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2016 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title L - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Article 205 - (205.00 - 205.65) ESCAPE AND OTHER OFFENSES RELATING TO CUSTODY
205.19 - Absconding from a community treatment facility.

NY Penal L § 205.19 (2016) What's This?
*  205.19 Absconding from a community treatment facility.

A  person  is guilty of absconding from a community treatment facility
  when  having  been  released  from  confinement  from   a   correctional
  institution   under   the   jurisdiction  of  the  state  department  of
  corrections  and  community  supervision  by  transfer  to  a  community
  treatment facility, he or she leaves such facility without authorization
  or  he  or  she intentionally fails to return to the community treatment
  facility at or before the time prescribed for his or her return.

Absconding from a community treatment facility is a class E felony.

* NB Expires September 1, 2017

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