{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-174b","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-174b","heading":"Conveyance or use of electronic wireless communication device in correctional institution: Class A misdemeanor.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of conveyance or use of an electronic wireless communication device in a correctional institution when such person, without authorization by the Commissioner of Correction or the commissioner's designee, (1) conveys or possesses with intent to convey an electronic wireless communication device to any inmate of a correctional institution while such inmate is in such institution, or (2) uses an electronic wireless communication device to take a photographic or digital image in a correctional institution.\n(b) Conveyance or use of an electronic wireless communication device in a correctional institution is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART XII. ESCAPE AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-174b","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"3d9953c5660d5c91af4c7d5b0c480ac88a8f8ae0e1ed47b0b62a83f01bafa91a","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-174a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-175"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}