{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-26.05.785","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 26.05.785","heading":"Releasing prisoner without proper authority; drinking or using drugs with prisoner.","body":"(a) A member of the militia who, without proper authority, releases a prisoner committed to the member's charge or, through neglect or design, suffers a prisoner to escape may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.\n(b) A member of the militia who unlawfully drinks an alcoholic beverage with a prisoner or unlawfully uses a drug with a prisoner may be punished by up to one year of confinement, by separation with characterization up to dishonorable discharge, and by such other punishment as a court-marshal may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law.","path":["Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace.","Chapter 05. Code of Military Justice.","Article 2. Military Justice."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#26.05.785","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:01Z","sha256":"ed4ccbe4e7bc7c96b8ebb10f4ca47ff001b59d99a1bd5e0eb989b05f6a9f56e1","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-26.05.780","next":"us-ak/as-26.05.790"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}