CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Delinquency Matters
......Post-Disposition Issues
.........Escape Under Custody or Commitment
............What is Not Custody or Commitment
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W&IC 871, as written, does not apply to juvenile committed to a county juvenile facility who escapes from a site to which he has been taken for a "working field trip."

Escape from private, nonprofit group home taking overflow from juvenile hall did not meet elements of misdemeanor escape from county facility.

Home furlough from juvenile facility not constructive custody in county facility.

Placement in out-of-county group home is not custody in county facility.

Placement in home confinement program is not custody for purposes of Welf. & Inst. Code §871.