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2023 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-161 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-161. Arrest and return of parolee or felon serving a period of postrelease supervision; warrant; release pending adjudication of violation.
A. The Chairman or any member of the Board may at any
time upon information or a showing of a violation or a probable violation by
any parolee or felon serving a period of postrelease supervision of any
of the terms or conditions upon which he was released on parole or
postrelease period of supervision, issue, or cause to be issued, a
warrant for the arrest and return of the parolee or felon serving a period
of postrelease supervision to the institution from which he was paroled, or
to any other correctional facility which that may be designated
by the Chairman or member. However, a determination of whether a parolee or
felon serving a period of postrelease supervision returned to a
correctional facility pursuant to this section subsection shall
be returned to a state or local correctional facility shall be made based on
the length of the parolee's original sentence as set forth in § 53.1-20 or
the period of postrelease supervision as set at sentencing. Each such
warrant shall authorize all officers named therein to arrest and return the
parolee to actual custody in the facility from which he was paroled, or to any
other facility designated by the Chairman or member.
In any case in which the parolee or felon serving a period
of postrelease supervision is charged with the violation of any law, the
violation of which caused the issuance of such warrant, upon request of the
parolee or his attorney, the Chairman or member shall as soon as practicable
consider all the circumstances surrounding the allegations of such violation,
including the probability of conviction thereof, and may, after such
consideration, release the parolee, pending adjudication of the violation
charged.
B. Upon information or a showing of a violation or a probable violation by any felon serving a period of postrelease supervision of any of the terms or conditions upon which he was released on a postrelease period of supervision, the circuit court of the sentencing jurisdiction may issue, or cause to be issued, a warrant for the arrest and return of the felon serving a period of postrelease supervision to the institution from which he was released, or to any other correctional facility that may be designated by the circuit court. However, a determination of whether a felon serving a period of postrelease supervision returned to a correctional facility pursuant to this subsection shall be returned to a state or local correctional facility shall be made based on the length of the period of postrelease supervision as set at sentencing. Each such warrant shall authorize all officers named therein to arrest and return the felon to actual custody in the facility from which he was released, or to any other facility designated by the circuit court.
In any case in which the felon serving a period of postrelease supervision is charged with the violation of any law, the violation of which caused the issuance of such warrant, upon request of the felon or his attorney, the circuit court of the sentencing jurisdiction shall as soon as practicable consider all the circumstances surrounding the allegations of such violation, including the probability of conviction thereof, and may, after such consideration, release the felon, pending adjudication of the violation charged.