It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, copartnership, corporation or association to knowingly entice, harbor, employ, or aid, assist or abet in the escape, enticing, harboring or employment of any delinquent, person with mental illness, person with an intellectual disability or incorrigible person committed to, or confined in any institution maintained by the state for the treatment, education or welfare of delinquent persons, persons with mental illness, persons with an intellectual disability or incorrigible persons. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than ninety (90) days, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-25
Escape of inmates of state institutions; aiding, abetting, etc
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 936 So. 2d 917 - Mississippi Dept. of Mental Health v. Hall (2006)
Most recently applied in 936 So. 2d 917 - Mississippi Dept. of Mental Health v. Hall (August 2006)
Codes, 1930, § 901; 1942, § 2130; Laws, 1930, ch. 25; Laws, 2008, ch. 442, § 33; Laws, 2010, ch. 476, § 80, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 1, 2010
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