(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.
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