N.Y. Penal Law § 205.18: Absconding from a furlough program

* § 205.18 Absconding from a furlough program.

A person is guilty of absconding from a furlough program when, having

been released from confinement in an institution under the jurisdiction

of the commissioner of correction in a city having a population of one

million or more or of a county which elects to have this article apply

thereto to participate in a furlough program, he intentionally fails to

return to the institution of his confinement at or before the time

prescribed for his return.

Absconding from a furlough program is a class A misdemeanor.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2027