Idaho Code § 20-532A

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20-532A ORDER FOR APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF ESCAPEES FROM CUSTODY.

Official statutory text

20-532A. Order for apprehension and detention of escapees from custody. Upon a finding by the Idaho department of juvenile corrections that a juvenile offender in the custody of the department has escaped, as described in section 18-2505(2) or 18-2506(2), Idaho Code, a written order signed by the director or his designee shall be a sufficient order for detention for any law enforcement officer to apprehend and take into custody such person. It is hereby made the duty of all sheriffs, police, constables, parole officers, prison officials and other peace officers to execute such order. From and after the issuance of the detention order and until taken into custody, the escapee shall be considered a fugitive from justice. Upon apprehension, the juvenile offender shall be detained in the closest available detention center and shall thereafter be transported by the department as soon as possible or, at the discretion of the detaining authority, the juvenile offender may be transported directly by that authority to the department's nearest regional facility.

History:

[20-532A, added 2000, ch. 105, sec. 1, p. 234; am. 2004, ch. 50, sec. 5, p. 239; am. 2012, ch. 19, sec. 28, p. 62; am. 2018, ch. 158, sec. 1, p. 315.]

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