CHAPTER 8

An Act to amend and reenact § 53-220 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to credits allowed prisoners under certain conditions, so as to pre-
scribe additional credits for certain blood donations.

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Approved February 7, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 53-220 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 53-220. Credits allowed in cases of injuries to or extraordinary
services performed by prisoners.—The State Board, with the consent of
the Governor, may allow to any prisoner under its. control who renders
assistance in preventing the escape of another prisoner or in the appre-
hension of an escaped prisoner, or who gives a blood donation to another
prisoner, or who voluntarily or at the instance of the prison official
renders other extraordinary services, or who while in the prison system
suffers bodily injury, a credit upon his term of confinement of such period
of time as the Board in its discretion determines for each such service or
injury. Any such prisoner shall also receive a credit for each pint of
blood donated by him, under regulations prescribed by the Board, to the
Red Cross blood bank and such other blood banks as the Board may from
time to time approve. Any credit allowed under the provisions of this
section shall also be considered as reducing the term of imprisonment to
which the prisoner was or is sentenced for the purpose of determining his
eligibility for parole.