Escape is defined as unauthorized departure from custody or failure to return to custody following temporary leave for a specific purpose or limited period, or leave that is part of an intermittent sentence, but does not include a violation of which conditions?

• A. It does not include a violation of conditions of community supervision or parole other than those that impose confinement
• B. It includes any departure from custody without permission
• C. It requires the offender to be in custody
• D. It applies only to juvenile facilities

Answer: (B)

Escape centers on an unauthorized departure from custody. The defining element is leaving custody without permission (or failing to return after a temporary, court-authorized leave, or leave that's part of an intermittent sentence). Because of that, the correct statement is that escape includes any departure from custody without permission—that is exactly what makes such an act an escape. The other points either describe aspects that aren’t the essential feature of escape (for example, the scope isn’t limited to juvenile facilities) or mix in related but separate concepts like non-confinement conditions that don’t constitute escape on their own.