{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s896","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f896.","heading":"Art. 96. Release of prisoner without authority; drinking with prisoner","text":"\u00a7\u202f896.\nArt. 96. Release of prisoner without authority; drinking with prisoner\n(a)\nRelease of Prisoner Without Authority.\u2014\nAny person subject to this chapter\u2014\n(1) who, without authority to do so, releases a prisoner; or\n(2) who, through neglect or design, allows a prisoner to escape;\nshall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with the law.\n(b)\nDrinking With Prisoner.\u2014\nAny person subject to this chapter who unlawfully drinks any alcoholic beverage with a prisoner shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s896.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s896","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f896."},{"t":"heading","text":"Art. 96. Release of prisoner without authority; drinking with prisoner"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s896/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Release of Prisoner Without Authority.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Any person subject to this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s896/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" who, without authority to do so, releases a prisoner; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s896/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" who, through neglect or design, allows a prisoner to escape;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in strict compliance with the law.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s896/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Drinking With Prisoner.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Any person subject to this chapter who unlawfully drinks any alcoholic beverage with a prisoner shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}