Ex Parte Jones

We granted the appellant's petition for writ of certiorari in this case in order to clarify whether the escape of an inmate in the Supervised Intensive Restitution (SIR) program constitutes a violation of § 13A-10-31, Code of Alabama (1975), escape in the first degree; § 13A-10-32, escape in the second degree; or §13A-10-33, escape in the third degree.

Although the facts are well recited in the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion, Jones v. State, 530 So.2d 871 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987), we will recite them again to afford a better grasp of the issues in this case. Curtis Jones was convicted of theft…