18.2-55 - Bodily injuries caused by prisoners, state juvenile probationers and state and local adult probationers or adult parolees. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-55. Bodily injuries caused by prisoners, state juvenile probationersand state and local adult probationers or adult parolees.

A. It shall be unlawful for a person confined in a state, local or regionalcorrectional facility as defined in § 53.1-1; in a secure facility ordetention home as defined in § 16.1-228 or in any facility designed for thesecure detention of juveniles; or while in the custody of an employee thereofto knowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on:

1. An employee thereof, or

2. Any other person lawfully admitted to such facility, except anotherprisoner or person held in legal custody, or

3. Any person who is supervising or working with prisoners or persons held inlegal custody, or

4. Any such employee or other person while such prisoner or person held inlegal custody is committing any act in violation of § 53.1-203.

B. It shall be unlawful for an accused, probationer or parolee under thesupervision of, or being investigated by, (i) a probation or parole officerwhose powers and duties are defined in § 16.1-237 or § 53.1-145, (ii) a localpretrial services officer associated with an agency established pursuant toArticle 5 (§ 19.2-152.2) of Chapter 9 of Title 19.2, or (iii) a localcommunity-based probation officer associated with an agency establishedpursuant to Article 9 (§ 9.1-173 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1, toknowingly and willfully inflict bodily injury on such officer while he is inthe performance of his duty, knowing or having reason to know that theofficer is engaged in the performance of his duty.

Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 5felony.

(1975, cc. 14, 15; 1977, c. 553; 1982, c. 636; 1985, c. 508; 1996, c. 527;1999, cc. 618, 658; 2001, cc. 818, 848; 2007, c. 133.)