Section 4537 Of Article 1. Escapes From California Penal Code >> Title 5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
4537
. (a) The person in charge of any secure detention facility,
including, but not limited to, a prison, a juvenile hall, a county
jail, or any institution under the jurisdiction of the California
Youth Authority, shall promptly notify the chief of police of the
city in which the facility is located, or the sheriff of the county
if the facility is located in an unincorporated area, of an escape by
a person in its custody.
(b) The person in charge of any secure detention facility under
the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections or the Department
of the Youth Authority shall release the name of, and any descriptive
information about, any person who has escaped from custody to other
law enforcement agencies, or to other persons if the release of the
information would be necessary to assist in recapturing the person or
to protect the public from substantial physical harm.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b),
in cases of escape by persons in the custody of the Department of
Corrections who have been convicted of a felony listed in subdivision
(c) of Section 667.5 or who have effected the escape by force or
violence as proscribed by subdivision (a) of Section 4530, prompt
notification shall be given to the newspapers of general circulation
within the county in which the escape occurred, and to television
stations regularly broadcasting news into and within the county,
accompanied by a photograph and description of the escapee.