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Code of Virginia · § 18.2-477.2 — Punishment for certain offenses committed within a secure juvenile facility or detention home

18.2-477.2. Punishment for certain offenses committed within a secure juvenile facility or detention home

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 and annotations

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

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