TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 25

ESCAPE OR RESCUE OF PRISONERS

18-2508.   persons committed to public institutions — Enticing to escape or harboring unlawful. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly entice the escape of or harbor any person committed to or confined in any institution maintained by the state for the treatment, education or welfare of persons committed to or confined therein.

(2)  Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding one (1) year, or both.

History:

[18-2508, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 897; am. 2019, ch. 146, sec. 1, p. 497.]