2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 21 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 34 CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
21-3425. Mistreatment of a confined person.

21-3425

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
PART II.--PROHIBITED CONDUCT
Article 34.--CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS

      21-3425.   Mistreatment of a confined person. Mistreatment of a confined person is the intentional abuse, neglect or ill-treatment of any person, who is detained or confined and who is physically disabled, mentally ill or mentally retarded or whose detention or confinement is involuntary, by any law enforcement officer or by any person in charge of or employed by the owner or operator of any correctional institution or any public or private hospital or nursing home.

      Mistreatment of a confined person is a class A person misdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3425; L. 1987, ch. 107, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 64; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 39; July 1.

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