District of Columbia § 22-2601 Escape from institution or officer.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 22-2601 — Escape from institution or officer.

District of Columbia § 22-2601

Title 22Criminal Offenses and Penalties.

Ch. 26Prison Misconduct.

Subch. IEscape.

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D.C. Code § 22-2601 (2026).

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(a)No person shall escape or attempt to escape from:

(1)Any penal or correctional institution or facility in which that person is confined pursuant to an order issued by a court of the District of Columbia;

(2)The lawful custody of an officer or employee of the District of Columbia or of the United States: or

(3)An institution or facility, whether located in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, in which a person committed to the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services is placed.

(b)Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, said sentence to begin, if the person is an escaped prisoner, upon the expiration of the original sentence or disposition for

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(a) No person shall escape or attempt to escape from:

(1) Any penal or correctional institution or facility in which that person is confined pursuant to an order issued by a court of the District of Columbia;

(2) The lawful custody of an officer or employee of the District of Columbia or of the United States: or

(3) An institution or facility, whether located in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, in which a person committed to the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services is placed.

(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both, said sentence to begin, if the person is an escaped prisoner, upon the expiration of the original sentence or disposition for the offense for which he or she was confined, committed, or in custody at the time of his or her escape.

Legislative History

July 15, 1932, 47 Stat. 698, ch. 492, § 8; June 6, 1940, 54 Stat. 243, ch. 254, § 6(a); July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 574, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 157(b); Aug. 20, 1994, D.C. Law 10-151, § 203, 41 DCR 2608; June 3, 2011, D.C. Law 18-377, § 9, 58 DCR 1174; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 226, 60 DCR 2064; June 19, 2013, D.C. Law 19-320, § 105, 60 DCR 3390