If a prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility or in the custody of an employee thereof commits any felony other than those specified in §§ 18.2-31, 18.2-55 and 53.1-203, which is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility, such prisoner shall be subject to the same punishment therefor as if he were not a prisoner.
Code 1950, § 53-294; 1970, c. 648; 1975, c. 588; 1982, c. 636; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Chapter 7 - Crimes and Criminal Proceedings Involving Prisoners
§ 53.1-203. Felonies by prisoners; penalties
§ 53.1-204. If prisoner commits any other felony, how punished
§ 53.1-205. Jurisdiction for trial of prisoners; nature of proceedings
§ 53.1-206. When prisoner surrendered as witness; certificate