§ 6-5-112 — Mistreating persons in institutions or mental hospital; penalties; no bar to other criminal action

(a) A person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment
for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three
thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if he:
(i) Is an employee of, or is responsible for the care
of a person in, a reformatory, penal or charitable institution
or a mental hospital and treats him with unnecessary severity,
harshness or cruelty; or
(ii) Is an officer required by law to perform an act
with regard to persons in a reformatory, penal or charitable
institution or a mental hospital and he intentionally refuses or
neglects to perform the act.
(b) This section does not bar prosecution, under any other
criminal statute, of a person responsible for the care of a
person in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a
mental hospital, even if he also violates this section.