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Section 11-25-3. – Fatal assault by maximum custodial inmate deemed murder.

§ 11-25-3. Fatal assault by maximum custodial inmate deemed murder. In case the warden or any under-keeper or any other officer of a maximum custodial unit is killed in any assault by a prisoner, the killing shall be deemed to be a murder. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, […]

Section 11-25-5. – Officer voluntarily allowing prisoner to escape.

§ 11-25-5. Officer voluntarily allowing prisoner to escape. Every jailer or other officer, who shall voluntarily suffer 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 ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand […]

Section 11-25-6. – Officer negligently allowing escape.

§ 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 […]

Section 11-25-7. – Rescue of prisoner.

§ 11-25-7. Rescue of prisoner. Every person who shall set at liberty or rescue, either by force or stratagem, any person convicted of any crime or offense or in the custody of any officer upon any criminal charge, or confined in any jail, lock-up, police station or other place of detention upon any criminal charge, […]

Section 11-25-8. – Conveyance to prisoner of instruments for escape.

§ 11-25-8. Conveyance to prisoner of instruments for escape. Every person who shall convey to any prisoner confined upon any criminal charge or upon conviction in any prison, jail, lock-up, police station, or other place of detention, without the knowledge of the warden, jailer, or officer in charge of the prison, jail, lock-up, police station, […]

Section 11-25-9. – Assisting inmate of correctional institutions to escape.

§ 11-25-9. Assisting inmate of correctional institutions to escape. Every person who shall convey any tools to, or shall have any communication without lawful authority therefor or hold any conversation with any prisoner confined in the adult correctional institutions, from the outside of the institutions, or shall convey any tools or instruments to or in […]