit for the number of days remaining before he would otherwise have been released.2015, cc. 102, 211.
VA Code § 53.1-221 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 11 - Estates of Prisoners|§ 53.1-221. Appointment of committee; bond

A. When a person is convicted of a felony and sentenced to confinement in a state correctional facility, his estate, both real and personal, may, on motion of any party interested, be committed by the circuit court of the county or city in which his estate, or some part thereof is, to a person selected by the court.B. If a person so convicted and sentenced, whether a resident or a nonresident of Virginia, has no property or estate in the Commonwealth, a committee may be appointed for him, on motion of any party interested, by the circuit court of the county or city wherein the offense for which he was convicted was committed.C. A committee appointed pursuant to this section shall give such bond, either secured or unsecured, as is required by the court and shall be subject to all applicable provisions of Part A (§ 64.2-1200 et seq.) of Subtitle IV of Title 64.2.D. A person for whom a committee is appointed pursuant to this section is not thereby deprived of the capacity to make a will and, unless and until a committee is appointed, such person shall continue to have the same capacity, rights, powers, and authority over his estate, affairs, and property that he had prior to such conviction and sentencing.Code 1950, §§ 53-305, 53-306; 1952, c. 293; 1982, c. 636; 2007, c. 508.
VA Code § 53.1-222 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 11 - Estates of Prisoners|§ 53.1-222. Powers and liabilities of committee; prosecution and defense of suits to which prisoner is party

A committee appointed pursuant to § 53.1-221 may sue and be sued in respect to all claims or demands of every nature in favor of or against such prisoner and against any of the prisoner's estate. All actions or suits to which the prisoner is a party at the time of his conviction shall be prosecuted or defended, as the case may be, by such committee after ten days' notice of the pendency thereof, which notice shall be given by the clerk of the court in which the same are pending.Code 1950, § 53-307; 1980, c. 504; 1982, c. 636.
VA Code § 53.1-223 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 11 - Estates of Prisoners|§ 53.1-223. Restriction on suits against prisoners

No action or suit on any claim or demand, except suits for divorce, actions to establish a parent and child relationship between a child and a prisoner and actions to establish a prisoner's child support obligation, shall be maintained against a prisoner after judgment of conviction and while he is incarcerated, except through his committee, unless a guardian ad litem is appointed for the prisoner pursuant to § 8.01-9, or an attorney licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth has entered of record an appearance for such prisoner. However, in any suit for divorce instituted against a prisoner, the court shall appoint a committee prior to any determination as to the property of the parties under § 20-107.3.Code 1950, § 53-307.1; 1980, c. 504; 1982, c. 636; 1992, c. 398; 2000, c. 404; 2006, c. 553.
VA Code § 53.1-224 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction|Chapter 11 - Estates of Prisoners|§ 53.1-224. Maintenance of prisoner's family; spouse's portion

The committee shall allow, subject to the claims of creditors, a sufficient maintenance out of the prisoner's estate for the prisoner's spouse and family, if any. The spouse shall be entitled, so long as the prisoner is confined, to the profits of such portion of the prisoner's estate as the spouse would have if the prisoner had died intestate.Code 1950, § 53-308; 1982, c. 636.