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C.R.S. § 16-8-121 — Escape - return to institution.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 16-8-121
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) If any defendant, confined in an institution for the care and treatment of persons with behavioral or mental health disorders or intellectual and developmental disabilities under the supervision of the executive director of the department of human services, escapes from the institution, it is the duty of the chief officer to apply forthwith to the district court for the county in which the institution is located for a warrant of arrest directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding the sheriff forthwith to take all necessary legal action to effect the arrest of the defendant and to return the defendant promptly to the institution. The fact of an escape becomes a part of the official record of a defendant and must be certified to the committing court as part of the record in any proceeding to determine whether the defendant is eligible for release from commitment or eligible for conditional release. (2) If any defendant committed to the custody of the executive director of the department of human services and placed in an institution under the executive director's supervision has escaped from an institution for the care and treatment of persons with behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorders in another state, the chief officer is authorized to return the defendant to the institution from which the defendant escaped. The chief officer is further authorized to effect the return at the expense of the state of Colorado and under such terms and conditions as the chief officer deems suitable.
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