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It has been modified 4 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 1960, chapter 358; in 1962, chapter 506; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 1985, chapter 555.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80246,"section_number":"17.1-805","catch_line":"Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-805\/"},{"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\/"},{"id":73492,"section_number":"53.1-131","catch_line":"Provision for release of prisoner from confinement for employment, educational or other rehabilitative programs; escape; penalty; disposition of earnings","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-131\/"},{"id":77283,"section_number":"53.1-60","catch_line":"Extending limits of confinement of state prisoners for work and educational programs; disposition of wages; support of certain dependents; penalties for violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-60\/"},{"id":63482,"section_number":"66-25.1:3","catch_line":"Extending limits of confinement of state wards for work and educational programs; disposition of wages; penalties for violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-25.1_3\/"},{"id":57052,"section_number":"66-25.1:4","catch_line":"Work release furlough","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-25.1_4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164465,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74785,"identifier":"18.2-477","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-477","url":"\/18.2-477\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-477\/","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-477","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-477","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person confined in jail or in <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> after <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> of a criminal <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> shall escape by force or violence, other than by setting fire thereto, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. 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