The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 1506)
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§ 1506. Officer aiding or voluntarily allowing escape
An officer or person employed in keeping, taking care of, or guarding the State prison
or the prisoners therein, who aids or voluntarily suffers the escape of a prisoner,
shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years. Jailers and officers, other than those
employed in keeping, taking care of, or guarding the State prison or prisoners therein,
who voluntarily suffer a prisoner in their custody, upon conviction or upon a criminal
charge, to escape, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more
than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)