Chap. 150.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5017 of the Code of Virginia
and to repeal section 6 of chapter 301 of the acts of the general assembly of
1918, entitled an act to regulate the treatment, handling and work of prison-
ers sentenced to the State penitentiary, and to appropriate funds therefor,
approved March 16, 1918. [S B 95]

Approved March 10, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion five thousand and seventeen of the Code of Virginia, be amend-
el and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 5017. The superintendent of the penitentiary shall keep
a record of the conduct of each convict and jail prisoner actually
in the convict road force, and for every month that a convict or
jail prisoner in said convict road force appears by such record to
have faithfully observed the rules and regulations of the prison,
and not to have been subjected to punishment, there shall, with the
consent of the governor, be deducted from the term of service of
sich convict ten days. Such good conduct allowance shall com-
mence only on the date the prisoner is received in the penitentiary,
or the convict road force camp. <And in addition thereto, each
prisoner shall he allowed a good conduct credit of four days per
month for each month actually served by him in jail after sentence
and while awaiting removal to the penitentiary or the convict road
force. But no such good conduct allowance for time served in jail
shall be allowed when it appears from the certificate of the jailor
that said prisoner was guilty of violating the rules and regulations
of the jail while confined therein, or subjected to discipline for
violation of the same. For any violation of prison rules punishable
by stripes or for escape or attempted escape from custody, the con-
vict or said jail prisoner found guilty of such violation, or of such
escape or attempted escape, shall forfeit for the first offense twenty
per centum of the time that has accumulated to his credit, and in
case of continued misconduct or violations of the rules and regula-
tions, he shall forfeit all of his accumulated time. Provided, that
any such prisoner losing his time, may, by good behavior for one
vear, be restored to his former class or grade, and at the discretion
of the superintendent, have half of his time credited to him again,
and this provision shall apply to any prisoner now in the peni-
tentiary who has heretofore forfeited the time to his credit. Every
time any convict or member of the State convict road force is
punished, the name of the offender, the offense, a full and detailed
description of the punishment, the time when the offense was com-
mitted, and when punishment inflicted, shall be recorded in a re-
gister or registers provided for the purpose. Said register or re-
gisters shall be monthly inspected by the board of directors of the
penitentiary and reported biennially to the general assembly.

2. Be it further enacted that section six of chapter three hun-
dred and one of the acts of the general assembly of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, entitled an act to regulate the treatment, handl-
ing and work of prisoners sentenced to the State penitentiary, and |
to appropriate funds therefor, be and the same is hereby repealed.