78187253.1-202.3Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Prisons And Other Methods Of CorrectionCommencement Of Terms; Credits And AllowancesEarned Sentence Credits For Persons Committed Upon Felony Offenses Committed On Or After January 1, 1995Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 2008, c. 517.Fishback v. Com.991615532 S.E.2d 6292000-06-09https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059599/fishback-v-com/ . . . an earned sentence credit calculation, Code §§ 53.1-202.2 et seq., commonly referred to as a . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>Bell v. Com.011777563 S.E.2d 6952002-06-07https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059329/bell-v-com/ . . . the issue of sentencing credits under Code § 53.1-202.2, we recognized in Fishback that a . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>Michael Ryan Bruton v. Commonwealth of Virginia16361212014-04-01https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2659062/michael-ryan-bruton-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/ . . . credits that a prisoner may obtain . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Booker v. Com.071626661 S.E.2d 4612008-06-06https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058497/booker-v-com/ . . . credits that a prisoner may obtain under Code § 53.1-202.2 through -202.4, thereby reducing his . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>Hills v. Com.0367994534 S.E.2d 3372000-09-26https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1065490/hills-v-com/ . . . release, pursuant to Code § 53.1-40.01 and Code § 53.1-202.2 et seq., which provide for geriatric . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/53.1-202.3/16.1-285.1Commitment of serious offenders/16.1-285.1/53.1-32.1Classification system; program assignments; mandatory participation/53.1-32.1//53.1-202.3/53.1/6/4/53.1-202.353.1-202.2A 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 section1