Section 985.721 - Escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facilityAn escape from:
(1) Any secure detention facility maintained for the temporary detention of children, pending adjudication, disposition, or placement;(2) Any residential commitment facility described in s. 985.03(44), maintained for the custody, treatment, punishment, or rehabilitation of children found to have committed delinquent acts or violations of law; or(3) Lawful transportation to or from any such secure detention facility or residential commitment facility, constitutes escape within the intent and meaning of s. 944.40 and is a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
s. 5, ch. 90-208; s.13, ch. 92-287; s.52, ch. 94-209; s.12, ch. 95-152; s.3, ch. 96-398; s.113, ch. 97-238; s.4, ch. 98-207; s.59, ch. 98-280; s.163, ch. 98-403; s.136, ch. 99-3; s.30, ch. 99-284; s.41, ch. 2000-135; s.41, ch. 2001-64; s.18, ch. 2005-263; s.99, ch. 2006-120; s.3, ch. 2010-123; s.9, ch. 2012-56; s.44, ch. 2014-162.Amended by 2014 Fla. Laws, ch. 162, s 44, eff. 7/1/2014.Former s. 39.061; s. 944.401; s. 985.3141.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.