Title 11Criminal Offenses

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Chapter 25Jails and Prisons

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-6

§ 11-25-6. Officer negligently allowing escape.

Every jailer or other officer, who shall be convicted of negligently suffering any prisoner in his or her custody upon conviction or upon any criminal charge to escape, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both.

History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 9; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 11-25-6.