Regardless of the response time, most offenders were returned to custody either on the day or within a day of their escape, and more than two thirds of people were returned in three days or less.
The length of time before an offender returned to custody
| Length of time before returning to custody | No. of escapes |
| < 1 day | 34 |
| < 3 days | 14 |
| < 1 week | 11 |
| < 1 month | 9 |
| > 1 month | 1 |
| Not returned to custody | 1 |