10 U.S.C. § 896 — Art. 96. Release of prisoner without authority; drinking with prisoner

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Releasing a prisoner without authority, allowing escape through neglect or design, or unlawfully drinking alcohol with a prisoner may be punished by court-martial.

(a) A person subject to this chapter may be punished as a court-martial directs for releasing a prisoner without authority or, through neglect or design, allowing a prisoner to escape. This applies whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law. (b) A person subject to this chapter who unlawfully drinks an alcoholic beverage with a prisoner may be punished as a court-martial directs.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a)Release of Prisoner Without Authority.—

Any person subject to this chapter—

(1)

who, without authority to do so, releases a prisoner; or

(2)

who, through neglect or design, allows a prisoner to escape;

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with the law.

(b)Drinking With Prisoner.—

Any person subject to this chapter who unlawfully drinks any alcoholic beverage with a prisoner shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 69; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5413, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2944.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2944

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