Colorado Escape Statute. If the prisoner actually escape he or she would likely be charged with the crime of escape from custody under crs. To locate each law and read it in it s latest version use this link 18 8 201.
Criminal code 18 8 208. Aiding escape 18 8 208. Search colorado revised statutes.
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1963 and laws antecedent thereto relevant cases construing those provisions have been included in the annotations to this section. This section makes attempted escape a crime even if the prisoner is unsuccessful and never actually breaks out of the facility. 1 5 if a person while in custody or confinement following conviction of a felony and either serving a direct sentence to a community corrections program pursuant to section 18 1 3 301 or having been placed in an intensive supervision parole program pursuant to section 17 27 5 101 c r s knowingly attempts to escape from his or her custody or confinement he or she commits a class 5 felony. 7 in a prosecution for an offense under subsection 6 of this section it shall be a defense for any person who while being.
