IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 22.25
Definition Of Escape
A person commits the offense of escape when he is
[1] [(convicted of _____________________) (charged with the commission of
________________________)], and intentionally escapes from [(any penal institution) (the custody
of an employee of a penal institution)] [while armed with a dangerous weapon].
[or]
[2] convicted of _____________________ and knowingly fails to [[report (to a penal
institution) (for periodic imprisonment at any time)] [(return from [(furlough) (work release) (day
release)] [abide by the terms of home confinement]] [while armed with a dangerous weapon].
[or]
[3] in the custody of the Department of Human Services under [(the provisions of the
Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act) (a detention order) (a commitment order) (a conditional
release order) (a court order)] and intentionally escapes from [(any secure residential facility) (a
Department of Human Services employee) (an agent of the Department of Human Services)] [while
armed with a dangerous weapon].
[or]
[4] in the lawful custody of a peace officer for an alleged [(commission of ______________)
(violation of a term or condition of [(probation) (conditional discharge) (parole) (aftercare release)
(mandatory supervised release) (supervision)]] and intentionally escapes from custody [while armed
with a dangerous weapon].
Provenance
- Source
- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
- Content hash
a8401a30e4537f25593cf93bbd279d99863266a2803c68da1907f9dc22178836
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.