Fairfax VA Pre-Release Center

Custody/Security Info

The Fairfax VA Pre-Release Center, situated in Fairfax, VA, serves as a vital re-entry facility. County Jail Work Release programs offer incarcerated individuals a chance to reintegrate into society while serving sentences. Participants, trusted or monitorable, can leave jail to work at approved sites, returning afterward. This promotes rehabilitation and responsibility. Good behavior and responsiveness earn participants supervised work during the day, building skills for reintegration. Some programs allow a structured workweek, with participants residing at home during non-working hours, maintaining ties. Alternative confinement options may ease the transition back into civilian life. Moreover, these programs can serve as a pathway to full-time employment upon release for those nearing the end of their sentences. Overall, County Jail Work Release programs play a vital role in promoting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism.

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Facility Type

Fairfax VA Pre-Release Center is run by the county sheriff’s department and the prison is run by the state department of corrections. Jail is for inmates who are awaiting time or who have been sentenced to less than a year. Prison is only available for people who have been sentenced to more than a year on any one charge.

Neither prison nor jail is nice but they differ in their levels of security, the programs they have and the quality of the environment. Additionally, an inmate cannot ask for a motion to reconsider once they have been transferred to the custody of the department of corrections.

The Sheriff’s department calculates what percentage of your jail time that you actually have to serve. The law requires that the sheriff’s department make people serve a minimum of 50% of their sentence if they are convicted of a misdemeanor.

The jail will accept inmates from the US Marshal and ICE where space is necessary. In comparison, state prison is for inmates serving lengthier sentences on crimes that are more severe in nature.

The Fairfax Sheriff’s Department calculates what percentage of a felony jail sentence a person will serve. The law requires that an inmate serve at least 85% of their felony jail sentence for non-mandatory time and 100% of their mandatory time.

Fairfax VA Pre-Release Center also offers and manages alternatives to jail such as work release programs, work furlough, house arrest, and private county jails where the person convicted can serve their sentences on weekends. Because overcrowding is a problem in both county jail and state prison, both systems operate a good behavior program. Those who are on good behavior can have their sentences reduced or cut.

If you are not serving a mandatory minimum sentence and you do not get into trouble while in jail the sheriff’s department will typically give automatic good behavior time. When you first receive your release date from the jail, within a few days of being incarcerated, the good time deduction will have already been included in most cases. For non-mandatory misdemeanor good time off is 50% and for felonies is typically about 10-15%.