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This is Article 7 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Escape of, Communications with and Deliveries to Prisoners.” It is part of Chapter 10 “Crimes Against the Administration of Justice”, which is part of Title 18.2 “Crimes and Offenses Generally”.
It’s comprised of the following 16 sections.
§ 18.2-473 Persons aiding escape of prisoner or child
§ 18.2-473.1 Communication with prisoners or committed person; penalty
§ 18.2-473.2 Covering a security camera in a correctional facility; penalty
§ 18.2-474 Delivery of articles to prisoners or committed person
§ 18.2-474.1 Delivery of drugs, firearms, explosives, etc., to prisoners or committed persons
§ 18.2-474.2 Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty
§ 18.2-475 Officers, etc., voluntarily allowing person convicted, charged, or adjudicated delinquent of felony to escape; penalty
§ 18.2-476 Officers, etc., willfully and deliberately permitting person convicted of, charged with, or adjudicated delinquent of a nonfelonious offense to escape or willfully refusing to receive person; penalty
§ 18.2-477 Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished
§ 18.2-477.1 Escapes from juvenile facility; penalty
§ 18.2-477.2 Punishment for certain offenses committed within a secure juvenile facility or detention home
§ 18.2-478 Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail; penalty
§ 18.2-479 Escape without force or violence or setting fire to jail; penalties
§ 18.2-479.1 Repealed
§ 18.2-480 Escape, etc., by setting fire to jail
§ 18.2-480.1 Admissibility of records of Department of Corrections in escape cases