N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-256.1
Escape from private correctional facility
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
It is unlawful for any person convicted in a jurisdiction other than North Carolina but housed in a private correctional facility located in North Carolina to escape from that facility. Violation of this section is a Class H felony.
It is unlawful for any person convicted in a jurisdiction other than North Carolina but housed in a private correctional facility located in North Carolina to escape from that facility. Violation of this section is a Class H felony.
History
(1998-212, s. 17.23(a).)
Opinions of Attorney General
Federal inmates who escape from private prisons are subject to North Carolina criminal penalties. See opinion of Attorney General to Senator Frank W. Ballance, Jr. and Representative E. David Redwine, 2001 N.C. AG LEXIS 5 (3/28/2001).
§ 14-257: Repealed by Session Laws 1994, Extra Session, c. 14, s. 72(12).
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.