{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-258","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-258","heading":"Providing forbidden articles or tools for escape; possessing tools for escape.","body":"(a)\tProviding Forbidden Articles or Tools for Escape. - Any person who sells, trades, conveys, or provides any of the following to a prisoner is guilty of a Class H felony:\n(1)\tAn article forbidden by prison rules.\n(2)\tA letter, oral message, weapon, tool, good, clothing, device, or instrument, to effect an escape, or aide in an assault or insurrection.\n(b)\tIncreased Penalty. - Any violation of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section that does effect an escape, assault, or insurrection is a Class F felony.\n(c)\tPossessing Tools for Escape. - Any prisoner who possesses a letter, weapon, tool, good, article of clothing, device, or instrument to do any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:\n(1)\tTo effect an escape.\n(2)\tAide in an assault or insurrection.\n(d)\tApplication. - The provisions of this section apply to violations committed inside or outside of the prison, jail, detention center, or other confinement facility. (1873-4, c. 158; s. 12; Code, s. 3441; Rev., s. 3662; 1911, c. 11; C.S., s. 4406; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1218; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2018-67, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","subchapter VIII. offenses against public justice.","Article 33. Prison Breach and Prisoners."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-258.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"e58f5c0ac2ea67ef2548570c2b55a913775d24b7dc0eeb96800d721411db9d05","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-257","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-258.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}