2012 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 13 Criminal Code
13-2513 Failure to discharge duties; classification; definition
13-2513. Failure to discharge duties; classification; definition
A. A person who has custodial responsibility and who intentionally fails to discharge those duties is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor if that failure results in any of the following:
1. The escape of a prisoner.
2. Serious physical injury to or the death of any other person or prisoner.
B. For the purposes of this section, "custodial responsibility" means having responsibility for the care, management or control of a prisoner who is committed to the state department of corrections.
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