Penal Law § 205.18 · Article 205. Escape and Other Offenses Relating to Custody
Absconding from a furlough program
Text — Law content up to date as of October 23, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 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* NB Repealed September 1, 2027
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