Escape from custody

53-30-326 . Escape from custody. An offender is guilty of escape and shall be punished as provided in 45-7-306 if, without proper authorization, the offender: (1) fails to remain within the extended limits of the offender's confinement or fails to return within the time specified to a community corrections facility or program to which the offender has been assigned, sentenced, or transferred; or (2) leaves the offender's place of employment or neglects or fails to return to the community corrections facility or program after being specifically ordered to do so.