A. Prohibited: If any person within the city, arrested for crime and jailed or in custody awaiting trial or convicted of crime and imprisoned or in custody under judgment of any court, shall escape from such confinement or custody or shall cause any damage to property or injury to any person in an attempt to do so escape, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Prior code § 15-8)
B. Aiding Or Abetting: Any person within the city who shall aid or assist any other person to escape from lawful custody or confinement, or who shall aid or assist another to escape after arrest by any peace officer; or who shall aid or assist any other person in an attempt to escape from such lawful custody or confinement or after arrest by any peace officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any peace officer who negligently permits any arrested or convicted person to escape shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Prior Code § 15-9)