California Statutes
§ 4533. — 4533. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 488.)
California § 4533.
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Part 3.TITLE 5. OFFENSES RELATING TO PRISONS AND PRISONERS
Ch. 2.CHAPTER 2. Escapes and Rescues
Art. 1.ARTICLE 1. Escapes
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Cal. Penal Code - PEN Code § 4533. (2026).
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Every keeper of a prison, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or jailer, or person employed as a guard, who fraudulently contrives, procures, aids, connives at, or voluntarily permits the escape of any prisoner in custody, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, and fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
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Legislative History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 488. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
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