Pennsylvania § 1164 Criminal offense during confinement

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 1164 — Criminal offense during confinement

Pennsylvania § 1164

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 61PRISONS AND PAROLE

PartPART II

Ch. 11GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

Subch.ESCAPED INMATES

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Bluebook

61 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1164 (2026).

Text

Where an inmate is in a State correctional institution either because of the inmate's sentence pursuant to the inmate's conviction or plea of guilty to a criminal charge or because of a commitment issued by any court of the Commonwealth having jurisdiction and, while so confined, the inmate commits a criminal offense and is subsequently convicted or enters a plea of guilty, the expenses of keeping the inmate in any State correctional institution pursuant to such subsequent conviction or plea of guilty shall be borne by the Commonwealth.

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Where an inmate is in a State correctional institution either because of the inmate's sentence pursuant to the inmate's conviction or plea of guilty to a criminal charge or because of a commitment issued by any court of the Commonwealth having jurisdiction and, while so confined, the inmate commits a criminal offense and is subsequently convicted or enters a plea of guilty, the expenses of keeping the inmate in any State correctional institution pursuant to such subsequent conviction or plea of guilty shall be borne by the Commonwealth.