A person is guilty of escape in the second degree when the person escapes from a detention facility or from the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Department of Correction.

Attorney's Note

Under the Delaware Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class G felonyup to 2 years
For details, see Del. Code Ann.tit. 11, § 4205

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Escape in the second degree is a class G felony.

11 Del. C. 1953, § ?1252; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § ?1; 59 Del. Laws, c. 547, § ?8; 63 Del. Laws, c. 168, § ?1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § ?8; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;