Bridge v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This appeal requires us to clarify the meaning of the term "correctional facility" for purposes of the second-degree escape statute, AS 11.56.8310. Under subsection (a)(1)(A) of this statute, a person commits the felony of second-degree escape if they unlawfully remove themselves "from a correctional facility" while they are under official detention for any crime, even a misdemeanor.

The term "correctional facility" is defined in AS 11.81.900(b)(9) as "premises ... used for the confinement of persons under official detention". The question posed in this appeal is…