CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES COMMITTED WITHIN A SECURE JUVENILE FACILITY OR
DETENTION HOME (§ 18.2-477.2)

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.

HISTORY: 1999, c. 21; 2007, c. 521; 2013, cc. 707, 782.