SECTION 985.721. Escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facility.

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1An escape from:
4(1) 5Any secure detention facility maintained for the temporary detention of children, pending adjudication, disposition, or placement;
21(2) 22Any residential commitment facility described in s. 29985.03(44), 30maintained for the custody, treatment, punishment, or rehabilitation of children found to have committed delinquent acts or violations of law; or
51(3) 52Lawful transportation to or from any such secure detention facility or residential commitment facility,
66constitutes escape within the intent and meaning of s. 75944.40 76and is a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 89775.082, 90s. 91775.083, 92or s. 94775.08495.

History.-s. 5, ch. 90-208; s. 13, ch. 92-287; s. 52, ch. 94-209; s. 12, ch. 95-152; s. 3, ch. 96-398; s. 113, ch. 97-238; s. 4, ch. 98-207; s. 59, ch. 98-280; s. 163, ch. 98-403; s. 136, ch. 99-3; s. 30, ch. 99-284; s. 41, ch. 2000-135; s. 41, ch. 2001-64; s. 18, ch. 2005-263; s. 99, ch. 2006-120; s. 3, ch. 2010-123; s. 9, ch. 2012-56; s. 44, ch. 2014-162.

Note

Note.-Former s. 39.061; s. 944.401; s. 985.3141.

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