Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org7478518.2-477Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished202517.1-80519.2-392.0253.1-13153.1-6066-25.1:366-25.1:4Crimes and Offenses GenerallyCrimes Against the Administration of JusticeEscape of, Communications with and Deliveries to Prisoners

If any person confined in jail or in custody after conviction of a criminal offense shall escape by force or violence, other than by setting fire thereto, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. The term of confinement under 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.