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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1970, chapter 648; in 1975, chapter 588; in 1982, chapter 636.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68770,"section_number":"53.1-205","catch_line":"Jurisdiction for trial of prisoners; nature of proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-205\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79946,"section_number":"18.2-31","catch_line":"Aggravated murder defined; punishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-31\/"},{"id":82347,"section_number":"18.2-55","catch_line":"Bodily injuries caused by prisoners, state juvenile probationers and state and local adult probationers or adult parolees","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-55\/"},{"id":60787,"section_number":"53.1-203","catch_line":"Felonies by prisoners; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-203\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239251,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71084,"identifier":"53.1-204","token":"53.1\/7\/1\/53.1-204","url":"\/53.1-204\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-204\/","token":"53.1\/7\/1\/53.1-204","dublin_core":{"Title":"If prisoner commits any other felony, how punished","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility<\/span> or in the custody<\/span> of an employee thereof commits any felony<\/span> other than those specified in \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-31<\/a>, 18.2-55<\/a> and 53.1-203<\/a>, which is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility<\/span>, such prisoner shall be subject to the same punishment therefor as if he were not a prisoner.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIF PRISONER COMMITS ANY OTHER FELONY, HOW PUNISHED (\u00a7 53.1-204)\n\nIf a prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility or in the\ncustody of an employee thereof commits any felony other than those specified in\n\u00a7\u00a7 18.2-31, 18.2-55 and 53.1-203, which is punishable by confinement in a\nstate correctional facility, such prisoner shall be subject to the same\npunishment therefor as if he were not a prisoner.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-294; 1970, c. 648; 1975, c. 588; 1982, c. 636; 2021,\nSp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.","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}}