Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.18 — Absconding from a furlough program
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.18
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
* § 205.18 Absconding from a furlough program.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 205.18 — Absconding from a furlough program is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
* § 205.18 Absconding from a furlough program.
A person is guilty of absconding from a furlough program when, having been released from confinement in an institution under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of correction in a city having a population of one million or more or of a county which elects to have this article apply thereto to participate in a furlough program, he intentionally fails to return to the institution of his confinement at or before the time prescribed for his return.
Absconding from a furlough program is a class A misdemeanor.
* NB Repealed September 1, 2027