Ark. Code § 5-54-111

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 5-54-111 - Second degree escape
(a) A person commits the offense of second degree escape if he or she:
(1) At any time, including from the point of departure from confinement to the return to confinement, uses or threatens to use physical force in escaping from custody;
(2) Having been found guilty of a felony, escapes from custody;
(3) Escapes from a correctional facility;
(4) Escapes from a juvenile detention facility; or
(5) Escapes from a youth services program.
(b)
(1) Second degree escape is a Class B felony if, at the time of the escape, the person is in the custody of:
(A) The Division of Correction;
(B) The Division of Community Correction; or
(C) A law enforcement agency.
(2) Otherwise second degree escape is a Class D felony.

Ark. Code § 5-54-111

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 677, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2811; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2811; Acts 1997, No. 1229, § 4; 1997, No. 1299, § 4; 2003, No. 1348, § 2; 2005, No. 1994, § 255; 2009, No. 478, § 2.