{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-111","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-111","heading":"Second degree escape","body":"(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. 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.\n\n(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.\n\n(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;\n\n(2) Having been found guilty of a felony, escapes from custody;\n\n(3) Escapes from a correctional facility;\n\n(4) Escapes from a juvenile detention facility; or\n\n(5) Escapes from a youth services program.\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(A) The Division of Correction;\n\n(B) The Division of Community Correction; or\n\n(C) A law enforcement agency.\n\n(2) Otherwise second degree escape is a Class D felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 54","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"db4fd47ea072655ea6c000e4884eae03759ba9beb7c4f37a328b45467de723b2","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-110","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}