CHAPTER 302

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered
58-218.1 relating to credits allowed prisoners for educational training.

[H 844]
Approved April 2, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section num-
bered 53-213.1, as follows:

§ 53-213.1. Every jail prisoner or convict under the control of the
Director who shall follow a course of vocational or educational training
while confined or who shows such interest and application in his work
assignment as to exhibit unusual progress toward rehabilitation, may,
in the discretion of the Director be allowed a credit upon the total term of
confinement to which he has been sentenced of one day for each month he
has been engaged in such vocational or educational training or has applied
himself in excess of minimal work assignment requirements.