53.1-154 - Times at which Virginia Parole Board to review cases.
§ 53.1-154. Times at which Virginia Parole Board to review cases.
The Virginia Parole Board shall by regulation divide each calendar year intosuch equal parts as it may deem appropriate to the efficient administrationof the parole system. Unless there be reasonable cause for extension of thetime within which to review and decide a case, the Board shall review anddecide the case of each prisoner no later than that part of the calendar yearin which he becomes eligible for parole, and at least annually thereafter,until he is released on parole or discharged, except that upon any suchreview the Board may schedule the next review as much as three yearsthereafter, provided there are ten years or more or life imprisonmentremaining on the sentence in such case. Notwithstanding any other provisionof this article, in the case of a parole revocation, if such person isotherwise eligible for parole, the Board shall review and decide his case nolater than that part of the calendar year one year subsequent to the part ofthe calendar year in which he was returned to a facility as provided in §53.1-161. Thereafter, his case shall be reviewed as specified in thissection. The Board, in addition, may review the case of any prisoner eligiblefor parole at any other time and may review the case of any prisoner prior tothat part of the year otherwise specified. In the discretion of the Board,interviews may be conducted by the Board or its representatives and may beeither public or private.
(Code 1950, §§ 53-252, 53-254; 1966, c. 638; 1970, c. 648; 1977, c. 34; 1982,c. 636; 1984, c. 655.)