2011 Connecticut Code
Title 53 Crimes
Chapter 942 Offenses Against Public Justice
Sec. 53-164. Escape from certain institutions.

      Sec. 53-164. Escape from certain institutions. Any person who aids or abets any inmate in escaping from the Connecticut Juvenile Training School or the Southbury Training School or who knowingly harbors any such inmate, or aids in abducting any such inmate who has been paroled from the person or persons to whose care and service such inmate has been legally committed, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months or both. Any constable or officer of state or local police, and any officer or employee of any of said institutions, is authorized and directed to arrest any person who has escaped therefrom and return such person thereto.

      (1949 Rev., S. 8501; 1961, P.A. 312, S. 14; 1967, P.A. 118, S. 7; 1972, P.A. 28, S. 3; P.A. 91-278, S. 6, 9; P.A. 99-26, S. 24, 39; P.A. 00-99, S. 117, 124, 154; P.A. 01-195, S. 68, 181.)

      History: 1961 act deleted escapes from state farm for women; 1967 act changed name of Mansfield State Training School and Hospital, deleting the words "State" and "and Hospital"; 1972 act deleted reference to escapes from institutions "to which commitment may be made under the authority of section 17-379"; P.A. 91-278 removed reference to Mansfield Training School; P.A. 99-26 deleted obsolete reference to the Connecticut School for Boys and replaced "Long Lane School" with "the Connecticut Juvenile Training School", effective upon the filing with the Governor and the General Assembly of written certification by the Commissioner of Children and Families that the new Connecticut Juvenile Training School is operational (Revisor's note: Said written certification was filed with the Senate and House Clerks on September 20, 2001, and with the Governor on September 21, 2001); P.A. 00-99, S. 117 deleted reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff, effective December 1, 2000, and S. 124 incorporated reference to "the Connecticut Juvenile Training School" and also deleted reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff, effective "when both of the following events have occurred: (A) The Secretary of the State has certified the vote approving the constitutional amendment eliminating county sheriffs, and (B) the Commissioner of Children and Families has filed with the Governor and the General Assembly written certification that the new Connecticut Juvenile Training Center is operational" (Revisor's note: The effective date of P.A. 00-99, S. 124 incorporates the effective date of P.A. 99-26 concerning the institution name change to the "Connecticut Juvenile Training School" and the effective date of the constitutional amendment eliminating county sheriffs); P.A. 01-195 made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 11, 2001.