21-5912. Aiding escape. (a) Aiding escape is:
(1) Assisting another who is in custody to escape from such custody; or
(2) supplying to another who is in custody any object or thing adapted or designed for use in making an escape; or
(3) introducing into an institution in which a person is confined any object or thing adapted or designed for use in making any escape.
(b) Aiding escape is a:
(1) Severity level 8, nonperson felony, except as provided in subsection (b)(2); and
(2) severity level 4, nonperson felony if such aiding escape is by an employee or volunteer of the department of corrections, or the employee or volunteer of a contractor who is under contract to provide services to the department of corrections.
(c) As used in this section "custody" includes custody on a charge or conviction of crime, on a charge or adjudication of a misdemeanor or felony, or on a commitment to the state security hospital as provided in K.S.A. 22-3428, and amendments thereto, based on a finding that the person committed an act constituting any crime.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, ยง 137; July 1, 2011.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments
Article 59 - Crimes Affecting Government Functions
21-5904 Interference with law enforcement.
21-5905 Interference with the judicial process.
21-5906 Criminal disclosure of a warrant.
21-5907 Simulating legal process.
21-5908 Witness or victim intimidation; definitions.
21-5909 Intimidation of a witness or victim; aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim.
21-5910 Civil remedies; court orders authorized; penalties; pretrial release.
21-5911 Escape from custody; aggravated escape from custody.
21-5913 Obstructing apprehension or prosecution.
21-5914 Traffic in contraband in a correctional institution or care and treatment facility.
21-5915 Failure to appear; aggravated failure to appear.
21-5916 False signing of a petition.
21-5917 False impersonation; aggravated false impersonation.
21-5918 Dealing in false identification documents; vital records identity fraud.
21-5919 Performance of an unauthorized official act.
21-5920 Tampering with a public record.
21-5921 Tampering with public notice.
21-5923 Unlawful disclosure of authorized interception of wire, oral or electronic communications.
21-5924 Violation of a protective order; extended protective orders; penalties.
21-5925 Kansas medicaid fraud control act; citation.
21-5927 Making false claim, statement or representation to the medicaid program.
21-5928 Unlawful acts relating to the medicaid program.
21-5929 Obstruction of a medicaid fraud investigation.
21-5930 Failure to maintain adequate records.
21-5931 Destruction or concealment of records.
21-5933 Penalties; medicaid fraud reimbursement fund; medicaid fraud prosecution revolving fund.
21-5934 Other remedies available as provided by law.
21-5935 Failure to register an aircraft.
21-5936 Fraudulent aircraft registration.
21-5937 Fraudulent acts relating to aircraft identification numbers.
21-5938 Failure to report disappearance or death of child; penalties.
21-5939 Unlawful acts involving an automated sales suppression device.