Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to his 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 the law.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 13 - Mississippi Code of Military Justice
Article 19 - Punitive Sections
§ 33-13-451. Persons to be tried or punished
§ 33-13-455. Accessory after the fact
§ 33-13-457. Conviction of lesser included offense
§ 33-13-465. Fraudulent enlistment, appointment, or separation
§ 33-13-467. Unlawful enlistment, appointment, or separation
§ 33-13-471. Absent without leave
§ 33-13-475. Contempt towards Governor
§ 33-13-477. Disrespect toward superior commissioned officer
§ 33-13-479. Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer
§ 33-13-481. Insubordinate conduct toward warrant officer or noncommissioned officer
§ 33-13-483. Failure to obey order or regulation
§ 33-13-485. Cruelty and maltreatment
§ 33-13-487. Mutiny or sedition
§ 33-13-489. Resistance, breach of arrest, and escape
§ 33-13-491. Releasing prisoner without proper authority
§ 33-13-493. Unlawful detention of another
§ 33-13-495. Noncompliance with procedural rules
§ 33-13-497. Misbehavior before the enemy
§ 33-13-499. Subordinate compelling surrender
§ 33-13-501. Improper use of countersign
§ 33-13-503. Forcing a safeguard
§ 33-13-509. Misconduct of a prisoner
§ 33-13-511. False official statements
§ 33-13-513. Military property loss, damage, destruction, wrongful disposition
§ 33-13-515. Property other than military property; waste, spoilage, or destruction
§ 33-13-517. Improper hazarding of vessel
§ 33-13-523. Riot or breach of peace
§ 33-13-525. Provoking speeches or gestures