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§ 30-22-8.2 NMSA 1978

Escape from a secure residential treatment facility

Laws 2006, ch. 31, § 1.

A. Escape from a secure residential treatment facility consists of a person lawfully committed for a criminal offense to a secure residential treatment facility escaping from the facility.

B. Whoever commits escape from a secure residential treatment facility is guilty of a misdemeanor.

C. As used in this section, "secure residential treatment facility" means a secure facility not located within a correctional facility or detention center in which residents are being treated for substance abuse problems, and personnel and physical barriers prevent the residents from leaving.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.