Hawaii Seal Hawaii Revised Statutes

124A-131

Releasing prisoner without proper authority

[§124A-131] Releasing prisoner without proper authority. Any person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to the person’s charge, or who through neglect or design suffers any such prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with law. [L 1982, c 171, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]