West Virginia Statutes

§ 61-5-8 — Aiding escape and other offenses relating to adults and juveniles in custody or confinement; penalties

West Virginia § 61-5-8
JurisdictionWest Virginia
Ch. 61CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT
Art. 5CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE

This text of West Virginia § 61-5-8 (Aiding escape and other offenses relating to adults and juveniles in custody or confinement; penalties) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering West Virginia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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W. Va. Code § 61-5-8 (2026).

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(a)Where any adult or juvenile is lawfully detained in custody or confinement in any jail, state correctional facility, juvenile facility or juvenile detention center, if any other person delivers anything into the place of custody or confinement of the adult or juvenile with the intent to aid or facilitate the adult's or juvenile's escape or attempted escape therefrom, or if the other person forcibly rescues or attempts to rescue an adult or a juvenile therefrom, the other person is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in a state correctional facility not less than one nor more than ten years.
(b)Where any adult or juvenile is lawfully detained in custody or confinement in any jail, a state correctional facility or a juvenile facility or juvenile detention

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Legislative History

2026 Reg. Sess., SB440; 2026 Reg. Sess., HB4415; 2025 Reg. Sess., HB3189; 2021 Reg. Sess., HB2017; 2009 Reg. Sess., SB521; 2005 Reg. Sess., HB2991; 2001 Reg. Sess., SB524; 1990 Reg. Sess., HB4559; 1988 Reg. Sess., HB2331; 1986 Reg. Sess., HB1304; 1984 Reg. Sess., HB1299

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West Virginia § 61-5-8, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/61/61-5-8.