{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-171","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-171","heading":"Escape from custody: Class C felony or class A misdemeanor.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of escape from custody if such person (1) escapes from custody, or (2) has been adjudicated as delinquent, and escapes from or fails to return from an authorized leave to a state or private facility or institution in which such person has been placed by the court.\n(b) If a person has been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a felony, escape from such custody is a class C felony, otherwise, escape from custody is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART XII. ESCAPE AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-171","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"f3b00136aa80c1b8b7fc8d08a51f2c48151f4fad32646a550d07ce8c7d2b5e72","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-170","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-171a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}