Virginia statute
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-477.2 — Punishment for certain offenses committed within a secure juvenile facility or detention home
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 7: Escape of, Communications with and Deliveries to Prisoners, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-477.2
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
It shall be unlawful for a person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any juvenile correctional center or detained in a secure juvenile facility or detention home to commit any of the offenses enumerated in § 53.1-203 . A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony, except that a violation of subdivision 6 of § 53.1-203 is a Class 5 felony.
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