Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-48.1 Abduction by prisoners; penalty

§ 18.2-48.1. Abduction by prisoners; penalty

Any prisoner in a state, local or community correctional facility, or in the custody of an employee thereof, or who has escaped from any such facility or from any person in charge of such prisoner, who abducts or takes any person hostage shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony.

(1985, c. 526; 1986, c. 414.)

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