{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-5-204","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-5-204","heading":"Mistreating prisoners.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of mistreating prisoners if, being responsible for the care or custody of a prisoner, the person purposely or knowingly:\n(a) assaults or otherwise injures a prisoner;\n(b) intimidates, threatens, endangers, or withholds reasonable necessities from the prisoner with the purpose to obtain a confession from the prisoner or for any other purpose; or\n(c) violates any civil right of a prisoner.\n(2) A person convicted of the offense of mistreating prisoners shall be removed from office or employment and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 10 years or be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON","Part 2. Assault and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0050/part_0020/section_0040/0450-0050-0020-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:30Z","sha256":"2b0a24d4709d626d42fd789ba5b9c713a20166363288d397ed75eea2fd1b0ca1","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-5-203","next":"us-mt/45-5-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}