D.C. Criminal Code § 206

(1)Any person who leaves a correctional facility, as a subject that is incarcerated, without legal authorization to do so shall be guilty of escape. (2)Any person who aids or assists the escape of an incarcerated person, whether by monetary means, vehicular or verbal means, without legal authorization, shall be guilty of rescue. (3)Attempting to leave a correctional facility without authorization while incarcerated at that facility shall also be the act of escape. (4)These shall be Class F Offenses. (5)Only officials permitted in law may authorize subjects to be removed or transferred from correctional facilities and such authorizations may only occur when the subject has a sentence commuted, or such a release is ordered by a judge for other circumstances, as prescribed by law.