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Section 6-5-112 - Mistreating Persons in Institutions or Mental Hospital; Penalties; No Bar to Other Criminal Action — Wyoming Law | CourtGPT
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Section 6-5-112 - Mistreating Persons in Institutions or Mental Hospital; Penalties; No Bar to Other Criminal Action

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6-5-112. Mistreating persons in institutions or mental hospital; penalties; no bar to other criminal action. (a) A person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if he: (i) Is an employee of, or is responsible for the care of a person in, a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and treats him with unnecessary severity, harshness or cruelty; or (ii) Is an officer required by law to perform an act with regard to persons in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and he intentionally refuses or neglects to perform the act. (b) This section does not bar prosecution, under any other criminal statute, of a person responsible for the care of a person in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital, even if he also violates this section.