18.2-477 - Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished.
§ 18.2-477. Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished.
If any person confined in jail or in custody after conviction of a criminaloffense shall escape by force or violence, other than by setting firethereto, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. The term of confinementunder this section shall commence from the expiration of the former sentence.
(Code 1950, § 18.1-288; 1960, c. 358; 1962, c. 506; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1985,c. 555.)