Ayuda a la fuga de prisioneros o menores en Virginia

Explicación Simple

Si alguien está en la cárcel o en un centro de detención, no puedes ayudarlo a escapar. Si lo haces, podrías enfrentar problemas serios con la ley, como ir a prisión.

Es como si estuvieras en un juego de escondidas y alguien te da pistas para que encuentres a un amigo que se está escondiendo, pero en este caso, el juego es ilegal.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está en un centro de detención juvenil. Su amigo Pedro decide pasarle un teléfono para que pueda comunicarse con el exterior. Si lo atrapan, Pedro podría enfrentarse a un año o más en prisión por ayudar a Juan a escapar.

Penalidades

Si se ayuda a un prisionero o menor a escapar, las penas pueden ser de uno a cinco años de prisión, dependiendo del caso.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 18.2-473 - Persons aiding escape of prisoner or child. When a person is lawfully detained as a prisoner in any jail or prison or held in custody, or when a child is placed in a local juvenile detention home, or committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any juvenile correctional center, or Reception and Diagnostic Center for Children or held in custody, if any person: (1) conveys anything into the jail, prison, juvenile detention home, juvenile correctional center or Reception and Diagnostic Center for Children with intent to facilitate a person's escape therefrom, (2) in any way aids such prisoner or child to escape, or in an attempt to escape, from such jail, prison, juvenile detention home, juvenile correctional center, Reception and Diagnostic Center for Children or custody, or (3) forcibly takes, or attempts to take him therefrom, such person, if the taking or escape is effected, shall, if the prisoner or child was detained on conviction, commitment or charge of felony, be confined in a state correctional facility not less than one year nor more than five years. If the same is not effected, or if the prisoner or child was not detained on such conviction, commitment or charge, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Code 1950, § 18.1-284; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1984, c. 587; 1989, c. 733; 1996, cc. 755 , 914 . Va. Code § 18.2-473.1 - Communication with prisoners or committed person; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person outside of any state or local correctional facility or any juvenile correctional center, other than the jailers or custodial officers in charge of the prisoners or in charge of the persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, to communicate without authority by word or sign with the intent to dis