Article 379 – Escape of an Accused or Convicted Person: What the Law Treats as a Crime
Article 379 of the Criminal Code of Georgia establishes liability for the escape of an accused or convicted person from a place of detention, a penitentiary institution or another place of placement, during escort or transfer, and also during extradition. The norm protects the state's interest that the criminal process and the serving of a sentence proceed without hindrance – which is why escape is singled out as a separate crime.
It is clear from the text of the article that it covers different situations: escape from an isolation facility, from a penitentiary institution, from another place of placement, as well as during escort or transfer and during extradition. The formal character of the place of the crime is thus not decisive – what matters is that the person was in a lawfully restricted state of liberty and freed himself from it without the permission of the authorized bodies.