§ 11-25-5 — § 11-25-5. Officer voluntarily allowing prisoner to escape.

Rhode Island § 11-25-5

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 11: Criminal Offenses
• Ch. 11-25: Jails and Prisons

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§ 11-25-5. Officer voluntarily allowing prisoner to escape.

Every jailer or other officer, who shall voluntarily suffer any prisoner in his or her custody upon conviction or upon any criminal charge to escape, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 8; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 11-25-5.