Current through the 2024 legislative session
Section 6-5-213 - Taking contraband into penal institutions or correctional facilities; definitions; penalties(a) Except as authorized by a person in charge, no person shall: (i) Intentionally convey or attempt to convey contraband to a person confined in a penal institution or correctional facility; or (ii) Intentionally make, obtain or possess contraband if the person is officially confined in a penal institution or correctional facility. (b) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both. (c) As used in this section: (i) "Contraband" means: (A) Cellular telephone or other unauthorized electronic communications device; (B) Cigarette or other tobacco product; (D) Any tool or other item that may be used to facilitate escape from the custody of the penal institution or correctional facility; or (E) Any other item that the person confined in the official custody of a penal institution or correctional facility is prohibited by law from making, obtaining or possessing. (ii) "Penal institution or correctional facility" means a jail, a state penal institution or a correctional facility operated by a private entity pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102.