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      21-3826.   Traffic in contraband in a correctional institution. (a) Traffic in contraband in a correctional institution is introducing or attempting to introduce into or upon the grounds of any correctional institution or taking, sending, attempting to take or attempting to send from any correctional institution or any unauthorized possession while in any correctional institution or distributing within any correctional institution, any item without the consent of the administrator of the correctional institution.

      (b)   For purposes of this section, "correctional institution" means any state correctional institution or facility, conservation camp, state security hospital, juvenile correctional facility, community correction center or facility for detention or confinement, juvenile detention facility or jail.

      (c) (1)   Traffic in contraband in a correctional institution of firearms, ammunition, explosives or a controlled substance which is defined in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 65-4101, and amendments thereto, is a severity level 5, nonperson felony.

      (2)   Traffic in any contraband, as defined by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary, in a correctional institution by an employee of a correctional institution is a severity level 5, nonperson felony.

      (d)   Except as provided in subsection (c), traffic in contraband in a correctional institution is a severity level 6, nonperson felony.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3826; L. 1970, ch. 127, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 298, § 58; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 117; L. 1997, ch. 179, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 179, § 3; July 1.