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§ 1501. Escape and attempts to escape

§ 1501. Escape and attempts to escape (a) A person who, while in lawful custody: (1) escapes or attempts to escape from any correctional facility or a local lockup shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both; or (2) escapes or attempts to escape from an […]

§ 1502. Unlawfully aiding prisoners

§ 1502. Unlawfully aiding prisoners (a) A person shall not: (1) rescue or attempt to rescue a prisoner from a place in which a person is confined by authority of the State, or from an officer conveying one to any such place of confinement; or (2) counsel or assist in breaking open or attempting to […]

§ 1503. Giving prisoner tools for escape; aiding escaped prisoner

§ 1503. Giving prisoner tools for escape; aiding escaped prisoner A person who gives to a prisoner in any such place of confinement, or conveys therein, a tool, instrument, or weapon with intent to enable a prisoner to escape, whether such escape is effected or not; or who, not being a parent, child, wife, husband, […]

§ 1506. Officer aiding or voluntarily allowing escape

§ 1506. Officer aiding or voluntarily allowing escape An officer or person employed in keeping, taking care of, or guarding the State prison or the prisoners therein, who aids or voluntarily suffers the escape of a prisoner, shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years. Jailers and officers, other than those employed in keeping, taking […]