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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-117

Assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2817; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2817; Acts 2009, No. 478, § 4; 2011, No. 1120, § 11.

(1) A person commits the offense of assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape if, with the purpose of facilitating escape, he or she: Introduces an implement for escape into a correctional facility;

(2) Provides an inmate in a correctional facility with an implement for escape;

(3) Provides a person in custody with an implement for escape;

(4) Provides transportation of any kind that is used in the commission or furtherance of an escape from a correctional facility;

(5) Furnishes food, clothing, finances, or other aid to a person who escaped from a correctional facility; or

(6) Provides shelter or housing to a person who escaped from a correctional facility.

(7) Assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape is a Class B felony if the implement for escape provided is a deadly weapon.

(8) Otherwise assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape is a Class C felony.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.