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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-117: Assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 5
  3. Chapter 54
  4. Subchapter 1

(a) A person commits the offense of assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape if, with the purpose of facilitating escape, he or she: (1) 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. (b) (1) Assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape is a Class B felony if the implement for escape provided is a deadly weapon. (2) Otherwise assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape is a Class C felony. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2817; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2817; Acts 2009, No. 478, § 4; 2011, No. 1120, § 11.

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

(1) 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.

(b) (1) Assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape is a Class B felony if the implement for escape provided is a deadly weapon. (2) Otherwise assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape is a Class C felony.

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

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

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