Connecticut General Statutes/Title 18/Chapter 320/Section 18-18

CGS § 18-18. Escaped prisoner.

If any escaped prisoner is retaken and recommitted, the expense of the pursuit and recommitment, as allowed by the Commissioner of Correction, shall be paid by the state and the time between the escape of any prisoner and his recommitment shall not be computed as part of his term of imprisonment.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 3013; 1967, P.A. 152, S. 36.)

Long History

History: 1967 act substituted “commissioner of correction” for “directors”.

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