Section 5-54-118 - Furnishing implement for unauthorized departure

(a) A person commits the offense of furnishing an implement for unauthorized departure if, with the purpose of facilitating an unauthorized departure, he or she: (1) Introduces an implement for unauthorized departure into the Arkansas State Hospital or a youth services program; or(2) Provides a person detained in the Arkansas State Hospital or a youth services program with an implement for unauthorized departure.(b)(1) Furnishing an implement for unauthorized departure is a Class C felony if the implement furnished is a deadly weapon.(2) Otherwise, furnishing an implement for unauthorized departure is a Class A misdemeanor.Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2818; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2818; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 257.