16-10-56
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16-10-56.
(a)
Any person legally confined to any penal institution of this state or of any
political subdivision of this state who commits an unlawful act of violence or
any other act in a violent or tumultuous manner commits the offense of riot in a
penal institution.
(b)
Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section is guilty of a
felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not
less than one nor more than 20 years.