{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-117","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-117","heading":"Assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape","body":"(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(1) Introduces an implement for escape into a correctional facility;\n\n(2) Provides an inmate in a correctional facility with an implement for escape;\n\n(3) Provides a person in custody with an implement for escape;\n\n(4) Provides transportation of any kind that is used in the commission or furtherance of an escape from a correctional facility;\n\n(5) Furnishes food, clothing, finances, or other aid to a person who escaped from a correctional facility; or\n\n(6) Provides shelter or housing to a person who escaped from a correctional facility.\n\n(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.\n\n(1) Assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape is a Class B felony if the implement for escape provided is a deadly weapon.\n\n(2) Otherwise assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape is a Class C felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 54","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"59fb205f822d4684e3f37e166df1b731ea07908a63e054fed9af686580786cea","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-116","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}