Pensacola ➔ Gulf Breeze ➔ Pace
Top Escape Defense Attorney Jason Cromey, Esq. on:
Escape: F.S. 944.4

Need help? Read more about Pensacola Criminal Attorney Jason Cromey, Esq.

Escape– Any person who escapes or attempts to escape from a prison, jail, private correctional facility, road camp, or other penal institution is guilty of the crime of escape. The same is true when the person escapes while being transported to or from any of those facilities. Escape is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.

Any jail or prison sentence for escape must run consecutively to any former sentence the defendant was serving. For example, if you are serving a 1-year sentence on work release and fail to return to the work release center after you finish work for the day, you will be guilty of the crime of escape. If the judge then sentences you to another year for the escape, you will not start serving that sentence until you finish the first 1-year sentence.