Escapar de una cárcel o centro juvenil: consecuencias legales en Virginia

Explicación Simple

Si una persona se escapa de la cárcel usando fuerza, se mete en problemas serios. También, si un joven se escapa de un hogar de cuidado, puede ser llevado de nuevo ante un juez.

Es como si un niño se escapara de su clase y el maestro lo atrapara, pero en vez de simplemente volver a clase, podría tener que enfrentar una charla seria con el director.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un joven de 16 años, se escapa de un centro juvenil donde estaba por robo. Al intentar huir, rompe una ventana. Al ser atrapado, es llevado ante un juez, quien decide que debe regresar al centro y enfrentar más tiempo allí.

Penalidades

Escapar de una cárcel se considera un delito grave (Clase 6), mientras que escapar de un centro juvenil puede ser un delito menor o grave, según las circunstancias.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 18.2-477 - Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished. 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. Va. Code § 18.2-477.1 - Escapes from juvenile facility; penalty. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to escape or remain away without proper authority from a group home or other residential care facility for children in need of services, delinquent or alleged delinquent youths in which he had been placed by the juvenile and domestic relations court or as a result of his commitment as a juvenile to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Any person violating this subsection shall be taken into custody and brought before the juvenile and domestic relations court. The court may find the person in violation of § 16.1-292 or, if the court finds the person amenable to further treatment in a juvenile facility, the court may return him to the custody of the Department. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to escape or remain away without proper authority from a secure facility operated by or under contract with the Department of Juvenile Justice or from a secure juvenile detention facility in which he had been placed by the juvenile and domestic relations court or as a result of his commitment as a juvenile to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Any person who escapes from a facility specified in this subsection by force or by violence shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony or, if violation of this subsection occurs other than by force or v