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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 21<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapter 521<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 707<\/a> and 782<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61280,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60787,"section_number":"53.1-203","catch_line":"Felonies by prisoners; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-203\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164473,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69096,"identifier":"18.2-477.2","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-477.2","url":"\/18.2-477.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-477.2\/","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-477.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Punishment for certain offenses committed within a secure juvenile facility or detention home","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-477.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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<\/span> enumerated in \u00a7 53.1-203<\/a>. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony<\/span>, except that a violation of subdivision 6 of \u00a7 53.1-203<\/a> is a Class 5 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES COMMITTED WITHIN A SECURE JUVENILE FACILITY OR\nDETENTION HOME (\u00a7 18.2-477.2)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for a person committed to the Department of Juvenile\nJustice in any juvenile correctional center or detained in a secure juvenile\nfacility or detention home to commit any of the offenses enumerated in \u00a7\n53.1-203. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony,\nexcept that a violation of subdivision 6 of \u00a7 53.1-203 is a Class 5 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 21; 2007, c. 521; 2013, cc. 707, 782.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}