(a) Any person who, being confined in a detention facility, intentionally or recklessly causes physical injury to a correctional officer, other state employee of a detention facility acting in the lawful performance of duties, any other person confined in a detention facility or any other person at a detention facility or other place having custody of such person shall be guilty of a class D felony.
Notwithstanding Chapter 45 of this title, any person convicted for a violation of this subsection shall be imprisoned for a mandatory minimum period of 2 years which shall commence upon final judgment of conviction. Such sentence shall not be suspended nor shall the defendant be eligible for parole or probation.
(b) Any person who, being confined in a detention facility, intentionally or recklessly causes serious physical injury to a correctional officer, other state employee of a detention facility acting in the lawful performance of duties, any other person confined in a detention facility or any other person at a detention facility or other place having custody of such person shall be guilty of a class B felony.
Notwithstanding Chapter 45 of this title, any person convicted for a violation of this subsection shall be imprisoned for a mandatory minimum period of 3 years which shall commence upon final judgment of conviction. Such sentence shall not be suspended nor shall the defendant be eligible for parole or probation.
(c) Any person who, being confined in a detention facility, intentionally or recklessly strikes with urine, feces or other bodily fluid a correctional officer or other state employee of a detention facility acting in the lawful performance of duties or any other person at a detention facility or other place having custody of such person, other than another person confined at a detention facility shall be guilty of a class D felony.
Notwithstanding Chapter 45 of this title, any person convicted for a violation of this subsection shall be imprisoned for a mandatory minimum period of 1 year, which shall commence upon final conviction. Such sentence shall not be suspended nor shall the defendant be eligible for parole or probation.
When charged with a violation of this subsection, the defendant shall be tested for diseases transmittable through bodily fluids, the cost of such tests to be assessed as costs upon conviction. The results of such tests shall be provided only to the Attorney General, the victim of the assault, the defendant and the Department's medical care provider.
(d) The execution and operation of the sentence for any other crime causing such original confinement shall, upon the commencement of the sentence for a violation of this section, be placed in suspension, to be continued only after completion of the sentence for the violation of this section.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Subchapter VI. Offenses Against Public Administration
§ 1201. Bribery; class E felony.
§ 1203. Receiving a bribe; class E felony.
§ 1204. Theft or coercion no defense to receiving a bribe.
§ 1205. Giving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1206. Receiving unlawful gratuities; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1207. Improper influence; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1208. Defect in office no defense.
§ 1209. Definitions relating to bribery and improper influence.
§ 1211. Official misconduct; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1212. Profiteering; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1213. Definitions relating to abuse of office.
§ 1221. Perjury in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1222. Perjury in the second degree; class F felony.
§ 1223. Perjury in the first degree; class D felony.
§ 1224. Definition of “swears falsely.”
§ 1231. Retraction of false statement as affirmative defense.
§ 1233. Making a false written statement; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1234. Corroboration of testimony of perjury or false written statement.
§ 1235. Perjury and related offenses; definitions.
§ 1239. Wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony; class E felony.
§ 1240. Terroristic threatening of public officials or public servants; class G felony.
§ 1241. Refusing to aid a police officer; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1242. Limitation of civil liability for aiding a police officer.
§ 1243. Obstructing fire-fighting operations; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1244. Hindering prosecution; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1245. Falsely reporting an incident; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1245A. Providing a false statement to law enforcement; class G felony; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1246. Compounding a crime; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1247. Defense to compounding a crime.
§ 1248. Obstructing the control and suppression of rabies.
§ 1249. Abetting the violation of driver's license restrictions.
§ 1250. Offenses against law-enforcement animals.
§ 1251. Escape in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1252. Escape in the second degree; class G felony.
§ 1253. Escape after conviction; class B felony; class C felony; class D felony.
§ 1254. Assault in a detention facility; penalty; class B and class D felony.
§ 1256. Promoting prison contraband; class F felony; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1257A. Use of an animal to avoid capture, class G felony; “class A misdemeanor.”
§ 1258. Escape and offenses relating to custody; definitions.
§ 1260. Misuse of prisoner mail; class A misdemeanor; class G felony.
§ 1261. Bribing a witness; class E felony.
§ 1262. Bribe receiving by a witness; class E felony.
§ 1263. Tampering with a witness; class E felony.
§ 1263A. Interfering with child witness.
§ 1264. Bribing a juror; class E felony.
§ 1265. Bribe receiving by a juror; class E felony.
§ 1266. Tampering with a juror; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1267. Misconduct by a juror; class A misdemeanor.
§ 1268. Communications between jurors not tampering or misconduct.
§ 1269. Tampering with physical evidence; class G felony.
§ 1271. Criminal contempt; class A misdemeanor; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1272. Criminal contempt; summary punishment.
§ 1273. Unlawful grand jury disclosure; class B misdemeanor.
§ 1274. Offenses relating to judicial and similar proceedings; definitions.