Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to the person's charge or who through neglect or design suffers any prisoner committed to the person's charge to escape shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5924.96
Releasing prisoner without proper authority
Effective: September 28, 2012; Latest Legislation: House Bill 490 - 129th General Assembly
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.