SECTIONS 1152-1155 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 1152-1155

1152. (a) Any person who without the use of force or violence
willfully assists any parolee of the Department of the Youth
Authority whose parole has been revoked, any escapee, any ward
confined to a Department of the Youth Authority institution or
facility, or who is being transported to or from that institution or
facility, or any person in the lawful custody of any officer or
person to escape or in an attempt to escape from a Department of the
Youth Authority institution or facility, or custody, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who with the use of force or violence willfully
assists any parolee of the Department of the Youth Authority whose
parole has been revoked, any escapee, any ward confined to a
Department of the Youth Authority institution or facility, or who is
being transported to or from that institution or facility, or any
person in the lawful custody of any officer or person to escape or in
an attempt to escape from a Department of the Youth Authority
institution or facility, or custody, is punishable by imprisonment in
the state prison for a term of 16 months, two, or three years or in
the county jail for a term not exceeding one year.

1154. Whenever any person who has escaped from any institution or
facility under the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority is returned by
a sheriff or probation officer, the sheriff or probation officer
shall be paid the same fees and expenses as are allowed such officers
by law for the transportation of persons to institutions or
facilities under the jurisdiction of the Youth Authority.

1155. The person in charge of any secure detention facility,
including, but not limited to, a prison, a juvenile hall, a county
jail, or any institution under the jurisdiction of the California
Youth Authority, shall promptly notify the chief of police of the
city in which the facility is located, or the sheriff of the county
if the facility is located in an unincorporated area, of an escape by
a person in its custody. The person in charge of any secure
detention facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Corrections or the Youth Authority shall release the name of, and any
descriptive information about, any person who has escaped from
custody to other law enforcement agencies or to other persons if the
release of the information would be necessary to assist in
recapturing the person or would be necessary to protect the public
from substantial physical harm.