R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-6

Current through 2024 Public Law 24

Section 11-25-6 - Officer negligently allowing escape

Every jailer or other officer, who shall be convicted of negligently suffering 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 five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 9; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 11-25-6.