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New Mexico · Through 2026-07-01

30-22-11.1: Escape from the custody of the children, youth and families department; escape from juvenile detention.

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  1. Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
  2. ARTICLE 22 Interference with Law Enforcement

Escape from the custody of the children, youth and families department consists of any person who has been adjudicated as a delinquent child and has been committed lawfully to the custody of a department juvenile justice facility or who is alleged to be a delinquent child and has been lawfully detained in a juvenile detention facility:

A. escaping or attempting to escape from custody within the confines of a children, youth and families department juvenile justice facility; or

B. escaping or attempting to escape from another lawful place of custody or confinement that is not within the confines of a children, youth and families department juvenile justice facility. Any person who commits escape from the custody of a children, youth and families department juvenile justice facility is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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