Section 15-20-32 Procedures upon escape of criminal sex offender.

Section 15-20-32

Procedures upon escape of criminal sex offender.

In the case in which any criminal sex offender escapes from a state or local correctional facility, juvenile detention facility, or any other facility that would permit unsupervised access to the public, the responsible agency shall, within 24 hours, notify the Department of Public Safety, the sheriff and the chief of police having had jurisdiction at the time of the criminal sex offense conviction or adjudication, informing such of the name and aliases of the criminal sex offender, of time remaining to be served, if any, on the full term for which the criminal sex offender was incarcerated, and the nature of the crime for which he or she was sentenced, transmitting at the same time a copy of such criminal sex offender's fingerprints and current photograph and a summary of his or her criminal record.

(Act 99-572, p. 1283, §3.)