(A) Rescuing prisoners.
(1) It is unlawful for any person, by use of force or in any other illegal manner, to set at liberty, rescue or attempt to set at liberty, any prisoner from any officer or employee of the city having legal custody of such prisoner or from the city jail or other place of confinement by the city.
(2) It is unlawful to assist such prisoner in any manner to escape from such prison or custody either before or after conviction, including escape from a vehicle of confinement.
(B) Escape of prisoners. It is unlawful for any person confined in the city jail or other place of confinement by the city, or working upon the streets or other public places of the city in pursuance of any judgment, or otherwise held in legal custody by authority of the city, to break or attempt to break from any such jail, prison or custody, or to escape or attempt to escape therefrom.
(C) Assisting escape of prisoners.
(1) It is unlawful for any person, by use of force or in any other illegal manner, to set at liberty, rescue or attempt to set at liberty or rescue, any prisoner from any officer or employee of the city having legal custody of such prisoner or from the city jail or other place of confinement by the city.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to convey into the city jail or other city prison any instrument or other thing useful to facilitate the escape of any prisoner therein, or to give any such instrument or thing to a prisoner in custody or in prison, whether such escape is effected or attempted or not.
(D) Unlawful communication with prisoners. It is unlawful for any person to loiter about the city jail or any other city prison with intent to communicate unlawfully with any prisoner confined therein, or to communicate or attempt to communicate unlawfully with any prisoner confined in such jail or prison or held in legal custody.
(Prior Code, § 5-2F-4) Penalty, see § 130.99