{"data":{"id":"us-pa/61-pa.c.s.-1164","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"61 Pa.C.S. § 1164","heading":"Criminal offense during confinement.","body":"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.","path":["Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE","PART II CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS","CHAPTER 11 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER C ESCAPED INMATES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=61\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=11\u0026sctn=64\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 61 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:34:38Z","sha256":"e3f52521e19d5bdf75d6312fb8c0b86478c6783ff9cbeb571927ee96d4aa1915","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/61-pa.c.s.-1163","next":"us-pa/61-pa.c.s.-1171"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}