§ 750.193Breaking prison, escaping, attempting to break prison, or attempting to escape

as felony; penalty; place of trial; “prison” defined; escaping from lawful custody outside
 confines of prison; escape from mental health facility; violation by person released under
 work pass program; person violating parole not escapee.
 Sec. 193.
    (1) A person imprisoned in a prison of this state who breaks prison and escapes, breaks
 prison though an escape is not actually made, escapes, leaves the prison without being
 discharged by due process of law, attempts to break prison, or attempts to escape from prison,
 is guilty of a felony, punishable by further imprisonment for not more than 5 years. The term
 of the further imprisonment shall be served after the termination, pursuant to law, of the
 sentence or sentences then being served. A prisoner who breaks prison, escapes, attempts to
 break prison, or attempts to escape, shall be charged with that offense and tried in the courts of
 the county in which the prison or penal facility to which the prisoner was committed or
 transferred is located at the time of the breaking, escape, or attempt to break or escape.
    (2) As used in this section, "prison" means a facility that houses prisoners committed to the
 jurisdiction of the department of corrections and includes the grounds, farm, shop, road camp,
 or place of employment operated by the facility or under control of the officers of the facility,
 the department of corrections, a police officer of this state, or any other person authorized by
 the department of corrections to have a prisoner under care, custody, or supervision, either in a
 facility or outside a facility, whether for the purpose of work, medical care, or any other
 reason.
    (3) A person who escapes from the lawful custody of a guard, prison official, or an
 employee while outside the confines of a prison is guilty of a violation of this section. A
 person, admitted to a facility of the department of mental health from a prison pursuant to


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 sections 1001 to 1006 of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.2001 to 330.2006,
 who escapes from the mental health facility is guilty of a violation of this section. A person
 released from prison under a work pass program who violates the terms of the release or fails
 to return to the place of imprisonment within the time provided is guilty of a violation of this
 section. A person violating the conditions of a parole is not an escapee under this act.