Colorado § 18-8-201.1 - Aiding escape from an institution for the care and treatment of persons with behavioral or mental health disorders.
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§ 18-8-201.1. Aiding escape from an institution for the care and treatment of persons with behavioral or mental health disorders.
Any person who knowingly aids the escape of a person who is an inmate of an institution for the care and treatment of persons with behavioral or mental health disorders and who knows the person aided is confined in such institution pursuant to a commitment pursuant to article 8 of title 16 commits the offense of aiding escape from an institution for the care and treatment of persons with behavioral or mental health disorders, which is a class 5 felony.
Source: L. 74: Entire section added, p. 255, § 1, effective February 13. C.R.S. 1963: 40-8-211. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 966, § 42, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1399, § 50, effective August 7. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1307, § 143, effective May 25.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.
ANNOTATION
This section was not intended to apply to the situation where a patient in a state mental institution aids the escape of another patient, as opposed to the situation where an employee of the institution aids the escape of a patient. People v. Cornell, 194 Colo. 211, 572 P.2d 137 (1977).
But the passage of section 18-8-208 (6) enabled this section to be applied to a patient of a state mental institution who aids another patient's escape. People v. Cornell, 194 Colo. 211, 572 P.2d 137 (1977).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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