Any person confined in a state, local, or community correctional facility or committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any juvenile correctional center, or in the custody of an employee thereof, or who has escaped from any such facility or from any person in charge of such prisoner or committed person, who abducts or takes any person hostage is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-48.1
Abduction by prisoners or committed persons; penalty
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case United States v. De Jesus Ventura (2009)
Most recently applied in United States v. De Jesus Ventura (May 2009)
1985, c. 526; 1986, c. 414; 2013, cc. 707, 782.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.