Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org7730118.2-475Officers, etc., voluntarily allowing person convicted, charged, or adjudicated delinquent of felony to escape; penalty202519.2-81.2Crimes and Offenses GenerallyCrimes Against the Administration of JusticeEscape of, Communications with and Deliveries to Prisoners

If any sheriff, jailer, or other officer, or any guard or other person summoned or employed by any such sheriff, jailer, or other officer, voluntarily allows a prisoner or person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice convicted of, charged with, or adjudicated delinquent of a felony to escape from his custody, he is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

Code 1950, § 18.1-286; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 360; 2013, cc. 707, 782.