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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367667</law_id><section_number>53.1-202.5</section_number><catch_line>Department to provide programs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="117" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="6" identifier="6">Commencement of Terms; Credits and Allowances</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="4">Earned Sentence Credits for Persons Committed Upon Felony Offenses Committed on or After January 1, 1995</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall ensure that educational, vocational, counseling, and substance abuse programs for earning sentence credits are available at all state correctional facilities.</p></section></text><history>2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 50, 52.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
