53-30-326. Escape from custody.


     53-30-326. Escape from custody. An offender is guilty of escape and shall be punished as provided in 45-7-306 if, without proper authorization, the offender:
     (1) fails to remain within the extended limits of the offender's confinement or fails to return within the time specified to a community corrections facility or program to which the offender has been assigned, sentenced, or transferred; or
     (2) leaves the offender's place of employment or neglects or fails to return to the community corrections facility or program after being specifically ordered to do so.

     History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 554, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 322, L. 1997.