UNAUTH ABSENCE COMMUNITY CORRECTION FACILITY

Texas Penal Code § 38.113 defines unauthorized absence from a community corrections facility, county correctional center, or assignment site. The State must prove three things: first, that the person was sentenced to, or required as a condition of community supervision (probation) or correctional programming to submit to, a period of detention or treatment in a community corrections facility or county correctional center; second, that the person failed to report to, or left, the facility, the center, or a community service assignment site as directed by the court, the supervising community supervision and corrections department, or the director of the facility or center; and third, that in failing to report or in leaving, the person acted without the approval of that court, department, or director. The offense is a state jail felony. It differs from escape under Texas Penal Code § 38.06, which addresses departures from actual custody.

Ranges are the statutory maximums for the level; enhancements, prior convictions and plea agreements change what is actually imposed.

Across 1,044 Texas bail settings for this charge (6 counties, Apr 2022 – Jun 2025), the median cash or surety bond was $10,000 (middle half: $5,000 – $20,000). 2% of defendants were released on a personal bond, and bail was denied in 212 cases. When this was the only charge at booking (424 records), the median was $10,000 and 2% got a personal bond.

Showing the 5 counties with the most records; use the selector for any county with at least 30. Per-charge bond settings on original magistrations, from Texas OCA bail reporting under SB 6. Bail is set case by case — these are statistics, not a prediction.