TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 25

ESCAPE OR RESCUE OF PRISONERS

18-2502.  Officers assisting in escape. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, peace officer, correctional officer or other employee of a correctional facility, as defined in section 18-101A, Idaho Code, including a private correctional facility, who fraudulently contrives, procures, aids, connives at, or voluntarily permits the escape of any prisoner in custody, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding ten (10) years, and [a] fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Every such officer or person who negligently suffers such escape is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History:

[18-2502, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 896; am. 2000, ch. 272, sec. 5, p. 790.]