2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 9 - Offenses Affecting Administration of Justice.
97-9-25 - Escape of inmates of state institutions; aiding, abetting, etc.
§ 97-9-25. Escape of inmates of state institutions; aiding, abetting, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, copartnership, corporation or association to knowingly entice, harbor, employ, or aid, assist or abet in the escape, enticing, harboring or employment of any delinquent, person with mental illness, person with mental retardation or incorrigible person committed to, or confined in any institution maintained by the state for the treatment, education or welfare of delinquent persons, persons with mental illness, persons with mental retardation or incorrigible persons. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than ninety (90) days, or both.
Sources: Codes, 1930, § 901; 1942, § 2130; Laws, 1930, ch. 25; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 33, eff from and after July 1, 2008.
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