Section 418 – Damaging jails or other places of confinement.

• (1) As used in this section:
  • (a) “Child” means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
  • (b) “Detention facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
  • (c) “Secure care facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.
  • (d) “Shelter facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-1-102.

• (2) A person who willfully and intentionally breaks down, pulls down, destroys, floods, or otherwise damages any public jail or other place of confinement, including a detention facility, a shelter facility, or a secure care facility, is guilty of a felony of the third degree.

• (3) This section is applicable to a child who willfully and intentionally commits an offense against a public jail, a detention facility, a shelter facility, or a secure care facility.

Amended by Chapter 335, 2022 General Session